Every Ohio State student knows the frustration of scheduling classes and the possibility of a desired course being filled. Everyone, that is, except those students with priority scheduling.Other Big Ten schools approach priority scheduling differently than OSU, in ways those schools believe effectively address their problems. Some OSU students think changes should be made to reward other students with early scheduling privileges. They said priority scheduling poses a problem for the average student who is not involved in varsity athletics or has honors status. “I have been trying to schedule the same class for an entire year and I still can’t get into it,” said Carrie Hochwalt, a junior in business. “I don’t think it’s fair that athletes and honors students who are younger than me can schedule before I can.” At OSU, staff members, honors students, varsity athletes and students enrolled with the Office of Disability Services are given priority scheduling. This means that these students can register for classes before everyone else on OSU’s campus each quarter.After these students, the next to schedule classes, in the following order, are: Graduating seniors, graduate students, professional students, non-graduating seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen. The personal access code which students use for scheduling is determined by the number of credit hours the student has completed. Student opinions differ on what changes should be made about priority scheduling. “I don’t think honors students should get priority scheduling,” said Angie Lennox, a junior in family studies. “A lot of people get good grades and just aren’t in the honors program.”However, other students see priority scheduling as a reward for their extra efforts. “I have never had a problem scheduling because I am in the honors program,” said Erin Brombacher, a junior in finance. “As an honors student, priority scheduling is the only benefit you get.”Some students said they think activities or how much a student gives back to OSU should factor into priority scheduling. Ryan Robinson, speaker of the USG Senate, said he spends 40 hours a week working for USG and others like him should be rewarded with priority scheduling.Other universities, including the University of Wisconsin and the University of Michigan, handle priority scheduling differently than OSU. “Freshmen football players can’t schedule before a senior student,” said Jill Steinborn of the University of Wisconsin’s registrar’s office. Steinborn said that varsity athletes schedule on the first day available to those in the same grade and that honors students don’t receive priority.The University of Michigan only gives priority scheduling to graduate students and those with a disability, according to Lynn Adelman of the University of Michigan registrar.Michigan State University also allows students with a disability or with honor status to schedule early. Athletes only have priority during their sport’s season. This allows about 3,000 students to schedule early each semester, said Scott McMillan, Michigan State’s associate registrar. Lara Kuntz, a junior in communications, said priority scheduling problems at OSU lead to many unnecessary fifth-year students. “If more students got priority scheduling or priority scheduling was eliminated,” Kuntz said, “I think more students would graduate on time.”