Questions about telebears and schedule

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>I am currently traveling in Europe and I've had to deal with telebears overseas. I'd appreciate it very much if you guys could give me the answers to some of these questions so I could finish picking my classes overseas.</p>

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<li><p>When do we sign up for decals and seminars? I heard that one of these type of classes cannot be signed up for during talebears. Are we guaranteed seats in these classes if we are signing up for them during telebears?</p></li>
<li><p>Would a class like Math 1A with borcherds usually have some open spots when school starts so I could transfer into them?</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the help.</p>

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<p>Most decals give our the codes to register for them after the first week or two. So you don’t sign up for them just yet - you go to the first few classes, and then you sign up for it if you get a spot and the instructors approve you for enrollment.</p>

<p>I don’t know about math1a with borcherds in general, but most big classes like math 1a have a lot of movement so as long as you sign up and keep your spot on the waitlist, you could have a waitlist number of 15+% of class size (e.g. be number 30 out of 200) you have a shot. just make sure you’re on the waitlist and then do not screw around with it so you keep moving down the list.</p>

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<p>So right now I have 12 units. I need 13 to satisfy the minimum requirements. I wanted my last unit to be a decal. Will I be alright if I only have 12 units until the first couple weeks of school? Won’t I be considered a part time student?</p>

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<p>^You could try to add a decal right now. I’m in the same situation as you and I need to know if that’s the case</p>

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<p>You won’t get any financial aid if you don’t have 13 units before the semester starts I believe. Calgrants already take forever to process.</p>

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<p>sign up for a Decal that already has CCNs posted or some class you don’t intend to take, just to get your units above the minimum. When you get into the DeCal you really want, register and dump the placeholder class or DeCal.</p>

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<p>So I have to sign up for 13 units before the semester starts then? Are there any seminars that are still open?</p>

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<p>check schedule.berkeley.edu</p>

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<p>try [FSS</a> News and Updates](<a href=“http://fss.berkeley.edu/news.lasso]FSS”>http://fss.berkeley.edu/news.lasso)</p>

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<p>SHould they be adding more seminars to that list?</p>

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<p>It’s unlikely they’ll add new seminars. If anything, they’ll cancel a few.</p>

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<p>By when do we need to have the 13 units…Do waitlisted classes count in those 13 units</p>

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<p>You need to have 13 units before the 5th week of school</p>

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<p>Why would they cancel some seminars? Almost all of them must be full.</p>

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<p>its called “budget cuts”</p>

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<p>Would they really cut full classes that late? I noticed a lot of canceled PE classes, but those were gone months ago.</p>

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<p>Yes, they do cut full courses – sometimes faculty retire/leave, school doesn’t have money, etc.</p>

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<p>omg. G_G _G G</p>