[Scaevolus]

Looks like budget problems mean they can't support everyone:

"There are currently about 170 students. However, given the current TA staffing, we can only support 75-90 students in the class. Because this class is so challenging, I expect that about 2/3rds of currently enrolled students will drop the course. Those who remain will need to commit to being on-time for every class and discussion section, and willing to devote substantial effort to reading and understanding highly technical material (and being examined on it during every single class section)."

[pkill17]

Not a budget issue; they just couldn't staff enough TA's (not enough students expressed interest in becoming a TA).

[legutierr]

Well, with this kind of attitude from the prof, I can see why.

[sqrt]

This attitude likely resulted from the lack of TAs rather than the other way around...