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by nicholasjarnold 3173 days ago
I did something super similar: In order to graduate on time I had to take an accelerated Spanish course (hard requirement despite years of Spanish in grade school and high school). Problem: The class had a pre-requisite that I hadn't taken yet. Solution: The Uni's registration system allowed for a 4 digit numeric code to be entered to bypass registration restrictions. I wrote a script to brute force that code, registered successfully and graduated on time. Muy bueno! :)

Edit: spelling

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For classes that I needed/wanted to take which had prereqs I tried to show up on the first day of class and get an override signed by the teacher at the end of class. It usually worked. For example in a low-level music theory class I showed up and answered questions during the class (I think I correctly wrote out a d-flat major scale on the board). That was enough to prove to the teacher that I'd be okay in the class.
ballsy!
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