<p>Hey guys, I'm worried that I won't be getting any classes this semester lol </p>
<p>Only 1 class, Math 1A, is a registered class. The others, including CS 61A, UGBA 10 and PB HLTH 181 are waitlisted courses.</p>
<p>I'm position 123 for CS 61A, 61 for UGBA 10, and 26 for PB HLTH 181.</p>
<p>What should I do? Is there a chance I'll be getting off the waitlist for these courses?!</p>
<p>You need to pick other courses than that aren’t waitlisted in case those don’t work out. </p>
<p>Something doesn’t seem right here, your saying that in phase 1 of your telebears that you only signed up for one class? or were all the others wait listed even in phase 1? </p>
<p>I signed up for 3 classes, since the max was 10 units - Math 1A, CS 61A, and a 2 unit course (forget which one).</p>
<p>So basically chances are low of me getting off the waitlist? For all three of those courses? </p>
<p>I must mention that I’m a potential CS major - would this in any way affect my chance of getting CS 61A?</p>
<p>The max for phase II is 16 units, how could I sign up for “back-up” classes?</p>
<p>Thanks a lot!</p>
<p>You should first sign up for 6 units of classed you would want to take if your wait listed classes do not work out.</p>
<p>Since you have not declared yet, and cannot until you complete the pre-requisites for computer science, it would not help since you are not identified as a CS major.</p>
<p>The best time to gauge whether you could get in or not is exactly one week before classes start, this is when people switch around classes much more, and the waitlist will go down. Right now, people haven’t really been back to school yet/thinking about school, so most are adding classes and not dropping or switching classes.</p>
<p>Right, sounds good. Hopefully all turns out well and fine :)</p>
<p>I would recommend that you make an appt to speak with an adviser for your college. They be very helpful with coming up with a class schedule and setting up backup plans. Find an adviser that you like and check in with them a couple times each semester. Plan ahead–don’t wait until just before TeleBears.</p>
<p>Since you are registered in only one class, it’d be a good idea to speak to an adviser sooner than later. You might consider enrolling in a class that fulfills one of your breadth requirements. That way, if you don’t get into one of the other classes you’re interested in, you might at least be able to make progress in completing your breadth reqs.</p>
<p>It sometimes helps to email the professor or department for waitlisted classes that are a high priority for you to get into. At least twice, I was on the waitlist for classes that I needed to get into and found out by emailing the professor/dept that the classes were cross-listed with another department/college (that means it was the same class, meeting at the same time in the same location but under a different course #). The cross-listed classes had open seats that I was able to get into right away. If you check the general catalog class listings, it might show you if a class is cross-listed there as well.</p>
<p>When you email them, introduce yourself (year, undeclared), politely explain why you need to/want to take this class and then ask them if they think you’d be able to get in with a wait list position of #___. However, I would only contact them for classes that you are serious about taking. (In other words, don’t waste their time if it’s a class you don’t care that much about.)</p>
<p>In choosing classes, make sure the class will work for you by checking the online schedule of classes including the link for current enrollment info and course restrictions as well as the catalog description (includes pre-requisites). Check course reviews at ninjacourses, ratemyprofessors, etc. Lots of good info here to help you strategize.</p>
<p>Lastly, if the semester starts and you’re still on the waitlist for classes, be sure to start attending them and doing the coursework as though you were enrolled in the class. Some professors will give you a code to add the class if you attend the first or first few class meetings and show you’re serious about the class. You can ask what the chances are of getting in off of the waitlist at the end of the first class meeting if they haven’t covered it already. Students who don’t show up to the first class meeting are often dropped (but not always). You can often access the required textbooks in the Reserve section of the library until you are able to get into the class then buy your own books. If the class has a course reader, you might be able to share one with someone that’s already in the class until you get into the class and get your own. Come to class prepared and ask questions–professors and GSIs like students who participate, which will not only help you learn the material, but might help get you an add code.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@kp9231 - Wow, thanks for the detailed answer!</p>
<p>My schedule’s all sorted out now, I dropped some of the waitlisted courses and added others. I was waitlisted in CS 61A, but checked today and I’m off. I did what you said before I even read it lol, i.e. emailing the professor after contacting the CS department. :)</p>
<p>And if anyone can answer this - what is the difference between lecture, discussion and labs? I don’t quite understand this - for example, what happens in the discussion sections after a lecture? Do you just do the problem sets assigned, kind of like a study group?</p>