Taking 21 Units

<p>Is it possible for a Letters and Science student to take 21 units if I submit a petition or something? It's because I might have URAP credit.</p>

<p>You can do almost anything by petitioning at Berkeley.</p>

<p>Short answer: you can, but why?</p>

<p>i know a couple of my friends that are taking that much. it's very possible, especially as in your case, if some of your units are not coming from classes.</p>

<p>Just petition. They'll let you.</p>

<p>yes, they will let you IF your past grades look pretty good</p>

<p>I wonder if you even need to petition. As far as I know, Telebears should let you sign up for that many units anyway.</p>

<p>Telebears lets you sign up for 20.5.</p>

<p>for some reason telebears had let me sign up for 21 units...
maybe there's no cap for engineering students?</p>

<p>Perhaps you can sign up over 20.5 if some of those are waitlisted units... because I signed up for over the limit, but once I started getting off waitlists they wouldn't let me add and I had to petition my major advisor. I'm in L+S though, so I don't know if it's different in other colleges.</p>

<p>for telebears, you can go over the cap if the last class you add bumps you over it</p>

<p>Yes, it should allow you to sign up for 21, though probably not 22. (the madness has to end somewhere right?) lol. Good luck with the schedule. I did a 19 unit semester followed by a 20 unit semester and it was quite tough but manageable. The key is to keep on top of things and start very early once you know when an assignment is due.</p>

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for telebears, you can go over the cap if the last class you add bumps you over it

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<p>Bingo. From my experience, that's what happens. So if you have 20 units, you can still sign up for another 4-unit class and have 24 units. As far as I know, the college doesn't do anything about it. But, if you want to add another class after that, you'll need to petition.</p>