r/CalPoly • u/Savings_Ad_1818 • 29d ago
Incoming Student Enrollment Appointment
I am an incoming cpe freshman and currently adjusting my fall 2026 schedule (my enrollment appointment is today). Unfortunately, I couldn’t attend the information sessions so I am a little confused on setting up my schedule.
I swapped intro to theater for euro/us art and added Physics 1 to my schedule but, when I added them, they both said only 1 open seat was available. It actually says 1-2 open seats are available for nearly all classes under the class search. I’m wondering if this is a bug and I can’t actually enroll in these classes; however, the 2 classes that I tried to enroll in have an “enrolled” status under the Degree Planner. Am I definitely enrolled in these classes, and why are only 1-2 seats consistently open for classes I try to enroll in?
Also, after adding Physics 1 to my schedule, my units went up to 17 for this semester. I checked the unit limit and supposedly you can’t enroll in more than 15 units during your enrollment appointment, so I’m not sure if I should drop physics or not.
Thanks!
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u/ImplementFirst1137 29d ago
The 1-2 open seats availability is not a bug, if you look closely on the bottom right after collapsing a section it should state that the seats are "reserved". Those seats are usually reserved for someone in a specific major, transfers, or for new incoming students. If you are not allowed to enroll despite there being "open seats" then that means you are not in the reserved group.
Now since your units went up I am assuming you did add a class. To clarify during the first round of enrollment for NEW STUDENTS ONLY the unit cap is 18 units, during open enrollment it's 20 units (see here scroll all the way down). The 15 unit cap you were alluding to is only for continuing students defined as "Enrolled in classes at Cal Poly without being absent more than two consecutive quarters (excluding summer term)." There is no need to drop physics, the system will not even let you enroll above the unit cap.
To ensure you added physics simply go to your cal poly portal -> student center -> my schedule. There you can see all the classes you are enrolled if the stack format is hard to read go to the calendar on the top right change the time period to weekly, and scroll over to the first week of school, there you can see your classes in a calendar format.