<p>I've been hearing a lot of people talking about how difficult it is to get the class that you want or need for bio majors and pre-meds. I REALLY want to graduate in 4 years and go to med school, and I was just wondering: </p>
<p>What is the best strategy for getting all of the right classes at UCLA? Are the ppl who are saying it's hard just too lazy to sign up the minute the classes are available or is it really just impossible to get your top-choice classes because everyone is going to be sitting next to their computers on registration day?</p>
<p>don’t overhype it. I know plenty of life science majors who can even graduate early. if you plan correctly, after your first two quarters, as long as you alternate between 3-4 classes a quarter, you should easily graduate on time. You’ll have to take more 4 class quarters if you explore around a bit (ex/ take some poli sci classes to check out law, econ for business etc.) but you should still graduate on time. </p>
<p>if you have more units, you’ll have a better class standing, and thus better enrollment times. graduating seniors also have better standing, and regents, athletes, and students with disabilities have priority enrollment.
this also means that all those AP tests you took in high school DO matter and can give you better class standing (ex/lets say I passed 10 AP tests…5 units each…I have 50 credits when I enter (sophmore standing). they also don’t count toward your maximum unit cap. </p>
<p>as for signing up for classes…you have 2 passes, 1st and second pass. unless you’re a regent athlete or have a disability, you can sign up for 10 units on first pass, and the rest of your units on second pass. it makes sense, but sign up for your classes that fill quickly/impacted on your 1st pass. if you don’t have too many units entering…it’ll be a little harder but just take more courses; many of the lower div science courses are HUGE and get progressively smaller as students drop from the science track</p>