<p>i'm not attending orientation so i called ucla and they said my enrollment time is aug 2nd. they told me that it's highly recommended that i attend a 2 hour long new student workshop, but the only workshops available to me are a week or two (or more) AFTER my enrollment time. </p>
<p>is it better that i hold off on my enrollment to attend these workshops?
or should i just read the entire handbook and choose my courses entirely by myself?
how informational ARE these workshops??</p>
<p>how fast do classes fill up btw? is that two week time period just not worth it bc i'd be letting so much people enroll for classes ahead of me? </p>
<p>Most students have gone throught their priority, first, and second time by the time you enroll.</p>
<p>2 weeks after your enrollment time would probably be even after the last orientation students sign up for their classes.</p>
<p>Depending on what classes you want, you might want to enroll ASAP. Not attending orientation is already a disadvantage. You "might" not get into one of your desired courses.</p>
<p>i have no clue about which class(es) fill up the quickest and i'm in the first orientation. how could i "take advantage" of the first orientation?</p>
<p>Wow, if that's the case then the UCLA front office is pretty dumb, since your sign up date falls during session 105 for first years (out of 111) or before session 107 for transfers (out of 111). If I was an incoming student who has an orientation date after August 2nd, I would look into canceling my orientation session if I was able to get an earlier sign up date, ESPECIALLY if I had say the last 2 where I'm sure to probably get courses that I would have never imagined to have signed up for to begin with.</p>
<p>Definitely DO NOT WAIT two extra weeks afterwards (that workshop will probably only cover the very obvious anyways, especially if its only 2 hours, and sadly that's also probably all the time you would need to learn everything anyways as oppose to the 3 days of orientation for first years). If you need help, just say your major and whether you're an incoming freshman or transfer and I'm sure people will help you choose your courses.</p>
<p>Essentially you sign up at URSA (<a href="http://www.ursa.ucla.edu%5B/url%5D">www.ursa.ucla.edu</a>) by clicking on "Find a class to enroll" and searching for the course and enrolling in it, and then review your schedule at "View Study List" to make sure everything is fine. If you have any questions along the way you should post it and I'm sure someone will respond.</p>
<p>i did what you did, i didn't go to orientation (and probably worth not going from what i've heard from my friends) and i went to one of those workshop things..biggest waste of time of my life. sign up for it if you want, but if i do recall correctly, i was able to enroll for classes perfectly fine before going to the workshop and because i didn't go to orientation, like jyancy said, my class sign-up date was really early so i got all of the classes i wanted easily.</p>
<p>jyancy - yeah i found that odd as well, and a big reason why I chose not to go to orientation in the first place; the only session available to me was the very last one (yay procrastination) so i figured either way i'd be screwed. When ucla told me Aug 2nd I was all "...uhh." but yeah, i just checked - and Aug 2nd it is. </p>
<p>alright, i suppose i wont go to the workshop - THANKS so much jyancy and 0odoo!!!!!</p>
<p>what kinds of workshops are there day 2? the itinerary lists "afternoon-various workshops" and i've heard about ones about managing finances, study habits, and housing.</p>
<p>how popular are the workshops? if ppl not to attend the workshops, what do they do?</p>