<p>I am a spring transfer admit intending on a major in political economy. I have revised my schedule multiple times with different course selections. The courses I wanted to take were either unavailable, limited or had timing conflicts with one another.
I ended up choosing four courses to take in the spring; but if I don't get into all of them at my registration date, I won't know what to fill my schedule with. Should I just choose random electives? How do I deal with this issue.</p>
<p>The courses I chose were in political economy, business admin, history and political science. </p>
<p>How do you manage your scheduling? Do you guys register for classes that end and begin one after the other?</p>
<p>Classes actually begin 10 minutes after the specified start time. Unless you are trying to get from the far west end of campus to the far east end of campus (uphill), you should have plenty of time to make it to the next class.</p>
<p>Would most people consider two courses that end and start at the same time manageable? Is it standard for professors to begin ten minutes after the scheduled start of class? Would you say in all cases?</p>
<p>Yeah it’s pretty common. I kind of regret not taking back to back classes now in retrospect as I would have gotten a few more teachers that I wanted and wouldn’t have had to get up at the crack of dawn. I suppose it’s possible a professor may want to start exactly on time, but I have yet to encounter one that doesn’t start 10 minutes in.</p>
<p>Berkeley time is an entrenched and standard practice. This is not an optional thing or subject to the whim of the professor or GSI. It is designed to encourage people to take back to back classes. It works, you can count on it.</p>