Freshmen Scheduling

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Is anyone else confused as to how to pick classes for your major and what not or is it just me? </p>

<p>I'm planning on applying to Haas so I'm a pre-business major. Can someone please help me?!? </p>

<p>What classes should I take? How do I know which classes look "better" on the application? (for instance, should I do Math 16A or 1A?)</p>

<p>There are multiple econ/statistics/etc classes. How do I know which one to take?! </p>

<p>I AM SO OVERWHELMED. And I'm not going to CalSo so I won't have anyone advising me on what to do... </p>

<p>help me! D:</p>

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<p>For math, take a look here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-berkeley/1305840-freshman-math-faq.html&lt;/a&gt; (see post #18 for pre-business-specific information after reading the general placement information in post #1)</p>

<p>The pre-business prerequisites are 7 courses:</p>

<ul>
<li>Math: 1A-1B, 16A-16B, 1A-16B, 53, or 54 (see linked thread)</li>
<li>R&C A and B (4 on AP English fulfills R&C A; 5 on AP English literature fulfills (R&C A and B)</li>
<li>Economics 1 (5 on both AP economics fulfills)</li>
<li>UGBA 10</li>
<li>Statistics 20 or 21 (lists a semester of calculus as a prerequisite; choose either one)</li>
</ul>

<p>Be flexible; keep all of the courses for which you have the prerequisites for on your list of candidate courses so that if some are full, you can take others. Add some breadth/AC courses to your candidate courses. See [url=&lt;a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html]Office”&gt;http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/requirement/7breadth.html]Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: 7 Course Breadth<a href=“but%20note%20that%20if%20you%20go%20into%20the%20business%20major,%20business%20courses%20and%20micro/macro%20economics%20courses%20like%20Economics%201%20do%20%5Bi%5Dnot%5B/i%5D%20fulfill%20breadth%20categories”>/url</a>.</p>

<p>A typical schedule will be about 15-16 units, or about four courses. Your candidate list should have more than four, of which you can choose four which are not full/overflowing when your registration time comes.</p>

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<p>Thank you so much!</p>

<p>also, im using schedule builder but I can’t see the schedules that it makes. I click the “generate schedules” buttons but it shows nothing after it finished loading. It just shows the info that says “Info. Out of 1152 potential schedules, 364 were rejected due to conflicts. 0.31 seconds elapsed.”</p>

<p>am i doing something wrong?</p>

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<p>Someone else may be able to help you with schedulebuilder…</p>

<p>Also consider an alternate major if you do not get into the business major or decide not to do the business major. Include courses that are prerequisites for your alternate major(s) in your candidate courses.</p>

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<p>The schedule builder on TeleBears is really crudy… Google “NinjaCourses” and use that. ScheudleBuilder is basically a watered down version of NinjaCourses.</p>

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<p>for econ1, which book should i get? the textbook or olney’s books</p>

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<p>thanks guys!</p>

<p>and omg, ^^ you’re already ordering a text book? I dont even know what classes im taking…</p>

<p>also is there a site where I can see reviews on professors so I know which ones are easy/hard? </p>

<p>annd last question but for haas, how do I know which class looks better on an app? Or which classes are more difficult?</p>

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<p>Well Haas will take your UGBA/Econ/Stats grade very seriously. That doesn’t mean Math won’t matter, so still work hard in that. </p>

<p>For professor rating, go to RateMyProfessor, CourseRank, and NinjaCourses. Those 3 websites are valuable resources. I prefer CourseRank + NinjaCourses over RMP since RMP is a bit outdated for my taste.</p>

<p>Textbook wise, don’t buy it yet… wait to see if there are changes to the course. On top of that, why carry extra weights in your luggage!</p>

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<p>And calm down for now! :slight_smile: You’re not behind yet, and everything is laid out pretty nicely if you look hard enough for it (I didn’t do calso either, and I’ve been finding my way around relatively easily - better than others that did do it). I’m going to be a sophomore and don’t know what classes I’m taking yet either. </p>

<p>This should be what you need:
[Prerequisites</a>, Undergraduate Program, Berkeley-Haas](<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/ucb_prereq.html]Prerequisites”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/ucb_prereq.html)
[Exam</a> Credit, Undergraduate Programs, Berkeley-Haas](<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/aplist.html]Exam”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/aplist.html)
[Ninja</a> Courses](<a href=“http://ninjacourses.com/]Ninja”>http://ninjacourses.com/)
[Rate</a> My Professors | Find and rate your professor, campus and more - RateMyProfessors.com](<a href=“http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/]Rate”>http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/)
<a href=“https://www.courserank.com/w/home[/url]”>https://www.courserank.com/w/home&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>and check this later on
<a href=“http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/pdf/requirements_for_degree_F12.pdf[/url]”>http://www.haas.berkeley.edu/Undergrad/pdf/requirements_for_degree_F12.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Textbook wise, check to see if other sources besides the student store and Ned’s offer it for less money.</p>

<p>For example, the student store has Case, Principles of Economics, 10th edition for $246.75 new and $185.25 used.</p>

<p>But you can get it new from [Amazon[/url</a>] for $178.57 + shipping, or for $148.99 including shipping from one of the [url=&lt;a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0132552914/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new]Amazon”&gt;http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0132552914/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new]Amazon</a> Marketplace](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Economics-10th-Edition-Karl/dp/0132552914]Amazon[/url”>http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Economics-10th-Edition-Karl/dp/0132552914) sellers at the current time.</p>

<p>The Olney book (which is intended as a supplement to a typical economics textbook) is also less expensive at Amazon and Amazon Marketplace.</p>

<p>However, be sure that the ISBN numbers match if you are trying to find the exact same book.</p>

<p>(Yes, this is a real world economics example of a market that is not perfectly competitive.)</p>

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<p>^ mind blown.</p>