As most Boston University seniors, juniors and sophomores have registered for the Spring semester, students and administrators agree that the process has gone rather smoothly so far.

‘It’s very boring, and that’s the way we like it,’ said Registrar Florence Bergeron. ‘The equipment we use is upgraded periodically, so it’s almost a non-issue.’

Debbie Macalintal, the manager of non-standard programs at the Registrar’s office, agreed with Bergeron that student registration has improved dramatically since online registration started with WebReg.

‘Registration gets much easier every year,’ Macalintal said.

Macalintal said the WebReg program is much more effective because it allows students to actually see the classes they are signing up for, unlike phone registration where they cannot. In fact, only 73 of the 5,292 students who had registered for classes as of Friday used the phone system.

However, students and administrators said neither program is perfect.

Joanne Cornell, director of undergraduate programs for the College of Engineering, said that even though students rely on a ‘pretty good’ system for registration, problems always arise because of ill-prepared students.

‘There are always students who want to complain or change advisors,’ Cornell said. ‘We spend a lot of time telling them not to wait until 4:00 [p.m.] Friday.’

CAS freshman Catherine Hicks said her biggest worry about registration was that she would not be able to get into the biology labs she wanted because ‘there’s a big crunch’ to get in, with juniors and seniors taking the spots. Nevertheless, Hicks said the registration process, which she is using for the first time since orientation, was much better than that at her high school.

‘You can pick your own classes and schedule now,’ Hicks said.

However, freshmen are not the only students who are concerned about getting classes they want. College of Communication junior Jonathan Rose said he could not get into a 400-level class he wanted because it filled up early.

CAS senior Garima Chawla did not have trouble getting into the classes she wanted, but conveyed disappointment about the limited offerings in the Economics Department for her final semester.

Chawla added that she was very uninformed about the process last year.

‘I had no idea [about registration] last year I didn’t know about the advisor code,’ she said.

COM freshman Clay Camardo said he was anxious about registering for classes, but his underclassman standing and his BU ID number made the process less exciting.

‘I’m sure if I was an upperclassman I’d like it,’ Camardo said. ‘The way they have people registering in the number system, the middle people always get screwed.’