Laney College CS 61 Waitlist/Professor Question

Hey folks popped in here to ask a quick question. A friend of mine is a student at Berkeley City College trying to transfer as a CS student to Cal. I recommended he take the Laney College CS 61 course which is considered equivalent to the course offered at Cal. He’s currently registered at I think 11 on the waitlist.

Has anyone taken the CS 61 course at Laney College? Has anyone taken courses with the professor Patrick McDermott? Do you know how he does waitlists? Does everyone get in? 4? 5? Since he’d really like to take the course especially since it seems to be offered only once a year. Otherwise I was going to suggest he register for the summer session or fall session of the course at Cal instead.

He lets everyone on the waitlist into the class. I sent him an email last month.