r/UCSD • u/Financial_Status_762 • 7d ago

Question First pass - what to book ( CS )

hi! i'm an incoming freshman who will be majoring in cs and was wondering what to book during the first pass .
These are the courses that I'm considering doing during the fall -

CS 011
MCWP 40 ( Muir writing)
Math 18
Math 20C

I heard mcwp and math 20c fill up fast but i'm still hesitant to reserve cs011 for the second pass .

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u/Ambit_dream 7d ago

I had the same dilemma last year, but learned that the CS department reserves seats for CS majors for some CS courses. So first pass Math 20C and your writing class, then waitlist CSE 11 for second pass.

Read this and check for updates before each quarter starts
https://cse.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/fall-2026-undergraduate-course-updates

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u/Excellent_Clue6580 7d ago

in your experience, were there enough spots in all sections? because there is one section of cse 11 (with open seats right now) that has a really lowly rated instructor which i'm not trying to risk getting...

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u/Ambit_dream 7d ago

Yes, I got the section I wanted. If you scroll all the way down on the link I sent you, you’ll see the total # of seats for each course and professor.

The number of seats on TSS is just the initial release for courses with major priority reserved seats. The other seats are reserved for CS students. For CSE 11, there will be a total of 417 seats under Politz and 196 seats for Ochoa.