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<p>Actually, I just now remembered the most important reason of all for why this strategy fails miserably over and above the reasons I had already stated: those courses are not available in the semester when you need them. That is, ChemE140 is only taught once a year, during the fall semester. If you fail it, you must find some chemical engineering course to fulfill your spring ‘holding pattern’ whilst you wait for 140 to be offered again during the following fall. The problem is that both 178 and 180 are also taught once a year during the fall. Hence, they are not available to rescue you during that spring. </p>
<p>Those who would continue to dispute this are welcome to see for themselves:</p>
<p>[Search</a> Spring - Online Schedule Of Classes](<a href=“http://schedule.berkeley.edu/srchsprg.html]Search”>http://schedule.berkeley.edu/srchsprg.html)</p>
<p>So I return to what I said before: you have one shot to pass 140, or you’re completely thrown out of the major. Just one. And, sadly, 140 is by far the most notorious and harshest of all of the ChemE weeders.</p>