<p>So my pre-med friends had the hardest time getting the classes they wanted, like one of them didn't even get her math class she wanted. And chem 14A is the hardest to get into apparently. </p>
<p>I'm a nursing major, and I'm wondering if it'll be anything different for me. Like will the nursing school help me get all my classes that I need? Or will I suffer like the pre-med students and not get what I need?</p>
<p>I know close to nothing about the nursing program, but I don’t see why you should be able to get into lower division classes from other departments any easier than any other student. Chemistry enrollment is under the Chemistry Undergraduate Office, and I don’t expect you to get special treatment if you wanted 14A just like any other student. Usually only graduating seniors get some enrollment preference, and that’s for waitlisted students in the department.</p>
<p>Many students don’t get the classes they want. When your pre-med friend didn’t get the math class she wanted, was it that she didn’t get the instructor she wanted? the time she wanted? Just because she didn’t get what she wanted doesn’t mean every other student won’t get what he or she wants.</p>
<p>Chem 14A or 20A is understandably hard to get because a lot of the science/engineering/health students want/need it. There’s advice if you don’t get into the class you want: keep checking class enrollment to see if somebody drops. Almost always at least 1 person will drop from a large lecture class, for any number of reasons. Lots of classes in my experience drop in enrollment by the end of Week 2. Some students enroll in 4 or 5 classes, and drop 1 or 2 after sampling for two weeks. Some students get intimidated and scared of the professor and decide to take the class another quarter. Another thing you can do is attend the class anyways and ask the professor to enroll you; some classes that are waitlisted automatically enroll all the students, if the professor and department allow it.</p>