<p>I'll either be doing Materials or Biomedical Engineering at UCLA this upcoming school year.</p>
<p>Do most students in my field (or engineering in general), sign up for a GE cluster? If so, which is most popular for an engineer and why?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>i'm wondering the same thing!</p>
<p>Most engineers don't take a cluster because of the number of major requirements we need to get out of the way. In addition, I've heard that GEs are useful for balancing quarters when you take insane upper division classes. Though, if you're ahead in math, physics, or chemistry, a cluster is definitely doable.</p>
<p>As for what clusters are popular among engineers, no idea. Just make sure you like the cluster you pick because they require quite a bit of effort.</p>
<p>Most counselors during orientation will advise you not to take a cluster simply because you're doing a lot of your pre-reqs your freshman year and do not have time to take those classes. Also, engineers have a less strenuous GE requirement, which doesn't work out with the clusters anyways.</p>
<p>just wait until orientation to learn all about it... its really early for you guys to worry about clusters right after you get in...</p>
<p>Dude, orientation was super fun and all, and I learned a lot, but they taught me absolutely nothing about planning out my classes and what not. My whole group was all pretty much bio majors and my OC was an english major. She was great, but had no idea how to help us plan out our premed classes and what not. It is best to just talk with people who've already taken the classes and what not. </p>
<p>Anyways, back to the topic, I don't think any of my engineering friends have taken clusters. Like Spam said, engineers are exempt from certain GE's. And as grapesoda said, it seems more logical to spread them out to balance out the hard classes. Also, it gives you the option of taking them at a comm college during the summer, leaving for less cramming of engineering classes during the year.</p>
<p>yeah im talking about engineering OCs... your OC will be an engineer for sure and all the engineers will be given a 4 year plan that you should follow to successfully graduate... so don't worry about it for now really :)</p>