Need help on making freshman schedule...

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Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:31:24 +0000

Thank you MadeInChina, your post was very helpful ^^! And thank you mme-lin for re-doing your thread ^^! I came up with a few more questions since I started researching around this morning:


For pre-meds, would it be recommended to finish the GE’s as soon as possible or to spread them out throughout college? (I still have to take some foreign language and writing classes too… =.=)
If I can’t find certain teachers on BruinWalk, does that mean their new?
If I can’t find certain classes on the “Schedule of Classes Home Page,” does that mean those classes aren’t available for the term (quarter) I was looking at?
When using “Schedule of Classes Home Page,” what does “R” and “T” stand for under “Days MWF”?
Is there an easy way to figure out how to overlap your GE’s, college honors program coursework, pre-req for your major, and UC requirements as much as possible?
Does “in series” mean that you’re taking the classes in order? Is it better or worse? (I heard it’s helpful to take classes out of series to avoid the curve set by other pre-meds, but will I have to take summer classes to catch up?)
Chemistry and Biochemistry: 14A, 14B, 14BL, 14C, 14CL, and 14D
When UCLA lists the pre-req for chem and biochem (for example), are we recommended to take them in that order? And should 14B and 14BL (L is for lab?) be taken together in the same quarter then?


Sorry, I know that’s A LOT of questions, but I would appreciate it if I could get some advice on the ones you know how to answer.

(Btw, my progress so far: making a table of some of my classes, professors, midterms, and finals and figuring out which professors are better ^^)