<p>I'm currently a pre-med, and I'm not sure if I should enroll in a cluster. Any opinions? Does it make your schedule inflexible?</p>
<p>Oh, and tbh, the only real reason I want to take a cluster is to take care of credits for the honors program, since I need to complete 8 honors units my first year.</p>
<p>I took a cluster because of the same reason. If you’re going to… choose one that satisfies non-science GEs because you can get rid of a few honors, writing 2, and GEs (since you’ll be satisfying science GEs by going into premed)</p>
<p>Just make sure you like the topic. These are honor classes so they will be harder, and I suppose they do make your schedule inflexible but it all depends on your classes.</p>
<p>If I decide to drop a cluster after a quarter (due to schedule conflicts or whatnot), do I still get the honors credit and fulfillment of one of the GE sections?</p>
<p>^You get 4 units.</p>
<p>Are they still giving priority enrollment to people in GE clusters? o_O’‘’ It says so on the website… but… what did they tell you?</p>
<p>I don’t think priority enrollment is given anymore. =/</p>
<p>One more question: if I drop the cluster, do I still fulfill one section of the applicable GE foundation? I was planning to take the East Asia GE cluster, but if I drop and only get 4 units, then I assume it doesn’t fulfill any GE (and is purely credit)? I’m not sure.</p>
<p>Each quarter of a GE cluster is FIVE units, and honors units to boot. No more priority enrollment, though. It makes your schedule inflexible only in that you will probably want to take it all three quarters. It doesn’t make your schedule any more inflexible than having any other class you absolutely want/have to take. Each quarter is its own independent class, so you don’t “drop” a cluster. If you don’t take the next quarter of it, you still get the completed quarter’s five honors units and the GE credit. A cluster counts for 3 GE requirements. If you complete one/two quarters, you get credit for one/two GE requirements. The specific requirements fulfilled depend on the cluster. Difficulty varies between clusters. In general, there is a lot of reading.</p>
<p>Again, to reiterate, not seeing a cluster through the entire year will NOT hurt you in any way, except that you will miss out on the class. If you’re thinking about the honors credit you could have gotten, there are other GE classes that carry honors credit. GE clusters are for some people, and not for others. If it doesn’t sound interesting, don’t do it.</p>
<p>P.S. Just to be clear, you can drop a cluster class part way through the quarter like any other class and receive no credit. “Dropping” a cluster at the end of a quarter just means not taking the next quarter. This latter action will not hurt you. You still receive all the previous quarter’s credit, including credit for completing a GE class.</p>
<p>im premed and i did indeed take a cluster freshman year. at points during the cluster i regretted taking it, but thinking back it was a good idea. now i am nearly done with my ge’s and cluster fulfills a writing credit, so you’ll only need to take 2 more writing classes for med school…thats assming you stick with the premed business. make sure you take an easy cluster though, thats the only way its worth it
and if you drop after a quarter like many people did, you will just get the ge credit for wahtever ge requirement that quarter of the cluster was fulfilling</p>