UCF student in trouble for making class registration easier

UCF student in trouble for making class registration easier

Aug 6, 2012

REGISTERING A PROBLEM: Fond memories of the college days typically don't include class registration. It's a pain point that University of Central Florida senior Tim Arnold tried to alleviate with U Could Finish, a site that scoured the university's class registration system and alerted students via text when a seat became available. He opened it up in June and it lasted a glorious full six days before the administration shut it down--and slapped Arnold with three semesters of academic probation, a coaching session, and two research papers on how to better follow rules next time. Read more on the Chronicle of Higher Ed; or relive the brief saga here.

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