Los Angeles -- September 15, 2026 -- A 17-year-old UCLA student has launched a platform designed to help college students trade seats in full classes instead of waiting on waitlists. Joseph Borna built ClassSwap after struggling to get into required courses during his own coursework at UCLA.
Students list the class they have and the class they want
On ClassSwap, users post the course or section they currently hold alongside the one they are trying to enter. The platform then attempts to connect students with matching, compatible needs. Users can also set alerts to watch specific classes and get notified when a relevant opening appears.
"I kept thinking that there are students all over campus trying to solve the exact same problem separately," Borna said. "There should be one place where they can actually find each other."
The tool targets four Southern California campuses at launch
ClassSwap is initially rolling out at UCLA, Santa Monica College, USC and CSUN. Borna says the platform is meant to pick up where existing scheduling tools -- professor review sites, course catalogs, schedule planners -- leave off, since those resources stop being useful once a class fills up.
"There are great tools for deciding what class you want," Borna said. "But when that class is full, students are often left refreshing a page or asking around. ClassSwap starts where those tools stop."
Demand for the service peaks during add-drop periods
Borna notes the platform is most useful during registration windows and the opening weeks of a term, when students are actively adding, dropping and switching sections. The service's effectiveness depends on participation volume -- the more students from a given campus who use it, the more matches become possible.
ClassSwap is available now at ClassSwap.org.