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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are from the DC area and have a sophomre at UCLA.  Our DC also loves UCLA and is having a great experience.  I echo PP in that it is a beautiful part of LA and a stunning campus.  DC is majoring in Cognitive Science and minoring in a creative field.  DC says there are sometimes waitlists for popular classes but always manages to get in.  There is a lot of movement the first week of classes as students drop and add classes and that is when students get in off waitlists.  You can also petition the professor to let you into a class that is necessary for your major.

Oh - and a lot of kids take classes over the summer.  Mine did last summer.  They just want to be in LA!  DC had a large group of friends all taking a summer session and they did things together every weekend - camping at Joshua Tree National Park, hiking in the mountains, hanging out on the beach.  DC had a blast.

With a major and a minor, my DC will graduate in four years.

Good luck to your DC!
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There are lots of strategies to get classes you need.  Especially, if it is one that is required for major.  Students just need to be proactive.  There is lots of waitlist movement, etc.  You can also petition professor to get in.  There are always waitlist for STEM courses but they usually open up and let all the people in that want to take it.  They don't want you not to graduate because you can't take a course.  
If the student wants to take the popular courses that many athletes take, probably going to be out of luck since they get priority registration.  That's always been the case and probably true of any similar school.  All those "Varsity Blues" students also got priority registration.  
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