I disrespect him. He did not accommodate any of his students who underwent some difficult times. He lives by his syllabus. He does not care if you are out of state or country (you will be required to take the tests during PST) or if there is a medical emergency. YOU WILL BE TAKING HIS TEST NO MATTER THE CIRCUMSTANCE. and they are painfully brutal.
He is great at teaching, don't get me wrong, but the lack of compassion someone can have during this really weird/difficult time really deters students from enjoying this course.
good luck

Aight Pham is a good instructor but I have to say he is overhyped. I don't mean this as an insult, I'm just telling you to not come into it thinking Pham is the best 14D professor in the world because you might lower your guard and take it for an easy class. If you can I'd recommend taking 14D with Nag because he does in fact take it easier on students.
Now that that's out of the way, Pham's class has its benefits: his class is super well-structured and organized (and grading was absurdly fast, it only took them 2-3 days after each problem set or exam to release grades) and the only thing you have to turn in besides the BACON quizzes (which are easy) are the problem sets. These things make the course mostly stress free because they make the content very straightforward & let you focus on studying. I've had to take very disorganized courses before, so taking this course was honestly such a breath of fresh air.
My warnings to future students: Pham's exam times (this quarter it was two midterms + one final that was shorter, but a bit trickier, than a midterm) are back to their limited "in-person" windows because of someone in the Chem 30 series that posted his exam on Chegg in Winter Quarter. This means 2 hours for midterms and 3 hours for the final with zero flexibility even for people in other time zones, so I had to take some exams very late at night. Also, don't bother with the textbook problems, they might be good to solidify some basic concepts but they're zero practice for exams; focus on the TA worksheets (all TAs' worksheets are available to all students on CCLE). Make sure to ALWAYS be caught up on material because topics builds on top of the other like nothing else and also because his in-class polls (which are questions on the previous lecture's content) give extra credit.

Oh boy, I am a classic student who really struggled with organic chemistry and this was my third time taking it after panic dropping it twice, but I'm glad to be done with it. Dr. Pham is very knowledgeable and approachable, and he did a fun AMA at the end of the quarter which made him appear more human.
Here is the course breakdown, which is very different for COVID times:

Problem Sets (x 5) 100 ~30% (open notes, 1 per 2 weeks)
TaH Exams (x 3) 150 ~45% (open notes, one was a final)
Discussion Participation 40 ~12%
BACON Tutorials 40 ~12%
Total 330 100%

Before I dropped this class, I took it with Dr. Pham in Winter 2020 and felt that the difficulty was similar, although the tests were more difficult without open notes. I also took it with Dr. Nag in Spring 2020 and felt that his class was way harder, probably because he published 24-hour take home exams that were open-note but very difficult.

This time, I actually committed to taking Chem 14D and I think I did okay. The material is hard, but not too reliant on Chem 14C. I had a poor professor for 14C, but you really only need to be aware of conformations (mostly chair conformation) and the idea of resonance and aromaticity and also the different functional groups.

I liked the exams had less weight, which alleviated a lot of my stress, although I still found them difficult. The average for the first exam was in the 70s and the average for the second exam was about 80, I believe.

Dr. Pham's grading scheme is also very kind, with the following criteria:
A+ (no EC) ≥ 99.0% 99.0% > A ≥ 94.0% 94.0% > A- ≥ 88.0%
88.0% > B+ ≥ 84.0% 84.0% > B ≥ 79.0% 79.0% > B- ≥ 75.0%
75.0% > C+ ≥ 69.0% 69.0% > C ≥ 62.0% 62.0% > C- ≥ 54.0%
54.0% > D+ ≥ 47.0% 47.0% > D ≥ 39.0% 39.0% > D- ≥ 30.0%

Also, he gives up to 8 extra credit points for clicker questions (0.5 pt/answer) and at the end of the quarter, he had students be able to make ochem-related media for up to another 8 points.

I would recommend taking this class with Dr. Pham, although be aware that ochem is challenging and while taking it online has its pros with open-note tests, ochem will continue to be tough if you have outside-of-school responsibilities that are taking up time in your life.

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Pham is a jerk. He is condescending and rude in lecture, and makes students feel inferior to him. The midterms and finals are unfair. There is an extreme disparity between students with a strong STEM background and those who do not. There is a reason why this class is split between A+ and C-. This class is great if you're a lame premed who just studies all day everyday. But if you are normal, forget it.

Literally take anyone else. Especially Nag.

I scored around average on both midterms (both averages were low 60s). This class was so hard. Pham was a good professor and got his point across well, but something just didn't click for me. I thought I would fail, but the final was online due to COVID, so by some miracle I got a B+ (I did get above 90 on the final). Our class average ended up still being below 75, so we got an additional grade boost from that.
My main advice is to do all the extra credit (there's a LOT) and to study. I'm someone who doesn't study, and I met my match in this class.
I would recommend Pham if you want to learn and work for your grade, but I know the other professors are way easier.