Didn't finish OCHEM, still got in

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<p>I got accepted to Cal as a Cell and Developmental Bio major, but due to scheduling issues and courses offered at my community college, I haven't started taking the Organic Chemistry series yet.</p>

<p>I was looking at the department's undergrad program and these are the requirements in a nutshell:
1) Finish all prerequisites before transferring
2) Declare major after first semester as Junior
3) Complete CHEM 3B (second course)</p>

<p>I let Berkeley know about this when I updated my application, but somehow I made it in. Everything else I'm done with... now my dilemma: I can't take the second course of OCHEM until my second semester at UCB, since I need to take the 3A course first. Should I try to declare anyway after my first semester and possibly get rejected or just screw it and go to UCSD?</p>

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<p>You can try to take Chem 3A/3AL in the summer then Chem 3B/3BL in the fall.</p>

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<p>[UCB</a> Online Schedule of Classes: Search Results](<a href=“http://sis.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?p_term=SU&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_deptname=Chemistry&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&p_session=--+Choose+a+Session+--&p_dept=&p_course=3a%2C+3al&p_title=&p_instr=&p_ccn=&p_day=&p_hour=&p_bldg=&p_units=&p_info=&p_updt=&x=66&y=5]UCB”>http://sis.berkeley.edu/OSOC/osoc?p_term=SU&p_classif=--+Choose+a+Course+Classification+--&p_deptname=Chemistry&p_presuf=--+Choose+a+Course+Prefix%2FSuffix+--&p_session=--+Choose+a+Session+--&p_dept=&p_course=3a%2C+3al&p_title=&p_instr=&p_ccn=&p_day=&p_hour=&p_bldg=&p_units=&p_info=&p_updt=&x=66&y=5)</p>

<p>Get into 3A and the waitlist for 3AL</p>

<p>One problem though, 3B and 3BL for Fall 08 are more or less full. If they are not full right now, they will be full by your TeleBEARS date.</p>

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<p>Arrrgh, what??!</p>

<p>How do people usually get classes at all if they’re all full before registration dates?</p>

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<p>you’re a new entering student so your phase 1 will be really late but your phase 2 will be really early. Even if you did Chem 3A in summer, you would have a difficult time getting into the Chem 3BL. My advice, do something and get into Chem 3A and 3AL this summer. Sign up for Chem 3B in fall; if you don’t get into Chem 3BL, stay in Chem 3B and take 3BL another semester.</p>