<p>So I'm an incoming freshman in the College of Natural Resources that has no clue what she wants to do, or even if she wants to stay in CNR. The only major that appeals to me in CNR is Society and Environment, really, so I'm thinking L&S would be a better option for me.</p>
<p>The classes I signed up for so far are:</p>
<p>-Chem 1A
-Psych 1
-Theater R1B</p>
<p>and waitlisted for Chinese 1Y. </p>
<p>However, assuming I don't get Chinese, those three classes only total up to 11 units, which is below the minimum of 13 units. What other classes should I take? I was considering Math 1A, because I'm pretty decent with math, but I've also heard it was a killer course and considering that I'm very undecided with my major right now, I don't want to take a hard class if it ends up that I may not even need it in the future. </p>
<p>Math 1A definitely is known to be a killer course, and even people that did great in AP Calculus can do bad in it. However, I think how well you’ll do in Math1A strongly depends on how good you already are in math, how well your high school math teachers prepped you, and how willing you’d be to work on it. </p>
<p>Have you looked into seminar or decal courses?</p>
<p>Well, this is from the Berkeley financial aid website. They make no distinction between colleges. I was just curious. My son is in the College of Engineering and is deliberately taking a light load first semester. He will be taking 12 units. (He has over 40 credits due to AP classes)</p>
<p>Most people who sign up for Chinese 1Y are waitlisted unless they talked to the professor before hand. You will most likely get into the class if you show up to all the classes the first 2 weeks. I took that class as a freshmen too and it was really fun. If you have had any experience in Chinese school or you parents teaching you the basics, the class is really easy. It really doesn’t feel like 5 units. I have the class reader if you want to buy it. PM me for details.</p>
<p>Personally, I feel that 13 units means you have a lot of free time. I took 17 units my first semester and thought it relaxed. I know some even took 20. I think that there is no harm in signing up for more classes then dropping the ones you don’t want. Keep it if you can handle it, else just drop the class.</p>
<p>Personally, I feel that 13 units means you have a lot of free time. I took 17 units my first semester and thought it relaxed. I know some even took 20. I think that there is no harm in signing up for more classes then dropping the ones you don’t want. Keep it if you can handle it, else just drop the class.</p>
<p>Depends a lot on what those units entail. I find units a very pathetically poor representation of workload. Having 18 units can be infinitely easier than 14. Then again, this is true mainly when you get to the upper division, since the classes vary in nature. Example - if your classes have a large concentration (2+) of project-based CS classes, like EECS 150 and 162 at once. I understand these examples are exaggerated, but they are, funnily, real examples of things people have done :)</p>
<p>I’m actually doing that this upcoming fall. It’s the exact reason why I will “only” be taking 13 units even though I’m usually comfortable with 16.</p>
<p>Turtlecloud, assuming that I do get Chinese 1Y, I will have 16 units which is a pretty good courseload, and I wanted to take a DeCal as well, which would round it out to about 17-19 units. I’m also hoping to join a couple of clubs. </p>
<p>Would my schedule would then be too strenuous or hard to handle, considering Theater, Psych, Chem, etc.?</p>
<p>Also, what if I DON’T get into Chinese; what other class should I sign up for then? And when could I do so, since my Telebears is already capped at 16 units, including the waitlisted Chinese class?</p>