Let's say that you need a particular course to graduate. But it's too late for you to enroll for that class and you've been put on the waitlist. What do you do?
One enterprising solution is to pay other students who are enrolled to drop the class so that you can enroll in their place. According to The Daily Californian, that's what's now happening at the University of California at Berkeley:
Campus sophomore David Wang reposted a screenshot on the Overheard at UC Berkeley Facebook page showing a post by a Haas senior in their final semester before going abroad offering to pay $100 to the first five students to drop UGBA 102B, “Introduction to Managerial Accounting.” The student in question needed the class to graduate, and claimed that the “advising office was no help, so I’m taking matters into my own hands.”
A possible source of profit for some clever students might be to enroll early in classes that are popular but non-essential, then offer to drop out on behalf of waitlisted students. Timing, correct information, and an easy way of identifying potential customers would be essential to this hustle.
-via Marginal Revolution | Photo: Berkeley Center for New Media