<p>My orientation is still in several days, but I decided to prepare for my schedule early so I searched up classes I would need to take. I used the Class Search Tool, just because I was curious about how many seats are available, and looked up some classes such as MAT21A and CHE2A/CHE2AH, and it shows that all the classes for MAT21A have 0 seats available and for CHE there are only ~30 available for all classes together. Is this thing correct, or will more seats open up when it gets to my orientation. I’m also afraid that the seats will get taken up because my orientation is the second one for that college. :(?</p>
<p>yup they are full same thing happened to me… HOWEVER for every day of orientation, the school opens up like 1 space seat for every section which means whoever registers the earliest in that day, will have the advantage… i didn’t and i am super disappointed. Good Luck!</p>
<p>wait, isn’t registering for classes on the third day of orientation? does that mean the early bird on the third day has the advantage, or can we register for classes any day. And, thanks, hopefully later classes will open up and you get the course you want :)</p>
<p>Register for classes on your phone if you’re not first. That’s what I did :p</p>
<p>The only thing keeping you from registering is not having access to a computer.</p>
<p>Just assume those classes are going to be full, and hope for the best :)</p>
<p>So when exactly during orientation, do/can you register for classes on sisweb. I tried going on now at home and it says that at this time i can’t register for any classes yet (obviously because its not orientation yet for me)</p>
<p>If you go to sisweb and click on “check appointment times”, it tells you when you can register for classes (which is on the 3rd day of freshmen orientation).</p>
<p>Ahhh Thanks! So to hopefully get the classes I want, I should start registering right on my registration appointment time</p>
<p>my phone had no internet connectivity during orientation i was soooo mad and sad and … totally ruined my davis orientation lol</p>
<p>Wait! how come classes are already full? I thought you can’t register for classes online while sitting home? My orientation is on 8th August…</p>
<p>Did any other upcoming undergraduate for Engineering registered any classes yet? Thanks.</p>
<p>@ Teeta: Don’t forget it’s not just incoming students signing up for the classes, but also current students. For current students, we had our registration back in May. Incoming transfer students had their orientation in June. The later your orientation date is, the less chance you get of finding a seat in certain classes. For example, CHE 2A fills up rather quickly. However, I think they open up a few more spots at each orientation registration day (that is, the 3rd day of orientation for freshmen) to allow new students access into the class, but seats are usually limited. Also, you can register for classes online while sitting at home, but you can only register on the day assigned to you; this info can be found by going to sisweb.ucdavis.edu and clicking on “Check Appointment Times”.</p>
<p>FYI: my daughter called from orientation. She was unable to sign up for ANY classes pertinent to her intended major. The department DOES not reserve sufficient seats for those admitted into her intended major and others unable to get classes in their major have signed up for her required courses. Since she went to orientation by herself, I have not reviewed what classes she was able to sign up for, but I understand that they are not evenly remotely pertinent. Because she already has a fair amount of AP credit which she intended to utilize for electives or toward GE, this quarter may prove to be a waste of time and money, although I will reserve judgment until I have reviewed the situation. As I understand it, because her orientation is so late in the Summer, those classes left over are filling fast and have no relation to the students’ field of study. I understand she can shoot for those classes she needs on the 2nd Pass, but because Davis is so impacted, I’m concerned that she may be taking meaningless classes to just to maintain her status. Does anybody have any insight?</p>
<p>Do they really not reserve spots? My orientation is the very last one of the summer and from this thread I’m worried I would have been better off at the super impacted community college if I can’t take any classes</p>
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<p>It may be more useful than you think. Unfortunately, Davis doesn’t allow you to use AP credits to satisfy GE requirements. Depending on what you have, it can satisfy the University American Institutions and Entry-Level Writing requirements. They can also satisfy some of the individual college writing requirements, and maybe some major requirements. </p>
<p>Mostly, though, they seem to be good mainly to give you advanced placement in some classes and some general elective credits. But you still have to satisfy all of your GERs. We’ve tried to get our daughter thinking of a “Plan B,” so that if she can’t get any courses for her major in the first quarter she can at least take care of some GenEd requirements.</p>
<p>UCD Can and does restrict some classes to students from certain majors during pass 1 registration (What you guys are going through now). </p>
<p>However, once pass 2 registration starts (you’ll find the appointment date in sisweb), you can add to waitlists - on the big classes your chances of getting in from the waitlist aren’t bad at all. </p>
<p>Once you’ve had orientation, you can change your classes from 8pm-midnight PST on weekdays and 10am-6pm on weekends as per this:</p>
<p>[Registration</a> Guide | Registration Times and Appointments](<a href=“http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/csrg/appointments.html]Registration”>Class Schedule Archive)</p>
<p>Pass 2 starts on August 27th.</p>
<p>I’ll agree that if you’re transferring in, not being able to take classes in your major is a really bad thing if you’ve already done all of your general ed stuff. For people just starting out, I don’t see what the big rush is - there’s a LOT of GE classes to take care of, so just make sure the first quarter classes count for something. :)</p>
<p>I will agree though, I was surprised when I realized that full classes are a public school problem and not just a community college problem.</p>
<p>@ gohokies: this topic is old. The OP most likely isn’t interested in this topic anymore.</p>