<p>So, I just got back from session 101 recently and overall, it was pretty enjoyable except for one part: enrollment (coincidentally the most important part of orientation). Even though I was in session 101, I was unable to enroll in chemistry 14a because they only allocate a few open spaces for students per session. :'(
My question is: will spots open up? Will I be able to enroll in chem 14a eventually or should I just take math 3a and 2 GEs this quarter? I really want to take chem 14a this quarter so I can be on track for my major..</p>
<p>what the heck … that sucks … i thought those type of classes would be easy to get into. if chem 14a was like that chem 20a would be the same too huh? that’s wack son.</p>
<p>Chem 20A was fine, there were no enrollment restrictions and there are plenty of spots open. English 3 and the clusters are restricted though, and the Poli Sci class I enrolled in is almost full.</p>
<p>The reality is many undergraduates who enroll at UCLA are pre-med. 14A (and other classes such as Life Science 2) will thus be in high demand…Best thing you can probably do for now is keep watch on the 14A enrollment list especially after the Orientation process has completed. They may open more slots then…</p>
<p>Chem 20A wont have any problems. People tend to enroll and drop that sporadically, and most often they will allow people to enroll into 20A above the cap…</p>
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<li>Set the Chem 14A class listing as your homepage</li>
<li>Wait until spots open</li>
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<li>Enroll!!!</li>
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<p>You all will be fine, look at the enrollment numbers in the past by changing the url…</p>
<p>Yeah, I’ve been keeping an eye on the chem 14a class listing but the number are really trippy: [Schedule</a> of Classes: Class Listing](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/detselect.aspx?termsel=10F&subareasel=CHEM&idxcrs=0014A+++]Schedule”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/schedule/detselect.aspx?termsel=10F&subareasel=CHEM&idxcrs=0014A+++)</p>
<p>For example, for lecture 1 the enrollment is 78/50 and waitlist is 0/0… I’m confused.</p>
<p>In the chem 20/30 series, you should never have problems getting the class. Maybe with a worse professor, but never the situation where you won’t be able to take it. I don’t know if the same can be said about the 14 series.</p>
<p>Freshmen are able to enroll in poli sci classes before returning students can? How is this system fair?</p>
<p>wait…so how can you ensure that you get one of the “few open spaces for students per session?”</p>
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<p>That’s because the orientation counselors draw numbers from a hat (or whatever) and whoever’s luckiest gets the best enrollment priorities for their students for those reserved classes. (i.e. for those restricted classes, you don’t necessarily have the same priority as everyone else in the orientation session–it goes instead by OC)</p>
<p>@OP</p>
<p>I do know that if you happen to fail the math diagnostic exam, then you can come back to a later orientation session and retake it. I sort of doubt it’s the same with class enrollments, but it’s worth calling up and asking if you happen to live close-ish to ucla.</p>
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<p>July 12, 11PM is the very last second pass for returning students (source: [UCLA</a> Schedule of Classes: Enrollment Appointments](<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/enrollappt.htm]UCLA”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/enrollappt.htm)). That is after freshman orientation 101, but before freshman orientation 102. So if you were in session 101, then you enrolled earlier than the second passes of <em>some</em> returning students.</p>
<p>But all in all, the more seniority you have, the earlier you enroll. It’s fair.</p>
<p>I know a few people, myself included, with sophomore standing whose second pass was today.</p>
<p>I bet some freshmen have more units than I do, what with community college and the tons of AP/IB units they come in with. Should I feel old now?</p>
<p>I’m technically a junior and my 2nd pass was after the first Orientation. If the spread of Enrollment appointments is any indication, the enrollment for the first session is before about half of the 2nd passes. The first transfer session is before first pass ends.</p>
<p>@dtn521 Thanks for the tip! I did that for a class I needed but filled up pretty early. I have a question though, if I looked up last year’s enrolled students for a class, do the numbers show the people who dropped halfway through it? Or do they show the people who added the class before the deadline to enroll?</p>
<p>The enrollment numbers show how many were still in the class at the end of the term.</p>
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meaning: Yes, the numbers do indeed reflect the professor’s barber’s car mechanic’s plumber’s lawyer’s accountant’s physician’s son, who got into that class thanks to “connections.” So you just subtract about 1 or 2 people from the listed number of people enrolled to get a realistic number of how many people got into the class via the good ol’ fashioned way.</p>
<p>And while we’re on the subject–yes, the Chancellor’s son does indeed get to enroll before you do. Even if you have “priority pass.” Live with it.</p>
<p>I don’t even know if the chancellor has a son.</p>
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<p>All right, so there are two transfer orientations and one freshman orientation before second passes end. It’s not the end of the world, but it definitely is a problem that I don’t see any reason for, since they could just push the orientation sessions later on in the calendar. </p>
<p>And this is just a wild guess, but if there are rumors that “UCLA freshmen have trouble getting the classes they need”, then I suppose that what they’re doing to make one or two orientations before second passes end is a convenient way for ucla to be able to say (for marketing purposes?) that some freshmen enroll even before returning students.</p>
<p>Someone on this forum should spend some time stalking the USC college confidential forum to see if they have similar problems with enrollment. :)</p>
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<p>It’s probably just because of time constraints. They don’t have much space to push back Orientation sessions. It wouldn’t even be a good marketing scheme since you’re a returning student more times than you’re an incoming freshman, and in your later years you’re more likely to need particular classes.</p>
<p>I wasn’t affected by the Orientation people. The only class I missed out on was full before my first pass.</p>