Allow me to introduce myself...

Johnson181
Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:00:58 +0000

Okay here’s the deal:
Chem 111: you have class mwf. The thursday section you sign up for is recitation, where it’s taught by a ta (unless you’re in extended) and quizzes are given.

Chem 151: you have class once a week (not sure which day it is this semester, it was mondays last fall). This tends to be every week generally, Dr. Mao will let you know when you don’t have it. Then, you also have the 4 hour section about 9 times first semester. This is when the actual lab happens (the one hour class is a lecture about the upcoming lab or a midterm/final review). Sometimes it can take all 4 hours, since first semester the lab write-ups are due by the end of lab.
And yes, during first semester there are also random lab quizzes. It’s to see if you actually have any idea what you’re supposed to be doing in lab that day. They’re not all that complicated. (We had 2 or 3 last fall)

There aren’t actually only 9 spots left. Once freshmen can register, Dr. Mao will open up more spots in the rest of the labs. This will probably happen in early August, when freshmen engineering registration is open. It’s kept fairly low right now so that upperclassmen can’t possibly fill all of the labs.
Saturday labs suck, or so I’ve been told, btw.
There should be room for 80-100 students in each 4 hour lab once Dr. Mao opens it up. Don’t stress about it until you actually get to register.