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Professor Rating

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Prof: Jeff Chan / Spring 2026

Apr 6, 2026

Comments on the course

The 3 exams make up 90 percent of the grade. If you have a bad day for one exam your grade is cooked. It is not an awful class, I think it would be better if there was a little more weight to the homework or another type of grade.

Course Content

Typical orgo topics, hard but expected. It is useful and builds on orgo 1. I also kinda wish the professor would upload but that is just personal preference.

Comments on the professor

He obviously knows his stuff, but it sometimes feels like he does not know how to explain to people that are learning it, but instead to his colleagues that already know a lot about the topics. He is passionate about his teaching and when he does explain it right, it definitely clicks.

Advice

Study study study study study. I mean from the first day study for like 30 minutes at least every single day outside of class.

School: UIUCCourse: CHEM 436Delivery: In personGrade: Not sure yetWorkload: ModerateTextbook Use: Yes
Exam Heavy
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Class Ratings

1Awful Class
1Very Hard
4Interesting
1Useless

Professor Rating

3OK Prof

Prof: Sandra Hatch / Spring 2026

Apr 5, 2026

Comments on the course

This class is incredibly unmanageable. Every week theres several sections of homework with 80+ total questions and each question has 2-7 parts. It is genuinely impossible to retain information. This class is less about learning the material and more about completing assignments. On midterm exam week, there was still 3 sections of (about 10-20 questions in each section) of homework due along with a 17 question quiz. You also can't use a formula sheet on the midterm. Its genuinely impossible to manage unless this is the only class you're taking, even then... don't even think about having anything else to do in your life while trying to take this class. Highly recommend not taking this condensed course, I've found it to be a huge waste of time and money.

Course Content

The content in this class covers precalc 1 and 2 in one condensed class over 12 weeks.

Comments on the professor

The professor is generally fine but she takes a long time to record the quiz grades in canvas, so by the important withdrawal dates, good luck knowing what your grade in the class is.

Advice

I wish I knew exactly how much work the class would actually be. The description mentions that it is fast paced, but says nothing about the sheer volume of work.

School: NVCCCourse: MTH 167Delivery: OnlineGrade: Drop/WithdrawalWorkload: Very HeavyTextbook Use: Yes
Assignment HeavyQuiz Heavy
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Class Ratings

4Good Class
2Hard
4Interesting
5Very Useful

Professor Rating

4Good Prof

Prof: Steven Harris / Fall 2025

Apr 5, 2026

Comments on the course

Class definitely started out a little hard. I failed the first exam and then got study edge. I was able to end with an A- because he replaces your lowest test grade with the average of your progress exams. He does a flipped classroom so lectures are online.

Course Content

The content was useful. It was very standard chemistry. Exams were a little rough and questions were complicated at times.

Comments on the professor

Dr. Harris is a really nice professor and really cares about his students. At times the lectures were a bit hard to understand though.

Advice

I wish I would have started out with study edge to be completely honest but a lot of people do fine without it.

School: UFCourse: CHM 2045Delivery: In personGrade: A-Workload: HeavyTextbook Use: Optional
Assignment HeavyExam Heavy