<p>UGBA - For haas prereq
Astronomy w/ filippenko - Physical Science breadth for L&S/Haas
College writing R1A - Prereq for L&S/Haas
Math 16A - Prereq for L&S/Haas</p>
<p>I’m hoping to get into Haas and i’m L&S right now. Economics if not business.</p>
<p>CCN Course Section Units Grade Option Days Time Location Status
06621 ASTRON C10 01 LEC 4 Letter Grade M-W-F 0300 -0400 PM 0150 WHEELER Enrolled
06633 ASTRON C10 1O4 DIS -T— 0900 -1000 AM 0264 EVANS<br>
16451 COLWRIT R1A 14 LEC 6 Letter Grade M-W-F 1200 -0200 PM 0224 WHEELER Enrolled
54119 MATH 16A 01 LEC 3 Letter Grade -T-T- 1230 -0200 PM 0100 LEWIS Enrolled
54137 MATH 16A 1O6 DIS -T— 1100 -1230 PM 0075 EVANS<br>
Wait-Listed Classes
CCN Course Section Position Process Days Time Location Status
08403 UGBA 10 01 LEC 13 MANUAL M-W-F 0900 -1000 AM 0150 WHEELER Pending
08424 UGBA 10 1O7 DIS —T- 1000 -1100 AM C0335 CHEIT</p>
<p>That was similar to my first semester, except I took Math 1A instead of 16a and no UGBA. I think you’ll be fine. Astro is pretty basic: easy to get a B, takes some work to get an A. College writing will take work, but nothing too strenuous. I don’t know your math level, but 16a should be pretty easy, even if you haven’t seen the material before.</p>
<p>Due to an unfortunately error with my elementary priv school and my public high school, I was 1 year behind on math. Needless to say, math was easy all this time, but I haven’t taken calc. That’s why i’m taking 16A.</p>
<p>Should I take off UGBA then? I’m waitlisted for it, and taking it off puts me at 13 units. I feel 3 classes might be too little (in terms of meeting my requirements for Haas), but it’s enough units so…?</p>
<p>120 units for a degree implies an average of 15 units per semester for a traditional four years. If you have just 2 units credit from AP tests passed, you can take the 13 without ‘falling behind’. </p>
<p>Some would posit that taking 13 units will permanently cripple your work ethic and motivation - having experienced roommates that frittered away their college time instead of studying. One might debate whether the cause of their long term behavior was following the standard counseling advise from the L&S advisors to take 13 units in the first semester, or whether it was a character flaw that already existed, perhaps starting with extreme seniorities in high school. If you believe that whatever low water number of units you take will have a irreversible impact on your motivation or on your study skills, then take more classes. Some also do this out of a kind of academic machismo - if so, again, take lots of classes each semester. Cal imposes maximum unit load limits for the macho end of of the bell curve, just as the have minimum units and minimum GPA requirements for the loafers on the other end of the bell curve. </p>
<p>College involves a big adjustment and the first semester is a stressful time. Away from home. New surroundings. Having to meet new friends while temporarily without a social support group of friends and family. New responsibilities. New freedoms to learn to handle successfully. Different requirements for success with less memorization, instead more understanding concepts and applying them creatively. </p>
<p>You experience a different quality of the peer group in your classes - almost every student in every class is a high achiever. You lop off the high end of the bell curve of high school and lump all those tails together in a high end university, and you get surprises about curves, about your relative grades, and about the amounts and kind of effort needed to earn particular grade bands. </p>
<p>First semester at Cal produces a LOT of fumbles and a surprising number of academic probations or at least disappointingly low results. Most recover nicely. Since your total GPA might be weighted down by low grades in first semester, at least minimize the number of units with low grades. The advisors see this from clear patterns of actual student results and also see that the risk of poor first semester results is lower for those with lighter initial class loads than for those that charge in at full tilt. This is not to say that many don’t take normal to high loads right from the first day and do fine. We have quite a few here on CC, those who had no problem. To quote from an old Clint Eastwood film (Dirty Harry), “. . . you have to ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky?”</p>
<p>the total number of units shouldn’t be a concern. AP credit from HS plus summer school at least once (if u do haas isn’t summer school mandatory?). So the average number of units needed falls from 15 down to something like 12-14, so 13 units is just about right by my estimates. </p>
<p>More importantly are prereqs probably. Just need to look ahead so u know how it’s gonna meet them.</p>