<p>Yeah, it sucks you can’t change anything. </p>
<p>I got everything that goes towards my major but if you are interested in a minor/second major/backup major (if you don’t make the gpa cutoff) you are a bit stuck and have to wait.</p>
<p>I know you can get into most classes once the quarter starts though.</p>
<p>Yeah I was told that by September 23 pretty much nothing is open anyway
My student advisor said that</p>
<p>I think it’s a matter if sliding into a class right as someone drops it. </p>
<p>@fullload
It’s funny because UCLA wasn’t initially my first choice, Irvine was. They had the exact major I wanted. But when I got transferred at work and ended up back in LA, Irvine was off the table. So UCLA moved up to my top choice by default. I’m glad I’m going 100%, but hearing y say how lucky we are, just makes me remember how I actually got here :-)</p>
<p>Yeah, Candles, it really is a big deal and an amazing accomplishment. I mean come on, it’s the most applied to University in the nation. There’s a reason for that. Good luck and have a great experience. :)</p>
<p>@fullload
I’m sure you have a great chance of being a Bruin a year from now, if stay on this path! Good luck, and be sure to keep us posted.</p>
<p>I was wondering if after sept we can add a fourth course? Im not planning in taking 4 but just as a safety if one of my classes sucks</p>
<p>@sonic23 Yeah you can add whatever you want. </p>
<p>@sonic23 </p>
<p>Highly doubtful. It seems every academic department prevents their students from enrolling in more than three class in the first quarter. They don’t want you to be overwhelmed while still transitioning to the pace at which classes go at UCLA.</p>
<p>If they didn’t allow you to enroll in more than three classes at orientation, they probably won’t let you enroll in more than three classes in September.</p>
<p>You can enroll in a 4th if you can find one. You can enroll in up to 19 units. They discourage it, but they don’t prevent it.</p>
<p><a href=“http://bruintransfer.blogspot.com/”>http://bruintransfer.blogspot.com/</a></p>
<p>A useful blog about life as a UCLA transfer, written by multiple transfer students.</p>
<p>A quote from the blog:</p>
<p>“Some students and professors on campus may falsely believe that community college transfers are intellectually inferior, but it is an irrational claim. Actually, I found that the smaller class sizes, approachable instructors, available academic resources, and the smaller, tight-knit community college environment gave me a better education and a more solid academic background than my four-year peers, who had sat in massive lecture halls, had not gone for help from professors and teaching assistants when they needed it, and had to resort to memorizing without understanding concepts when professors did not give them a clear explanation of the structure behind the concepts. This is a critical advantage that most transfers are unaware of when they get here. If you get to know your 4-year peers, you will gain respect from them and your instructors if you show your knowledge, by actively participating in class, helping others, and taking the lead in forming study groups and review sessions. My skills and leadership experience that I gained at my community college became invaluable to me here, and my ‘different background’ made me a valuable asset by bringing in new and original perspectives.”</p>
<p>Pricing out my books on amazon n I found out ucla store sells textbooks on amazon? </p>
<p>I need to price out my books. I’ll work on that after I finish up summer school I guess. </p>
<p>What do you guys know about course readers? It looks like my Scandinavian course is requiring one</p>
<p>What’s a course reader?</p>
<p>I think they’re notes taken by other students from previous classes.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/249610-course-reader-material-what-is-that.html”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/249610-course-reader-material-what-is-that.html</a></p>
<p>Oh I get it. Rather than a text, the professor compiles material they want to use for the course, and they have it bound. You then buy that for the course. I had a class like that at my CSU last semester.</p>
<p>That’s what I think my daughter’s will be and more than likely they will cost more, as there might not be options for used.</p>
<p>I paid about $100 for one last year, and yea there were no used options. By the end if the semester, mine looked like crap and was falling apart.</p>