<p>For any Berkeley student that attended CalSo, was it really that helpful? or should I just wait to pick classes in July? </p>
<p>I can only attend one of the sessions because I'll be traveling to Europe until mid July and the one session that I can go to is also the day after my high school's gradnight, which means I'll only get three hours of sleep. </p>
<p>In other words, I really don't want to go to CalSo unless it is EXTREMELY helpful in getting the classes that I want.</p>
<p>I would say the main purpose of going to Calso is to sign up for classes. Of course you get to check out Cal, but I don’t think (at least personally) Calso revealed too much about Berkeley as a whole. So, if the classes you are taking are in high demand, you may want to consider going to Calso. </p>
<p>Examples of classes that fill up quickly are the popular breadth + R&C classes (ex: Music 20A and Scandinavian R5A/B).</p>
<p>If you are not taking any of the high-demand classes or wish to hold them off until a later semester, you can pick your classes at a later time.</p>
<p>How do I know if a class is high demand?</p>
<p>Music 20A is a R&C class? really? is it that easy</p>
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<p>No, should have added “respectively” in the quotations. And yes, it is very easy.</p>
<p>What are some of the popular/easy classes at Cal?</p>
<p>I didn’t find CalSO all that helpful. I met a lot of people… but hardly kept in touch with any of them. In all honesty, it wasn’t enjoyable tagging along with a bunch of people in hot weather and eating dorm food. If you want to use CalSO to explore student life, you could do so during Caltopia (on the first few days of fall semester).</p>
<p>You can always sign up for classes later, not during CalSO. Freshmen get some enrollment privileges like reserved spots for “New Admits.” Just remember to check out the New Student Services handbook for any information you might’ve missed from not attending CalSO.</p>
<p>Bump.</p>
<p>I also want to ask loldanielol’s question: what are some popular and easy classes at Cal? Thanks in advance :)</p>
<p>So don’t go to CalSo?</p>
<p>No need to go to CalSo IMO… you will be able to get into your classes, but you might have to take early/late classes (say 8AM and 5-7PM timeslots). You’ll be fine if you don’t go (they won’t hunt you down, etc…).</p>
<p>Oh wait, but I don’t want to take early classes. lol i was wondering if I didnt go to CalSo, i could still have a lot of options to pick from for classes? But if it means getting the bad times, then i should go… right?</p>
<p>For CalSO, is it true that the earlier the session, the better the chances are to get the classes/times you request?</p>
<p>Yes. Classes are filling steadily and the time you can register for class is your CalSO date, unless you don’t attend in which case you are given a date to register after all the CalSO’s have completed. By that time, the very high demand courses are pretty sure to be full (like R&C, but also some of the courses like Math and Chem may be full). What is open will be sparse, where you may have only one session choice open per class and those may conflict with each other, barring you from taking both classes.</p>
<p>do a lot of people go to CalSo?</p>
<p>So is the general consensus that going to CalSo doesn’t help significantly with class selection?</p>
<p>Also, if you don’t go to CalSo, when do you register for your classes?</p>
<p>the consensus is that it does help. if you don’t go to CalSO, you are given a code and appointment AFTER all the CalSOs are complete.</p>
<p>is it worth the $300? Especially if the time of CalSo conflicts with other plans I have?</p>
<p>If you can’t get a relatively early CalSO time, I don’t think it’s too worth going. I didn’t go to CalSO and I signed up for all my classes just fine and got the times that I wanted.</p>
<p>I am not recommending that it is the right choice for you, only being sure you know that there are some potential ‘costs’ in registration choices. Understandingthat, your decision will be a good one, but if you convince yourself that there is zero downside, it may make the decision easy but perhaps not the best one. </p>
<p>You may get everything you need without going to CalSO. If you went to CalSO, classes you want might still be filled, so it is no guarantee either. It just improves the odds and gives additional choices.</p>
<p>Rider730: But what about the Phases and telebears? If I’m understanding this correctly, students get assigned times for phase I an II right? So isn’t it possible that even if someone were to go to one of the earlier dates, they could get assigned late telebears time slots?</p>