<p>I was wondering if it is difficult to sign up for the right classes at ucsb? And is it easy to graduate in 4 years?</p>
<p>Thanks so much! :)</p>
<p>4 year grad rates at ucsb are much higher than average. you wont have much of an issue getting classes (unless you are trying to get ahead), but getting the class times you want can be rough sometimes.</p>
<p>wow thank you siglio, thats the answer i was hoping for! </p>
<p>I just heard that over in davis if you’re not an honors student, its almost impossible to get your classes. Like my engineering friend is stuck taking child development, which does not pertain to his major at all! </p>
<p>Do you know if its difficult to switch from the college of letters to the college of engineering?</p>
<p>what do you mean by “getting your classes?”</p>
<p>if it’s a major class then you should be able to get in (unless you are behind, ahead, or changing majors). if it’s a GE, then it’s a bit more difficult to get a first choice class since they’re open to the whole school and they do fill up quick. it’s best to sign up for GEs and any other major classes you believe will fill up quick during your first pass time, and sign up for the esoteric classes in your third pass time. (also look at the enrollment history)</p>
<p>honors doesn’t help much in registering for classes. it just gives you a bit of time to sign up before other people. the bottleneck is that the pass times limit how many units you can sign up during that pass time, and that doesn’t change with honors.</p>
<p>^this</p>
<p>also if you are trying to switch into an impacted major, it can be really hard</p>
<p>Does this mean that if I’m an undeclared (L&S), and I want to switch into computer science, I’m screwed?</p>
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<p>well…i dont want to say yes, but i cant say no either</p>
<p>think of it this way, CS is the hardest major to switch into. many people do in fact switch into it, but they usually have to stay a few more quarters since they are not able to get the CS classes they want every quarter, since priority is given to current CS majors up for pass 1 and pass 2. starting next year, it will be even harder as they basically lock the major down from CS32 on; you won’t even be able to sign up for CS32+ during pass if youre not a CS major. there are way too many people who want to be CS majors.</p>
<p>if you are indeed a CS major, then you are guaranteed your classes and you dont have to worry. of course, that guarantee comes at the expense of non-majors who are trying to switch in; that’s why they are going to lock down the classes, because they dont want non-majors squeezing out actual majors</p>
<p>If there is so much demand for CS and maybe not so much demand for some other majors, they should consider decreasing classes for the majors that are less in demand and increasing the number of classes for CS.</p>
<p>yea if only you could convert a sociology professor into a CS12 instructor</p>
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<p>they are hiring a new prof. the department is research heavy, too, so they dont have a lot of room to increase the number of offerings…</p>
<p>what about chemical engineering?</p>