Professor Pham is the best! He is super engaged with his students and really wants us to succeed. He gives good pep talks to lighten the spirit of everyone who feel they are going to "fail" ochem. The tests are difficult, but doable. I think i was pretty close to getting an A in the class, but better luck next time I guess

Professor Pham is a good lecturer who explains concepts well and his lectures are easy to follow. He posts the lecture slides and uploads the audio for each lecture so it's possible to review his materials before each exam. However, like one of the other reviews stated, while he is a funny professor, he can sound condescending at times and believes that you either have an innate talent for organic chemistry or you don't.

The class itself is difficult but that's no surprise. Homework is not required, but to be fair, the test materials don't mirror the homework questions. Rather, it is an opportunity to see if you the general gist behind how to solve the problems. The tests are fair, but my advice is to look up old tests if possible and do the TA worksheets. The class average my quarter was a 76%, but this is a "weeder" class, so just do your best and hope for the best. Good luck.

Chem 14C is generally a hard class. From what my friends told me, Pham is the best teacher there is and from my experience with him, he has lived up to his reputation. Nonetheless, his tests are hard and at times he can assign work from the book (although not required) that confuses more than helps people. Overall a great professor

Pham is definitely one of my favorite professors. He is extremely knowledgeable and teaches really well. Lectures are engaging and you definitely learn lots of cool things everyday. To do well in this class, make sure you're always on top of the material and doing the TA's worksheets. Unless you have lots of time, I'll say that you should avoid textbook problems (often irrelevant and not that useful) and the review sessions (are run by LA's and aren't that useful unless you really want to ask the LA's questions). If you can, try to get a molecular modeling kit especially because you're allowed to use it during exams. Overall, I really enjoyed Pham's class and I would definitely recommend him!

Favorite professor & favorite class at UCLA so far! Dr. Pham is funny, captivating, and overall just a really clear, helpful, and fair teacher.

I came out of 14A and 14B with Lavelle, and I was so used to learning nothing in lecture, doing ALL of the homework, and then coming to tests that were totally unfair. Professor Pham, however, was so refreshing. The lectures were incredibly helpful and I spent the entire time paying my full attention and writing down EVERYTHING he said (especially the conceptual stuff he explains because this *will* help you understand everything better). He is so entertaining but he lectures QUICKLY, so don't zone out.

Biggest advice for this class: pay 200% of your attention during lecture, find old tests (the formatting is similar to old tests -- he makes the tests harder every quarter but they're still really fair), do TA worksheets (textbook is largely useless so this will be the best practice material), go to TA/Pham's office hours if you need explanations (he can go quickly in lecture but he will help clarify everything during OHs), and don't scare yourself (OChem has a bad reputation, but be confident that you can do this!!).

Dr. Pham made this class so enjoyable, because he's so interesting (ask him about his favorite musicals and/or his escape room in Irvine), passionate, genuinely cares about students' learning (don't ask him about grades and what'll be on the test... he hates when students do this lol), and this class is fair. Also, he offers SO much extra credit. I strongly recommend taking it with him! :)

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