<p>Hi I’m in Group 9 which is August 3-5. Does having a late orientation mean that I won’t have as many classes to choose from? Will I be able to create a good flexible schedule for me? Because I wanted later class times and maybe an open Friday so will being late mean that more time slots will be filled up earlier and it’ll be hard to get what I want where I want it?</p>
<p>Most likely. I had transfer orientation on June 27 and even then, it was a miracle for me to get that last 1 spot for the Biology 2B section I wanted to get into. Others in my same orientation group were unable to get into the section they wanted for their particular course and had to either choose another section or be put on the waitlist. </p>
<p>You can take a look at [UCD’s</a> Open Course List](<a href=“http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/ocl/opencourses.html]UCD’s”>Office of the University Registrar (OUR)) to see which classes are still open, and if the course you want is full, you can always waitlist.</p>
<p>“Students who attend earlier Orientation sessions are not advantaged in course registration over students who attend a later session. The university works with the academic colleges to run a “seat release” system which reserves open spaces in courses and releases a portion of open seats during each Orientation session to help create equality in course registration over the summer.”</p>
<p>@JeSuis: Thank you!! That was my main concern :/</p>
<p>I was able to get into all 3 math classes that I needed. A friend of mine doing Comp Sci couldn’t register for a single class he needed and was stuck taking random classes just for units. :(</p>
<p>@statmanaggie: Are you a transfer student or are you talking about a previous year? Or both?</p>
<p>He and I are both transfer students this year. He had orientation a few days earlier than me, I was on the 27th of June. I’m not sure how it is for incoming freshman however. </p>
<p>For transfers, there is also another open registration session in August where people can add, drop, and register for classes. I am registered for 16 units but will be dropping down to 12. Three math classes in one quarter is enough lol.</p>
<p>For high-demand classes such as General Chemistry, Statistics, Biology, Political Science, and just about any high-capacity introduction course, the university holds X amount of seats per orientation pass time, so don’t worry!</p>
<p>Also, from my freshman year experience, I attended STEP and had the very last time to register for classes. I was -still- able to get all my classes in one go – even Japanese 1, which fills up VERY fast!</p>
<p>Don’t feel discouraged if the classes you want are filled up, btw. If you are really persistent and stalk the open course list (you’ll learn more about it during orientation), there is a high chance that someone dropped the class and you will have the opportunity to snatch it. :)</p>
<p>LOL @ “stalk the open course list.” But marz is indeed correct. Be persistent and you may get a spot if one of your planned/needed class is filled.</p>
<p>Do we get any free time during orientation to roam around, or visit departments on our own or something?</p>
<p>You’ll probably have a little bit of free time during orientation, but they really try to make your three days worthwhile by not wasting your time. Depending how early the planned events finish, you can use that time to do whatever you like. However, take the travel time into consideration. Most of your events will be either in Tercero, the Science Lecture Hall, or Giedt Hall, which are all located southwest of campus. Getting to the MU games area from any of these locations is a good 10+ minutes walking distance one-way. Since the 3rd day of orientation ends after lunch, you can spend some time roaming around campus after that!</p>
<p>And as much as it is tempting, try to resist the urge of sneaking out of scheduled events… you’ll have plenty of free time during move-in week :D.</p>
<p>well at least you have it figured out that you can’t register until orientation. my mom has been yelling at me all morning to figure out how to make an appointment and i’ve been trying to tell her that it’s “registrar-designated appointment time” and she wouldn’t believe me…
@jesuis: helpful for me too. thanks!</p>