<p>ok I applied to UCLA as undeclared (and got in…)</p>
<p>Now how hard is it to change majors, and register for classes? What can I do to get a priority in registering for classes? A lot of good AP Scores? Honors College?</p>
<p>How hard is it to transfer to the school of engineering? What’s the process?</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>For your first quarter, the only thing that’ll get you an early registration time is to go to the earliest possible orientation session. After that, honors college will give you priority registration. </p>
<p>I’m not exactly sure how hard it is to declare a major in L&S, but it doesn’t seem too difficult. Engineering, on the other hand…you’ll have to take a sequence of math and science courses and get above a certain GPA to enter the college. Oh, and engineering students aren’t eligible for honors college, so if you’re seriously thinking about engineering, don’t apply for honors.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/[/url]”>http://www.seasoasa.ucla.edu/</a></p>
<p>registration for classes is done by class standing. 45 completed units is sophomore standing, 90 is junior, 135 is senior. the higher your class standing, the earlier you get to go first. this unit count includes any AP or IB or community college credits that you transfer in. actually, many kids start off at sophomore standing or close to it. </p>
<p>however, if you have priority registration, you can register for up to 10 units before everyone else. there’s many ways (some that i’m probably not even aware of) to get this: honors program, regents scholar, alumni scholar, academic advancement program, peer advising, athlete</p>
<p>How hard is it to get into GE classes at decent times (7:30 am to 3:00 pm)?</p>
<p>Is there any way I can begin the Calculus series again even if I pass AP Calculus test?</p>
<p>Where I can I find the gen ed requirements of L&S? Registrar’s?</p>
<p>If I decide to go to UCLA, I may have to attend a late July, early August session, putting me back of the registration pool. I’m hoping that I will be able to get into classes to fulfill GE requirements.</p>
<p>try the website</p>
<p>I have only this link: <a href=“Study Area - New Student Academic Programs”>Study Area - New Student Academic Programs;
<p>Been looking on NSO website for details. Registrar’s gives me classes.</p>
<p>Hmm I checked and based on my AP tests so far I have 40 Units so by the end of senior year I’ll be a sophmore, which isn’t good enough I guess because I’m sure everyone and their pet is a sophmore :(</p>
<p>By the way, are we obligated to take the AP Exams we listed on our UC application that we didn’t take yet ?</p>
<p>No. We’re not obligated.</p>
<p>They asked for planned AP tests. </p>
<p>In terms of units, I should have:</p>
<p>From college courses:
10 semester units = 15 quarter units
24 quarter units </p>
<p>Subtotal 1: 39 units</p>
<p>AP </p>
<p>8 units for Biology
8 units for Eng Lang
4 units for US Politics</p>
<p>Subtotal 2: 20 units</p>
<p>Should get credit (if I pass Chem, Calc, and Art History this year)</p>
<p>8 units for Art History
8 units for Chemistry
4 units for Calculus (I’m shooting for a 3 or lower; of course, lower means I don’t get the units).</p>
<p>Subtotal 3 : 20 units</p>
<p>Theoretically, I should have 79 units by the end of my senior year should I pass those test.</p>
<p>If I don’t have I have 59 units (if I get 2 or lower on all of my tests this year).</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/GE/[/url]”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/GE/</a></p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>For GE requirements.</p>
<p>Thanks! .</p>
<p>Registering for classes is not hard at all, if you are willing to sacrifice your preferances.</p>
<p>If you are only looking for afternoon courses, then registering would be hard. But if you are willing to wake early for 8 Am classes, then the process can be very, very easy and non-stressful.</p>
<p>Hey DaRaverLA, what about people in Engineering departments? Do they still have to register for their classes even though its all planned out?</p>
<p>Yes, I dont think the curriculum for engineering majors are “all planned out”.</p>
<p>For instance,</p>
<p>"THE MAJOR
Electrical Engineering Option
Course requirements are as follows (190 minimum units required):</p>
<ol>
<li><p>One engineering breadth course from Materials Science and Engineering 14, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 102, 103, M105A (or Chemical Engineering M105A) </p></li>
<li><p>Electrical Engineering 10, M16 (or Computer Science M51A), 101, 102, 103, 110, 110L, 113, 115A, 115AL, 121B, 131A, 132A, 141, 161, 172, Mathematics 113 or 132, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 192A </p></li>
