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Professor Castellano Reviews

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Class Ratings

3OK Class
1Very Hard
4Interesting
5Very Useful

Professor Rating

5Amazing Prof

Prof: Castellano / Fall 2022

Nov 26, 2023

Comments on the course

I enjoyed Dr. Castellano's class because he was easily accessible for questions. His notes were very clear. However, I realized I didn't want to be a chemist after encountering orgo. The homework is helpful, but you'll need more practice than that. Practice exams were helpful. He curves.

Course Content

Naming but you have to teach that part to yourself to cover other material, stereoisomers, chirality, Sn1/Sn2/E1/E2 reactions, kinetic vs thermodynamic product, acidity and basicity, synthesis

Comments on the professor

Dr. Castellano was a nice professor. He made jokes occasionally and showed us real world applications of some of the things we were learning. He was very engaging.

Advice

If you're going to take orgo, start trying to teach yourself as much as you can before you have the class so you can focus attention on the harder things.

Course: CHM 2212Delivery: In personGrade: C+Workload: LightTextbook Use: Yes
Exam Heavy
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Class Ratings

5Amazing Class
3Avg. Difficulty
4Interesting
4Useful

Professor Rating

5Amazing Prof

Prof: Castellano / Fall 2021

Aug 10, 2022

Comments on the course

Well-formatted and presented in an interesting way with links to other fields.

Course Content

Basic nomenclature, stereochemistry, reactions, mechanisms, and synthesis

Comments on the professor

Dr. Castellano presents most topics very clearly in lecture and is helpful after class asking questions.

Advice

Do as many practice problems as possible before the exams and make sure you understand what you get wrong and why it was wrong to not make the same mistake. Also get help from the TAs during office hours

Course: CHM 2212Delivery: In personGrade: AWorkload: ModerateTextbook Use: Yes
Exam Heavy
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Class Ratings

3OK Class
2Hard
5Very Interesting
5Very Useful

Prof: Castellano / 2020

Sep 2, 2021

Comments on the course

Curves well

Advice

Do all the practice problems in Wiley plus for the quizzes, and fully understand the practice exam for the exams.

Course: CHM 2212Grade: A-Workload: ModerateTextbook Use: Yes