<p>Since I got accepted into Berkeley and UCLA, I'm in a dilemma. I know both are great schools, but Berkeley is ranked a bit higher in several departments- and I'm looking mainly at science majors. What I would like to know is how hard is it to get into classes at each individual school. UCLA offered me the Regents scholarship, so I won't have that much of a problem there, but I still wonder if you'd still be able to get classes at UCB all-the-same.</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>depends. how many AP credits are you coming in with, and what’s your major/college (CoC, L&S, CoE, etc.)?</p>
<p>and I’m not sure if regents helps with class enrollment here, b/c one of my friends has regents, came in with more units than me, we’re the same major, but I still got an earlier tele-bears.</p>
<p>I’m actually not coming in with much AP credits. I passed my Calculus AB and AP USH last year and is planning to take Calculus BC as well as English Literature and Composition this year. Although, I’m a bit skeptic in being able to pass those two tests. I got in to Berkeley’s College of Letters and Science.</p>
<p>pass calc BC and English Lit. try to get a 5 on the English Lit. I’m serious. it’ll be a HUGE help for BOTH schools, b/c then you don’t have to deal with the whole R&C requirement. </p>
<p>because you’re going in with so few AP credits and you’re in L&S though, I’m sorry to say that you’ll get shafted in the beginning by the enrollment system at both Cal and UCLA, regardless of regents. </p>
<p>I know at Cal the first semester won’t matter so much b/c it depends on how soon you can get your CalSO, but for the rest of your freshman and sophomore years, the enrollment system will put you on last priority. but once you hit junior/senior years, you’ll get higher priority. AP units help to raise your enrollment system level (so I’m technically a freshman, but I have second semester sophomore status in the enrollment system. I’m still getting shafted by telebears, but next semester I get junior year status, which will help a lot).</p>
<p>Which college you’re in also can help. L&S generally doesn’t get much priority, but if you’re in a smaller, more specialized college with lots of requirements (like CoC), then it can give you a small boost on your enrollment priority.</p>
<p>Oh, that sounds a bit depressing. I didn’t think it’d be that bad if I chose to go to UC Berkeley. My sister is enrolled there now, finishing up her sophomore year and from what I hear from her, classes aren’t that hard to get and many end up dropping out of the courses, so you can end up taking their spots.</p>
<p>mmm that’s also very very true. you can waitlist, and there is a very high possibility of getting the class. the only small issue is that departments can’t be quite as accommodating as they were in the past due to funding issues, but if you’re in a class that’s required by a lot of majors (math, etc.), or if you’re in an intro class in a department that is desperately trying to recruit new majors (like EPS 50), then the department will do its very best to accommodate waitlisters.</p>