tabsycoist

I just read the post basically stating that the "good" math professors' classes were already filled up. I was wondering whether we get to sign up for classes after we attend orientation. If so, then the kids attending the September orientation will have a very late start on signing up for classes, when most of the popular professors' classes will be filled up. Is this the case?

astrina

possibly.

if it's a really dire case, like you have to take class X because your schedule doesn't allow any deviations, the counselors can override the waitlist and move you into the class.

but really, one quarter isn't going to kill you. we all eventually land on a couple of really bad classes/profs, but who said that college was a walk in the park?

jellybelly

So when exactly do we sign up for classes? My friends who already had it said they didn't sign up for classes at orientation.

oneday

you sign up based on lottery time. nothing to do with when orientation is.

tabsycoist

Can anybody confirm oneday's statement?

team.katie

Signing up for classes takes place on WebReg (on TritonLink) between August 25-29th. We get our registration times based on lottery like oneday said. We should be receiving our lottery times by August 5th, I believe but somewhere around there for sure. The downside to September orientation is you don't get any advising before registration, but with some navigation of TritonLink and the schedule of classes, you should be able to figure out which classes you need on your own (if not I know ridiculous amounts about GE's so feel free to ask me for advice on your schedule). The reason that all the "good" professor's classes are already full is the fact that all returning students already registered for their classes.

TTN

also, in addition to what the last response mentioned, individual colleges send out course recomendations and allow to use an online virtual advising tool just prior to signing up, it was very useful last year. However, I caution you to take their course suggestions with a grain of salt, and to personally do research in the course catalog on the classes that you require for your prospective major/minor and GEs (I usually reach it by simply searching catalog on the UCSD homepage, it's the first listing. Then go you go into course's curricula, and programs, and click on the department to view the majors that they offer and requirements for such majors) you can also view the GEs at your colleges homepage which if you don't know already:
(insert name of college with out parenthaces, that I spelled wrong).ucsd.edu
This is because they will sometimes place you in the class that they view as a logical step up from your basic high school courses even if it dosen't help you, for example I passed the AP chem test with a 5 and although I didn't even need any of the chem 6 series for my major the suggested I take chem 6AH.

By the way, although in the future quarter sign up slots are given in rank by how many units you have(including those transfered from AP tests) this first sign up ignors that, so don't expect to get a better slot just because you have a lot of AP units transfering.

LifeTranscends

I agree with TTN. Definitely do your own research for class selection. You might find some classes that you would rather take than what the adviser told you about...

As for not being able to see an adviser before signups, there are some four year plans that give general outlines for what classes to take for particular majors (I think this might be only for science majors... look in the course catalog or the department website) and some colleges also have outlines like this (Muir does anyway). You can always use those as a starting point.

Slorg

Some classes add seats for freshman registration, so don't worry too much if a class you want to take is full.