<p>Yes, you could take 6 semesters in that situation, the pricing by semester instead of by unit means that you are not exactly getting the best bargain for your money by taking minimum unit course loads if you are able to handle higher course loads.</p>
<p>But note that other divisions at Berkeley are stricter about the number of semesters.</p>
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<p>What the CCs should do here is the following:</p>
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<li>Late drops (W) require in-state students to pay the out-of-state additional tuition for the course because they “wasted” the space in the course.</li>
<li>Those registering for repeats of a course (whether late dropped, failed, or passed) can only pre-register for the wait list, and must pay the out-of-state tuition for the course even if in-state.</li>
<li>Exceptions for late drop penalties should only be for rare specified cases like medical withdrawal.</li>
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