<p>Just make sure that, when you’re taking elective classes (like Chinese), you’re not inadvertently eating up units in your semester that could be applied to classes for your major or GEs. Freshman year, I screwed up big time by taking two non-major/minor and non-GE classes and had to take two GEs in a summer session to graduate on time.</p>
<p>Your advisor can help you with all this – but I guess it’s hard when you’re not going to orientation. I guess you can discuss this on the phone with them before the first day of classes.</p>