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If you are an engineering student …</p>
<p>Enrollment is an issue the first few quarters, when you take the general science courses such as Physics 4BL, Chemistry 20L, Math 30 series. These courses fill up quickly, often with the “easy professor” reaching the enrollment capacity first.</p>
<p>You can always try to get a PTE number though; nowadays, professors can afford to give them out because not all students go to lectures. As you should know, there is an enrollment cap due to the number of seats in the class. </p>
<p>I suggest you plan out your schedule (4 year curriculum is the best, and continue to edit it to stay flexible in selecting your schedule) Remember there are prerequisites you must fulfill for each courses! Planning ahead is the best way to avoid “Wait, I need to take this course, but I haven’t met the reqeuirements! And my backups are all full! I’m screwed!”</p>
<p>Your upper division engineering courses shouldn’t be a problem if you follow the above. At the worst, you will have 1 wait-listed course that you can get a PTE number for. Also, not too many people want to take engineering courses … so you should get in. Even if you can’t, use the excuse that you need to graduate early and you’ll get the number.</p>