<p>So I just checked up on all the classes that I'm interested in taking fall quarter. All of them are full. My orientation day is session 206 with is on 7/28 (it's this late because I'm doing the transfer summer program).</p>
<p>Anyway, I was wondering if somehow, magically, we could sign up for those filled classes at orientation. Like somehow from the graciousness and mercy in their hearts, the scheduling peeps/department peeps, close up the sections to save spots for incoming transfers for orientation... Any ideas, facts, etc?</p>
<p>Welcome to public higher education in California in 2011. My older son is a Geology major at CSU Sacramento and although he is starting his Junior year in the fall he still has not been able to get into Chemistry I which is a prerquisite for many upper division Geology classes. My younger son who just graduated from high school and is still trying to decide whether he wants to got to CSU Sacramento as a Physics major or Community College and then transfer to a UC but even before he can register all the Calculus, Physics and Chemistry classes at both Sacramento State and our local community colleges are filled.</p>
<p>I would not expect any new sections to be opened up in any of the classes you need. You will be lucky if they do not cancel some of the ones they have listed now. </p>
<p>When I went to college I graduated in four years and so did just about everyone else I knew. If you are in the California public higher education system graduation in four years is nearly impossible now, most will take five years and even six years is going to be more common.</p>
<p>Dont listen to them, they do indeed save spaces for transfers. The reason they are closed is for this very reason. (closed until transfers’ orientations)</p>
<p>Agreed with above. It says in the orientation information online that they reserve spots for every orientation date so everyone gets a chance to enroll. If they didn’t then transfers and incoming students would never have a chance at any classes.</p>
<p>Also, i would add that the statement “if you are in the California public higher education system graduation in four years is nearly impossible now, most will take five years and even six years is going to be more common.” is a bit of an overstatement. Plenty of people graduate in 4 years, yes that includes science and math majors as well. Though i will admit, getting a math, chemistry, or physics class is exceptionally hard in a community college. But, this is deserving so, because community college is mostly a second chance at education where admittance is guaranteed.</p>