<li><p>Any five major field elective courses selected from those offered by the Electrical Engineering Department, including at minimum 4 units of laboratories and one design course; with approval of the adviser, two may be selected from courses related to electrical engineering in other departments </p></li>
<li><p>Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A, 20B, 20L; Computer Science 31, 32; Electrical Engineering 1, 2; Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, 32B, 33A, 33B; Physics 1A, 1B, 4AL, 4BL </p></li>
<li><p>HSSEAS general education (GE) requirements; see Curricular Requirements on page 22 of the HSSEAS Announcement for details. Electrical Engineering majors are also required to satisfy the ethics and professionalism requirement by completing one course from Engineering 95 or 193 or 195 or 198, which may be applied toward either the humanities or social sciences section of the GE requirements "</p></li>
</ol>
<p>This is the official requirement to graduate with EE degree.</p>
<p>And as you can see, there are some choices for you to make in each section. And the order of taking such classes (the classes you pick out from the given choices) is your responsibility. More specifically, yo may finish the fifth requirement of satisfyng GE in your first two years, or you can finish it by spreading the GE requirement over the four year period by “sandwiching” the GE courses between the major courses throughout the four years.</p>
<p>It is often daunting to take a string of only engineering major courses in a quarter. You may want to take “Major US Authors” or “Music History” while you are also taking your major courses to alleviate some stress.</p>
<p>And I am sure other engineering majors provide the same level of choices.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/[/url]”>http://www.engineer.ucla.edu/</a></p>
<p>Check out the “Department” on the left side for more infor.</p>
<p>Wow that sounds confusing. Hopefully I will get it if I go to UCLA. In the mean time, do you know how hard (or how easy) it is to find a job or internship in engineering around the LA area (OC would be fine too)? I heard that there isn’t much opportunity to find engineering jobs in LA. Much info would be appreciated.</p>
<p>I really believe that it would be easy to get an internships in LA or OC area if you have a good GPA.</p>
<p>So the first step should be maintaining a good GPA in your engineering major (over 3.0). Since the firms do not know your expertise or your behavior at work, they would screen candidates in terms of the GPA, the only reasonable barometer to compare the individual quality of students.</p>
<p>Do not fear, after while registering for classes can be -fun-. Yes, I said that. It can be an interesting challenge to try to schedule yourself either days off or late-starting classes.</p>
<p>I once scheduled a “four-day-weekend” schedule, sandwiching all my four classes on Tuesday and Thursdays, with several discussion classes all on Wednesday.</p>
<p>So naturally, I had seven hours of lecture on T and TH, and after a week or so, I got burned out so much that I dreaded waking up early on every Tuesday and Thursday.</p>
<p>Needless to say, that quarter was the low point of my undergraduate days in terms of academics, but the high point of the days in terms of social life.</p>
<p>Too bad I dont have anything to show for in terms of social life, though.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>lol interesting, DaRaverLA. thanks for the input. given ur xperience, i think would prolly put 2 classes on two seperate days.</p>
<p>I mean, I guess I ccould deal with listening to such lecture as “Changing Strategies in a Management World” or “Public Finace” for four hours straight without any break. </p>
<p>But when you have to sit in the classroom trying to concentrate to the lecture so that you would learn the difference between “allegro” and “presto” in “Music Theory”, it is very hard, not to mention boring.</p>
<p>hmm do you guys know if u’re allowed to repeat a class if ur AP is good enough to skip? I mean I took Calc AB and Chem last year and I don’t think I remember the material well enough. Even though I’m hoping that by repeating I’ll get an A, I think there may be a grade curve that may screw me up. Should I skip Math 31A and go for Math 31B (and similar for Chem), or do I have no choice but to skip?</p>
<p>Speaking of which, eiffelguy87, how do you have 39 units from community college? I’m assuming that u’re a current senior in HS. If so, are u sure all of ur classes have the same “unit” worth assigned to them, and that they are UC transferable? If so, then thats pretty crazy.</p>
<p>Another thing, DaRaverLA (or someone else), do you know if people in Engineering get priority for registering classes? Since the majority of people are in L&S, I’m assuming some of the science courses are a bit more open? Or is that just for upper division classes…</p>