Later session - screwed for classes? (bizecon)

mikemac
Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:02:21 +0000

Not to worry – they try to make it fair no matter which session you attend

Whether you attend the first or the last Orientation session, you will find a wide range of available courses, including courses that meet General Education, major and degree requirements. Because of the high demand for a particular session date, it is important to sign-up for your Orientation session online as early as possible. All students attending Orientation will be able to find courses for the Fall Quarter.
[UCLA Orientation Program](http://www.orientation.ucla.edu/enrollment.htm)

And this

For courses where there is a “high demand”, we have in place a system whereby all students, regardless of Summer Orientation session date, have an equal chance of enrolling in the course. These “high demand” courses are ones that start out a sequence in the sciences, are taken by many incoming first year students (like English Composition courses), essential for certain majors, and/or are part of the General Education Cluster Curricula.

Working with individual departments, we have saved seats for incoming students and divided them evenly during the summer. Does this mean we have enough seats for every single student that wants a given course? Not necessarily. But we have made it an equitable process; it does not matter if you come to the first session or the last, you will have the same chance of getting a spot in one of these courses.