you heard someone say they "sniped" a class and got in even though it was full. now you wanna know how. lemme put you on game twin — here's exactly what course sniping means, how it works, why most snipers out there actually don't get you the seat, and how to set it up properly so you're actually getting into the class and not just getting notified about it.
sniping a class means monitoring WebReg for an open seat in a full section and acting the instant one appears. the name makes sense — you're waiting for the perfect moment and taking the shot the second it comes.
the key word is "acting." not being notified. not scrambling to log in. acting. a real snipe means you're registered before most people even got the notification that a seat opened. that's the whole thing.
this is the distinction that actually matters. most tools students find are notification snipers. GhostReg is an auto-registration sniper. here's what that actually means in practice:
competitive seats during drop/add week last 3–10 seconds. the notification pipeline takes 20–35 seconds minimum. those two numbers do not overlap. a notification sniper isn't slow — it's structurally impossible for it to work consistently for competitive classes because you're in the pipeline at all.