<p>I'm a new transfer to Cal, and I'm trying to add into a Korean 1A class. It says that the limit is 20, but only 11 spots taken so far. However, I was not able to add into the class and thus placed on the waitlist. Currently I'm number two on the waitlist, and tele-bears indicated the class waitlist process as manuel. Am I supposed to email the professor and ask for approval to enroll in the class, or am I supposed to just wait until the first day of school? Also does it look like I have pretty good chances of getting into the class, or should I prepare a backup plan? I have been looking at other classes, but it seems that all of them are contradicting my current schedule. Since I have only 11 units without this Korean class, I'm a bit worried of not meeting the minimum requirement. </p>
<p>You should be fine. Language classes tend to be funky at Berkeley. Sometimes you can automatically get in, other times, they make you stay on the waitlist until the first day when you fill out this form to submit, and then someone emails you (her name is Jan), and then you say yes, and you get into the class. It’s a weird process, but they do it for language classes (asian ones, don’t know about european languages). Sometimes the class is full too, but people end up dropping the class, so there is space. </p>
<p>If you’re paranoid, add a extra class. Also add a extra class if you currently do not have 8am, and you do not want 8am Korean 1A (or the earliest one). The departments tend to look at the classes to see which has too many people, and not enough people, and then forces people to move into the emptier one if they can make it. For example, let’s say I signed up for Chinese at 1pm. There are a whole bunch of people that fill up the class for Chinese at 1pm for the same section. There’s a bunch of empty seats for chinese at 8am. Many students whose schedule has a empty 8am slot would have a high chance of getting switched out of the 1pm into the 8am even if they do not want the 8am class. </p>
<p>@totalcaprice Thank you for replying. The 8am class is actually the only one that fits my schedule, so I’m on the waitlist for that one. I’m slightly worried because I read somewhere that WL priority doesn’t work for manual processes. I guess I’ll wait until the first day and see. Also another question, I know that phase 2 caps unit at 16 (or is it 16.5?), but isn’t the maximum unit 20.5? I tried adding another class, but because of the unit cap I couldn’t.</p>
<p>Oh haha, well then you should be fine! It’s very likely you will get in. They just have a waitlist standard for the asian language classes. They allocate seats to students with certain standing (freshman, etc). They probably ran out of seats for upperclassmen. This is honestly fine for a language class, and you’re pretty high up on the waitlist, and there are still seats. First day of class, they will pass out a course enrollment paper that you turn in, and you will eventually get in the class. In the future though, if you want to take the next Korean class and you don’t want a 8am class 
remember what I said! </p>
<p>Phase 2 cap is a “soft” 16 units. You can go past that to 20.5, but once you hit 16, you can’t add anymore. For example, let’s say you have 13 units. You have a 2 unit class, and a 4 unit class you still want to add. If you add the 4 unit class first, then you have 17 units, which means you hit the “soft” cap, and you can’t add anymore until adjustment period. You should add the 2 unit class first (which means you have 15 units), and you would be under the 16 unit cap, and then you could still add the 4 unit class afterwards. </p>
<p>EDIT: If you’re paranoid, you can email Jan Johnson at <a href=“mailto:jmj@berkeley.edu”>jmj@berkeley.edu</a> for clarification …i don’t know if she will reply, but she’s in charge of processing the waitlist for the east language classes
<a href=“Administration Directory | East Asian Languages + Culture University of California, Berkeley”>Administration Directory | East Asian Languages + Culture University of California, Berkeley;
<p>@totalcaprice Oh I see. Thank you so much! </p>