Can't enroll in CS170 due to odd restriction

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>When I try to enroll in CS170 (my phase 2 was today), I get a "The category for which your enrollment goes under is full" or something similar to that and I've forced to only waitlist the class. When I checked the enrollment it says:</p>

<p>Seats have been reserved for:</p>

<p>Students with a major of Computer Science or Engineering - Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences or Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Students with a class level of Senior (Full)
Students with a major of Computer Science or Engineering - Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences or Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and Students with a class level of Junior or Sophomore or Freshman (Open)
Students with a major of Applied Mathematics (Open)
Open seating (Open)</p>

<p>As I've mentioned before, I'm actually a junior with senior status (which I feel applies to most EECS students anyway). Why doesn't the Open seating kick in and allow me to enroll. This feels like a bug in the system imo. I really want to get the CS170 class. What should I do? :(</p>

<p>Also I've had senior status since my sophomore year and this was never an issue before.</p>

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<p>Have you contacted the department?</p>

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<p>^I’m not sure who to email. I tried the professor and he said he can’t do anything and CCed my email to someone who he says maybe be able to help. Then he also said that I should speak to peer advisors first. Who are they?</p>

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<p>Peer advisors are undergrads who either volunteer or are paid to advise fellow students. I don’t know why your professor would direct you to them, actually – I doubt they have power over telebears, though they might have explanations as to why this is happening and have actually useful solutions.</p>

<p>Personally, I’d try contacting the staff advisors instead. They’re the ones who set seat reservations for classes.</p>

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<p>^How do I contact these staff advisor people?</p>

<p>btw is anyone else having this issue?</p>

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<p>[Staff</a> by Function | EECS at UC Berkeley](<a href=“Our Staff | EECS at UC Berkeley”>Our Staff | EECS at UC Berkeley)</p>

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<p>^Thanks for the link, I’m definitely emailing them!</p>

<p>btw, am I the only one running into this issue? I’d feel a lot better if this was happening to others too when enrolling for upper div CS classes</p>

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<p>Yes, it’s been happening for CS188 (60 enrolled of 300ish, a million on waitlist) and most likely others too</p>

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<p>This is the response I got:</p>

<p>Enrollment in upper div COMPSCI courses is prioritized for seniors in CS
and EECS. That means that during phase I only (a limited number) of
CS/EECS seniors are allowed to enroll directly into the class and
everyone else is given the option of placing themselves on the waitlist.</p>

<p>As GSI hires are confirmed and we become certain that we can support a
larger class, we allow more students in – starting with CS/EECS
seniors. After all (or almost all) CS/EECS seniors have been
accommodated, we begin to enroll other students from the waitlist –
starting with remaining cs/eecs students without senior standing who are
waitlisted for an open discussion section.</p>

<p>As an EECS senior (in the world of telebears) you have a good chance but
you should also be thinking of backup plans in case your first choice of
CS upper div classes are too impacted.</p>

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<p>^Sigh I should have phased 1 my CS classes and then phase 2 my EE classes since I guess everyone wants to do CS these days…Sigh lol</p>

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<p>Eh, it always seems that in the end almost everyone gets in (with the exception of a few very popular classes such as 188 :frowning: ). In particular, 170 in recent history has gotten everyone in.</p>