<p>Can someone explain the whole psych lottery business? I heard that it’s a big deal and it’s hard to get a spot in the classes. I really want to because I’m not at all a science person.</p>
<p>Because Psych labs are a very popular choice among students, a lottery system is in place to ensure fairness in choosing who gets in and who doesn't. There is a priority system in which majors will get first priority in choice of lab. I think that those who have already taken psych courses are also more likely to get labs, but I am unsure whether or not that is official policy.</p>
<p>Basically you enter an electronic lottery on ebear. You would indicate on a form what your first choice lab is (and second, third, and fourth if you have those choices...) and submit the form. Your name will go into a sort of "electronic hat" and (with priorities in place, of course), the computer will either pick your name for one of your four choices or you will be placed on a waitlist.</p>
<p>If you get in, you MUST put the lecture/lab on your program and attend the first class or you will be kicked out of the course and your spot given to someone on the waitlist. If you are on the waitlist, you should still come to the first class in case people don't show up and you can snag a spot. </p>
<p>I think that before you can take any Psych labs you must take Intro to Psych, so you may want to get that out of the way quickly if you plan to be involved in Psych lotteries. </p>
<p>Hope this helps!</p>
<p>hmm wait. So i want to do psych to fulfill my lab req, ultimately. since intro to psych is a prereq i wanted to get that out of the way next semester (my first semester). is that very hard to get into as well? or just the labs?</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>I do not think the intro to Psych course is hard to get into. My d took intro to psych her first semester. BTW she loved it so much it ultimately lead to her declaring a neuroscience major!</p>
<p>Churchmusicmom is right. My guess is that Intro to Psych is not hard to get into because there are no labs attached. The reason that the lecture/lab duos are hard to get into is because of the limited seating in the lab, not in the lecture.</p>