<p>I am going to be taking 9 units during Summer Session C, both classes are pre-reqs for my major that were not offered at my community college. I don’t have to take them, but it will get some bottleneck courses out of the way so I can progress quickly. 9 Units shouldn’t be that much of a problem as it’s only two classes, albeit over six weeks.</p>
<p>The real question is, do you need to take both summer sessions? If you are trying to graduate by Spring (Possibly using next summer to finish up), then I say go for it. If you just want to take some courses and get a head start, maybe you should only choose one summer session. Remember, you want to make friends and have a good time as well as learn and earn a degree. Don’t bury your nose in work the whole time!</p>
<p>Quick caveat to this, do NOT take difficult engineering / high level mathematics courses during summer session unless you are sure you can hack it. Six weeks works for the humanities and intro science courses, it will be hell for advanced upper division classes!</p>
<p>Do you think that the session A for 9 units and session c for 9 units are doable?
I mean I study pretty much all the time, since I would like to graduate by the end of 2011 December. </p>
<p>I would appreciate your response. </p>
<p>rypken</p>
<p>Thank you for your comment.
It is helpful to know how much units the transfer students take during the summer session.</p>
<p>I think how difficult it will be will largely depend on which classes you’re taking. I think even if you’re taking more difficult classes like a physics sequence or something, it would be really, really difficult, but still doable. But like silicon said, if you’re mostly going to be taking lower division humanities types of classes, 9 units for both sessions shouldn’t be too bad. I personally wouldn’t want to do it just because I really like having an extended break over summer (which is why I’m only doing one session), but if you’re motivated you could definitely manage that many units.</p>
<p>Of course, I say all this having no personal experience with UC summer classes, but that’s the impression I get based on what I’ve heard from friends at UCLA and read on these boards.</p>
<p>Thank you for your comment.
I am going to take the most basic Linguistics Class (Linguistics 20), and the most basic Psychology class (Psychology 10, 85) and again the most basic Anthropology class (Anthropology 33) </p>
<p>In Session A, I take LING 20 and PSYCH 85.
In Session C, I take PSYCH 10 and ANTHRO 33. </p>
<p>If you think that it is doable, it is a relief for me, since I was quite worried if I can manage the units. I will do my best to get good grades. </p>
<p>9 units for each sessions are not too much units, right?
Since UCLA requires the international students to take at least 8 units to be full time students. </p>
<p>Hey T.K., that’s awesome that you’re taking Linguistics 20! I plan to take that along with Philosophy 31 (Logic), during Summer Session C. Are you a psychology or linguistics major? In any case your course load looks good, those are all lower div humanities classes so I think you’ll do just fine.</p>
<p>I do want to point out one thing though. “I study pretty much all the time,” is a great attitude for a student to have, just remember to go outside and chill with your friends from time to time! :)</p>
<p>Thank you for your reply!
My major is Linguistics and Psychology. So I need to take both elementary Linguistics and Psychology. </p>
<p>Silicon, do you think that it is difficult to good grades at UCLA? I mean, sorry for asking the most common question, but I am quite worried. </p>
<p>But considering that we can drop the classes until the last day without receiving W in summer sessions, it is worth trying to study during the summer courses.</p>
<p>T.K. you’re absolutely right about being able to drop the summer classes until the last day, and that is a big part of why I feel confident taking a couple classes during the summer. I actually have several very good friends at UCLA (They will be seniors next year) and their grades break down as you would expect from their personalities and majors. The ones who study hard get good grades, the ones who don’t get alright grades, and the engineering students are a bit lower than the humanities majors.</p>
<p>The classes you listed seem like a great way to get a feeling for UCLA. Even with the accelerated summer schedule you should be fine. If you’re this worried about it, it means you care and will study hard.</p>
<p>Incidentally, I am a Linguistics & Asian Languages & Cultures major, although I plan to switch into Linguistics & Computer Science. We will probably be taking many courses together in the next couple years!</p>
<p>Thank you for your comment!
I think it is great that we can drop the class anytime until the last day without receiving W or anything on our transcript. If we seem to get A at the end, we continue and if we seem like we are gonna get C or lower, we can drop the class just before the final examination. </p>
<p>I think we have the great opportunity to see what the life at UCLA
is going to about once we officially transfer during the Summer Sessions. </p>
<p>Wow, maybe we are going to take the similar classes at UCLA.
I hope we can do well at UCLA!!</p>