Princeton Pounce Beats the Waitlist

What do you do when that precept you really, really, really wanted is closed? Now with Princeton Pounce, you can automatically receive an email or text notification when a spot in that precept (or class) opens up. No more crazy SCORE checking necessary!Jeremy Cohen '16 and Zach Koerbel '16, the creators of the site, were originally inspired to write the script after being locked out of a COS 217 precept they wanted. Over winter break and intersession, Cohen and Koerbel worked on turning their script into a website, a process both described as fairly simple.According to Cohen, they were not the only ones who wrote such a program--several of their friends had similar scripts as well-- but they were the first to share their script with other (less comp-sci minded) students through a public website.“Despite the fact that some people might use it for classes we want, there’s tons of classes we would never dream of taking where people are in the same situation,” Koerbel said.Since they began publicizing the site last Sunday night, there have been over 500 subscriptions and over 200 notifications. The most requested classes?1. SOC 204  - Social Networks (70 subscriptions)2. COS 126 -  General Computer Science (46 subscriptions)3. COS 226 - Algorithms and Data Structures (40 subscriptions)4. COS 217 - Introduction to Programming Systems (36 subscriptions)5. PSY 101 - Introduction to Psychology (35 subscriptions)Plans have already been made to include Princeton Pounce on TigerApps (Cohen is a member of the USG IT Committee). While the site has already been approved by the committee, Cohen is unsure when they will officially open the website on TigerApps.In the meantime, go visit their website and start pouncing!