Enrollment
A few notes on enrollment…
We have far more people interested in taking this class than we have seats in the room. We are trying to give those seats out in a fair and consistent manner.
If you would like to enroll in the class, please put yourself on the waiting list.
If you are not a CS student: we allow CS students to enroll first, so students from outside of CS are not allowed to enroll (or even put themselves on the waiting list) until the new, incoming CS students have the opportunity to enroll (this happens mid-July).
If you are a new, incoming CS student: we will give you priority.
Sending me a note saying how important the class is for you will not help. We have to use a consistent process to determine who can be allowed to enroll. First come first serve, who the professor happens to choose, or having the best story in email are not fair processes.
Usually, many students drop after the first lecture (when they see what the class is). This leads to 2 pieces of advice:
Read last year’s course web page to find out about the class and make sure that you really want to take it! This year will be different, but the basic idea will be the same.
Put yourself on the waiting list and be patient. Sending email to the course staff won’t help. We will send announcements to the waiting list as we know more.