Please read the following information carefully. Your Planned Class Schedule and New Freshman Form must be completed and returned by May 22 so that you can enroll in classes for Fall.

PLANNED CLASS SCHEDULE
Your Planned Class Schedule (PCS) lists the courses you intend to take in Fall 2009. Your adviser uses the completed PCS to approve your choice of courses before you come to CalSO (Cal Student Orientation), where you begin the enrollment process. You will receive the approved PCS at CalSO. It will include your adviser code, which you must have in order to use UC Berkeley's enrollment system (Tele-BEARS).

Choosing your first semester courses
For the first semester, freshmen are expected to enroll in the following courses:

If you want to take additional courses, we recommend taking a breadth elective (see pp. 40-42 in the College of Chemistry Announcement) or a course that satisfies the American Cultures requirement.

During the first five weeks of classes, you may petition to drop a class if you find your class load is too heavy (minimum required is 13 units). You must obtain staff adviser approval to drop a class before you stop attending.

Advanced Placement, Transfer, and Other Exam Credit
Students who have Advanced Placement, transfer, or other exam credit may be eligible to take more advanced courses.

Information on Advanced Placement exam credit can be found on pp. 43-44 of the College of Chemistry Announcement.If you do not know your AP exam score, estimate it and select your classes according to that estimated score. If your estimated score is incorrect, you may need to add or drop a class later, with your adviser's approval.

If you have transfer credit from a community college or another university and you want to know if it will be accepted in satisfaction of a course requirement, your adviser will need to evaluate it. If your credit is not from a California community college, please include course descriptions when you mail your Planned Class Schedule and New Freshman forms.

We can also evaluate other exam credit for you, including credit for IB and A-Level exams.

University of California Entry Level Writing Requirement (formerly Subject A Requirement) & Reading and Composition Requirement

• IF you have fulfilled the Entry Level Writing Requirement with a sufficient test score, with transfer credit, or by passing the Analytical Writing Placement Exam (formerly Subject A Exam), then you should enroll in English R1A or an equivalent course (unless you have sufficient AP/IB/A-Level/transfer credit to satisfy the Reading and Composition requirement; see previous section).
• IF you took the Analytical Writing Placement Exam but did not pass, then you should enroll in College Writing R1A in Fall 2009.
• IF you have not fulfilled the Entry Level Writing Requirement and have not taken the Analytical Writing Placement Exam by the beginning of the Fall semester, you must take the Placement Exam, conducted on the Berkeley campus on TDB, 2009 at 9 a.m. in 155 Dwinelle Hall. Contact the College Writing Program for more information. Results will be available in the College Writing Program Office, 112 Wheeler Hall, 3-4 weeks after the exam date. You will need to delay taking the appropriate composition course(s) until Spring 2010. Please be aware that the Analytical Writing Placement Exam may be taken only once.

Your Major Program
To see how your Fall 2009 courses fit into the program for your major, you can read about degree requirements in the College of Chemistry Announcement. There is a section about each major, and a list of acceptable breadth electives (pp. 40-42). The Announcement also provides Chemical Engineering and Chemistry course descriptions.

UC Berkeley's Schedule of Classes and General Catalog are available on the web. The latter includes course descriptions for all departments and information on University requirements and academic policies. It may be purchased from the Cal Student Store via mail order, at (800) 766-1546.

NEW FRESHMAN FORM
Please indicate on the form whether you have taken any of the following exams: Advanced Placement, Advanced Level, Advanced Supplementary, International Baccalaureate, and Abitur Examinations. If so, please record the date and your score, if known.

If you have taken any college-level courses, record these in the spaces provided. If the courses were taken at any institution other than a California Community College, please include a copy of the course description when you send the forms.

WHERE TO SEND THE FORMS
Send your completed Planned Class Schedule and New Freshman Form by May 22 to:
University of California, Berkeley
Maura Daly
College of Chemistry
420 Latimer Hall # 1460
Berkeley, CA 94720-1460

OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Orientation/CalSO
At Cal Student Orientation (CalSO) you will receive a copy of your approved Planned Class Schedule form and you will begin enrolling in classes.

If you cannot attend a CalSO program, you still must RSVP online, via the CalSO web site with an explanation of why you cannot attend. After you RSVP to CalSO, you will be contacted about when you'll receive your approved Planned Class Schedule and with additional instructions about how to begin enrolling in classes.

Students who do not attend CalSO will not be able to enroll in classes until after the June 19 orientation.

QUESTIONS? CONCERNS?
During your freshman year, your staff adviser will be Maura Daly. You are welcome to contact her at (510) 643-0550, or via email at mdaly@berkeley.edu.

[content coordinated by Maura Daly]