<p>It is my understanding that you pick your classes at orientation. And while I believe they save spots to assure everyone gets in the classes they need, I am not too sure if this is true for electives. So if you pick a later orientation, do you get last pick of electives?</p>
<p>I do believe so. But don’t take my word for it.</p>
<p>The bad news is yes, you’ll get the last pick.</p>
<p>The good news is upperclassman filled up the good classes months ago so orientation date doesn’t make a huge difference, all freshman are semi-equally screwed.</p>
<p>The other good news is there will still be plenty of options and your advisor will make sure you get placed in the classes you need.</p>
<p>Also, don’t give up hope. I was in two terrible electives and I had the first orientation slot. However after the first day of classes I went to talk to my advisor and it turned out spots had openned up (from people switching around) in two great ones, so I took them. You just have to keep on top of it and usually things won’t end up TOO badly… Although freshmen get stuck with 8 ams pretty often.</p>