WASHINGTON - Following a tumultuous week of struggle, early reports are now indicating that an estimated 5,000 of George Washington University’s students’ hopes and dreams have been killed as registration has concluded.

“I just didn’t know that class had a pre-requisite,” said one student. “I guess I’m not going to graduate on time after all.”

The registrar’s reign of terror began Monday, when rising seniors naively believed they would, as the first to register, have no hassle whatsoever in getting through the registration process. Unfortunately, the collective group was forced to resort to an estimated 15,000 backup courses and backup backup courses.

The numbers only increased exponentially from there, as each day more and more slightly less credited individuals were forced to pursue classes and fields they did not even know existed.

“I’m now one of a dozen students happily enrolled in a course dedicated entirely to discussion of Ub Iwerks’ seminal cartoon short classic, ‘The Skeleton Dance,’” explained sophomore Judy Lane. “It’ll be fine, I guess, but I’d really rather do something I’m actually interested in, such as some of Iwerks’ greater, later works, such as ‘Balloonland’ or ‘Springtime.’”

It is estimated the freshman class, to register over the summer, will set the total number of administrator-rejected dreams in the student body to a record high, a point of pride for the university it seems to pride itself upon each and every year.