<p>My orientation is July 5th and 6th, but one of my friends had hers a few days ago and she said they have no more room for chem 1A for first quarter? Does anyone know if this is true?</p>
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<p>Just log in and see for yourself, all the courses are here. It looks like they have 2 spots open for Chem 1A and 2 spots for Chem 1AL. Hopefully I get one of the spots from each, I need chem as well haha. I’ll be going July 5/6 as well.</p>
<p>So if those two spots get filled up we’re screwed? that sucks</p>
<p>yeah I checked out chem 1a as well. But I have a hard time believing that all of them are full already. Mainly because no freshman got to register yet and most of the students who take that class are freshman. Or I could be wrong in which case im screwed.</p>
<p>let’s be fair now guys. you dont HAVE to take chem 1a your very FIRST quarter. and if you are somebody who does (i.e. chemE), you are reserved spots anyways. there’s a million GEs you can take that are not even close to full (and 3/4 of the school has already registered). freshman world problems…</p>
<p>If you are a pre-bio major, (and probably any major that requires you to take Chem1A,1B,1C), you will have a chance at that class. If you aren’t in a major that requires you to take the progression of chemistry classes, you should wait until next quarter.</p>
<p>Each orientation group has classes set aside for signup, sort of reserved for freshmen. It may say full now, but the size will increase for each passing orientation. You can look at the class size history and see what the likely final class size will be. At orientation, it may fill up for your slot. Go to orientation with a plan, get in line early for signups, and get the most important classes first.</p>
<p>hey future classmates, I have two questions:
- are the 50 minute classes that meet up once a week discussion sections? in CMPSC 8 there’s some classes that are an hour and half and meet up 2 days a week while others are 50 minutes and meet up once a week. what’s the point of having the shorter classes? are they the same as the longer ones?</p>
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<li>does anyone know how long it would take to get from the chem building to the humanities and social sciences building by bike? im trying to make up a schedule and have chem from 9-9:50 and then writing right after at 10, but idk if i would be able to get there in time. do you think the professor would care if i was a little late everyday?</li>
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<p>on that note, is there some place i would be able to find out how long it takes to get from one place to another within the campus? maybe someone has made a website about that.</p>
<p>yes the 50 minute classes are the discussion ones. the classes that have the word “final” on the right section of them are the lecture ones. every shorter class under that is a discussion class. you choose a discussion section and that automatically enrolls you in the lecture class associated with that class. you must have one discussion section along with the lecture. so for cmpsc8 your mandatory class is tuesday and thursday from 330-445 and then you have a choice of discussion section. i have heard from some students that having back to back classes is prefferable but you should ask one of the people at orientation if 10 minutes would be enough. i know i will have to get from the engineering building to the phelps hall in 10 minutes but i know those are close by. i don’t think there is a website that tells you how long it would take to get from one part of campus to another but i feel like that would be something useful to program. and you’re doing comp sci so who knows, maybe you’ll use that as one of your projects. i’m also in comp sci so i’ll see you at sb then. good luck with getting your classes.</p>
<p>oh also, chem filled up extremely quickly. when you actually register, choose your chem classes first. you are guaranteed cmpsc8 and math if you’re in the comp sci engineering major but i don’t think you are guaranteed chem</p>
<p>i’m actually in electrical engineering trying to switch over to computer engineering. thank you so much for the long and well-thought-out response. i will definitely pick chem first, and hopefully ill be able to get most of the times i want. trying to figure out a schedule is more time consuming than i thought haha. thanks again! ill see u at ucsb :)</p>