Yay, Spring '11 schedule...

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>So I've been a little behind on adding classes. This is my tentative first semester course load (spring admit here):</p>

<p>MATH 54 - 4 units
COMPSCI 61A - 4 units
LINGUIS 55AC - 4 units
LINGUIS 24 Seminar - 1 unit</p>

<p>I also added 2 Decals (UCBUGG and Gamescrafters as backup) and hope to take one of them. If anyone knows about any special steps needed to enroll in these classes, please tell me, thanks.</p>

<p>So here are my concerns...</p>

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<li><p>Tele-BEARs. Assuming my 12 community college transfer units from Fall '10 count, I'll have a measly 26/27 units by the end of freshman year. Which I believe will doom me to "freshman" status next Fall semester. Well, now that I think about it, a semester behind doesn't seem too bad... Actually, just ignore this whole point.</p></li>
<li><p>Confusion over DeCals. So the Online Schedule is telling me that both the DeCals I mentioned are variable unit courses, but looking back at past DeCals, it seems like many of them (like UCBUGG) have set units. What's up with that? If I somehow manage to get into the UCBUGG course, will I need to manually change the units to match the amount they specify? Or is the Online Schedule's listing of the UCBUGG course "fake" and irrelevant?</p></li>
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<p>1) I’d suggest taking summer school. Just get a breadth out of the way at your local CC or take a CS class here over summer. I’d suggest CS61b since Shewchuk taught it this semester, so Hilfinger is likely to teach it next Fall. That’ll put you at 30/31 depending on credit equivalences and you’ll be set. </p>

<p>2) Don’t worry about DeCal units. Typically they are 1-2 units and if whatever you put down is wrong, the registrar will tell you to change it to what it needs to be.</p>

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<p>I found out that I would have exactly 89.3 units after taking my Spring schedule so I decided to throw in a seminar (unfortunately couldn’t take the desired Freshman seminar), but am taking Bioe 25 which looks interesting. So if you are near the line, I suggest adding some seminars (ones that don’t require much effort)</p>

<p>I also recommend taking a summer class (I really enjoyed it). Although it might be too late to help with your status for the Fall. I’d recommend trying to get to 30 using 2 unit decals and seminars to get your total up to 30.</p>