if you're an incoming freshman at UC Berkeley

if you're an incoming freshman at UC Berkeley listen up I'm gonna give you tips on your first course registration Number 1 is Berkeley Time berkeleytime.com is a website that shows you the average grade of every single UC Berkeley class there's also a schedule planner directly on the website so it's super easy to compare and contrast different types of classes and different schedules my second tip is to divide your classes between bredths and major requirements in a typical semester students usually take around 16 units 4 courses and I recommend doing 2 bredths and 2 major requirements don't do what I did which is take all your bredths in your freshman year and everything else later because then you'll be stuck with taking all your core requirements which can be really rigorous breath classes are usually on the more chill side so if you take a couple of those while adding in some major requirements it's a really nice balance if you balance the two out you will thank yourself and lastly is to research classes beforehand keep in mind that Berkeley has lots of grade deflation so your grades in high school may not reflect the same way in college for breadth classes I recommend looking on Reddit looking online, asking friends to find the easiest class possible because these are gonna be your GPA boosters compared to your major classes I always say work smarter not harder there are some breath classes that can be super hard and some classes that are easy A's and they'll all do the same and get you that same credit sign up for those classes on the dot or else everything will be taken as freshman get last priority hope these tips helped and see you in the fall!