Those who signed onto Facebook or Twitter around 7 a.m. on Friday may have encountered of frustration that many GW students felt over registration. According to statuses and tweets filled with expletives, a number of students faced a downed GWeb registration site.

For those Colonials with more than 30 but less than 55 credit hours, Friday’s registration for Spring semester classes was what some could call an epic fail. For whatever reason, when everyone clicked “Add Classes” at exactly 6:59 a.m., the system went into overload and jammed. Students were greeted with messages saying “System error” or were forced to go back and sign into the Web site again, and then flocked to Facebook to commiserate with others about the uncertainty of their futures.

When the site was finally up and running again, some students were able to access the classes they wanted and others, as is the case every year, were not. But the site’s shutdown further aggravated the situation.

This incident has merely highlighted the flaws surrounding registration. Though students raise concerns every semester, the system overload some sophomores faced on Friday is something that the University can address in the future. The University should be the figure GW students turn to with their registration issues, because no college student should have to update their Facebook status at 7 a.m. Friday morning.