<p>lol. i tried 21 units once (then again i'm not an engineer) and dropped down to 16.</p>
<p>please, do yourselves a favor and never take ling 20 for a GE. SO not worth the pain and suffering. not to mention there seem to be no good professors for that class...</p>
<p>3rd year (AHHH!!)</p>
<p>Comm 101 (I heard this was kind of a hard class? I'm tired of 3 hour lectures)
Comm 132 or Geography 5, because they're at the same time.
Comp Lit 2AW
Japanese 1 (maybe?)</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your advice, everyone!</p>
<p>Having taken your advice, I made some modifications to my schedule which now looks like this:</p>
<p>Econ 1
Chin 4 (I'm not a native speaker.)
Eng comp 3
German 19 (Fiat Lux)
Geog 5</p>
<p>Total: 20 units</p>
<p>Do you think this is manageable yet sufficient enough to graduate in three years?
Depending on how I do, I will be adding/dropping classes at a later time.</p>
<p>I will be taking 2 summer courses which amount to 10 units, by the way.</p>
<p>And I have two other questions:</p>
<p>1) Where is the best place to look for a paid on-campus job? Does an internship position in the Westwood area generally pay you?</p>
<p>2) I want to graduate in three years. Would it be feasible to go study abroad and take necessary units?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>Muhaha, I don't understand... have you looked at all of your major's requiremetns? Have you factored in GEs, departmental requirements, college requirements, and university requirements to get a rough estimate of how many courses you'll need? Have you looked at the possibility of summer sessions in allocating your courseload so that you're not stuck with 4-5 classes every quarter? </p>
<p>It doesn't sound manageable for an incoming freshman's first quarter. You can always drop a class though by XYZ week without being penalized. As for graduating in 3 years - I suggest that you bring this topic up with your Orientation Counselor when it's time so that they might help you iron out the details. I also think you should follow it up with an appointment with an actual academic counselor so that they can help you out and ease any of your present concerns. In regards to financial issues (since that's the primary topic), find out how you can reduce costs especially for summer quarters. </p>
<p>There are bulletin boards in various buildings on-campus that advertise on-campus jobs (ASUCLA - look it up if you're not familiar with its initialism). What do you mean by internship in Westwood? </p>
<p>For study abroad - again, figure out what courses you'll need. Most likely, study abroad will cost you less than a general year at UCLA. You don't even need to do study abroad through UCLA's programs - you can find another one and see how finances would be covered with that particular issue. Of course, you're going to need to consider the price differential in regards to how many of your units will transfer over to your UCLA academic record.</p>
<p>does anyone know if ucla is going to open up another section of LS 3? Apparently there is only 1 section for this class and it's already closed. Do the professors of ls classes add people? I kind of need this class otherwise I don't think I'll finish my major prereq classes in time since physiological science classes are only offered once a year. My orientation date isn't until 7/19...sigh. Any input would be great.</p>
<p>As for my planned schedule at the moment,
physiological science 107, and LS 3 (if i even get it), and probably another elective.</p>
<p>Incoming Freshie, aiming to graduate early.</p>
<p>Right now over the summer I'm taking:
General Astronomy (cc)
World Regional Geography (cc)
Spanish 3 (have taken)
Marine Bio (have taken)</p>
<p>Then for Fall UCLA I'm in love with this schedule:
Intro to Ethical Theory
World Dances Histories
Intro to Global Studies
Intro to Southeast Asian Studies</p>
<p>Does anyone know how to figure out where these classes are? I'm assuming it's the numbers after the professor name but I'm having trouble finding a map because I'd hate to get set on this schedule and find out I can't make it from one lecture to another in 10 mins. Thanks!</p>
<p>Oh, and liyana said freshman can only sign up for 19 units without a petition, are they really going to be stickler about it if it's 20? I don't want to drop a class and only take 15 or try and find a 4 unit class.</p>
<p>You can try and get a petition signed for having over 19 units. But I don't know if they will since it's your first quarter. They advise you to take around 15 units. When I took 18 units my first quarter, they tried to get me to bring it down.</p>
<p>it's not whether people are a stickler about it. it's URSA- the website we use to sign up for classes.</p>
<p>URSA doesn't allow excess units without an approved petition, nor will it allow such things as course overlap or enrolling without completing a prerequisite. things like that. </p>
<p>and i REALLY think freshmen should not take 4 intense classes their first quarter. i know you will think we're being over cautious, and i know everyone here is used to a hard workload academically just to get in to ucla, but no freshman is already used to college life. you just aren't used to roommates (sharing a room with siblings doesn't count), nor floor drama, nor finding time to study between increased socializing, nor factoring finding food/laundry and orienting yourself to the entire campus and westwood. just take it easy academically, because you have SO MANY adjustments to make outside the classroom, it's not even funny. so take three, or four if you must, but please, please don't overdo it. </p>
<p>if you really truly feel you can handle more than three classes, go for it. see how it goes. and do not be afraid to drop a class by 4th week. you will not be penalized in any way, shape, or form. it is not failure, it is learning a lesson and applying it. classes can always wait until another quarter. or you might have realized you don't like/need/want it after all. you never know!</p>
<p>kirby dee this website should help.<a href="http://www.ucla.edu/map/map_central.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.ucla.edu/map/map_central.html</a></p>
<p>on the registrar's website, use the building and room columns to figure location. the building abbreviations can be rather unhelpful at times, but the ucla map above lets you search for a building by its name, so that makes it easier.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, I don't think you are being overcautious but I like the heavy workload esp. since I decided not to do guard my freshman year. That and I'm really introverted and going out to parties isn't my thing. I know high school and college are totally different especially UCLA, but I am the only senior at my school who graduated with a two-page transcript this year and with more than 100 credits over what I needed. But I will take into consideration the words of caution and talk it over with the counselor. I'll probably end up dropping one, I was already a little scared of keeping up. Thanks again.</p>
<p>Ah, beautiful. My schedule is panning</a> out just as I intended and I will, indeed, have my perfect schedule. :)</p>
<p>another section of ls 3 is out. TR at 8 in the morning :rolleyes:</p>
<p>my schedule: </p>
<p>.</p>
<p>/weird</p>
<p>Mech Eng freshman:</p>
<p>Chem 20a
Math 32a (probably)
HSSEAS GE (poli sci 40?) or Engl Comp 3, depending on AP Engl score</p>
<p>Anyone take Poli Sci 40 or Vikings 135?</p>
<p>Psych 10
Russ 25W
Hindi 1
Fiat Lux</p>
<p>I'm undeclared. I feel like I'm slacking though. Is this enough? Is this schedule fine?</p>
<p>Are you taking 25W with MacFadyen?</p>
<p>No with Heim</p>
<p>fall quarter:</p>
<p>physics 131
physics 4BL
math 33B
chem 30A</p>