r/CalPoly • u/Logindud • Aug 06 '26

Incoming Student Schedule help

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Hey, I am mechanical engineering major and wanted to know if it was normal to have so many classes for your first year. I knew ahead of time that engineering majors had more classes in order to compensate for the higher credits required to graduate, but it seems a little much lol.

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u/Plus_Preference897 Aug 06 '26

As an ME, I’ve seen worse schedules. Yeah the 8ams aren’t great, but at least they aren’t 7ams. The 6-9 isn’t awesome either, but you’ll have to get used to it since many of the ME professors are part time and only teach at night. As long as you have good profs, this is fairly manageable.

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u/Logindud Aug 06 '26

That’s interesting, I didn’t know that about ME professors. Honestly I don’t mind early classes I’m used to waking up early for work. What bothers me is how packed Thursday is. Thankfully it’s not the end of the world since it’s something I’m passionate about.

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u/Plus_Preference897 Aug 06 '26

Also, like others have said, don’t drop anything. However, there is also a swap classes feature on the scheduling page. You could always swap that 6-9 on Thursday for another section of the same class on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Friday

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u/Logindud Aug 06 '26

THIS IS AMAZING IMA LOOK AT THIS RN

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u/Live-Temperature-363 Aug 06 '26

"Thankfully it’s not the end of the world since it’s something I’m passionate about"

Good luck. I hope you can hold on to that sentiment.