<p>Everyone is taking mostly the same classes, so you just sort of follow the herd. The next class won’t start until the herd of frosh has arrived (unless the prof feels like lecturing to an empty room!). </p>
<p>There’s really very little ‘scheduling traffic’ at Caltech. Unless you want some popular humanities class or a good section of chem 3a, there’s nothing to worry about before classes begin.</p>