Honestly, taking this class with Pau was interesting as is. Similar to other reviews, the weighting of different assignments didn't change much except for the HW and Quiz proportions just swapping (due to class voting). Nevertheless, as a quick TLDR, this class was an absolute pain to take, and even though it was online, I would still NOT want to take this class with Pau. Thus, here we go with this review - I'll systematically dissect all the components of the class to give a better overview of how this went:

1) Lecture
During the summer, MW lectures were around 2 hours long and F lectures were 50 minutes. They were honestly long and quite tedious; she loves to go on these tangents and reiterate the same things 3-4 times over which honestly kind of annoys the hell out of me. Nevertheless, she does an aight job at explaining concepts and for the most part, isn't that bad. She does, however, just read through the slides at times and expects the students to do their part and go through them beforehand (which tbh no one really does). But in all fairness, she uses a whiteboard to further explain such concept, which is greatly appreciated. The only downside besides these is that she tends to go through things conceptually rather than practically so you'll have to do problems in order to be able to apply the things taught in the class.

2) Homework
The classic mastering physics homework that we all know and hate. This component was weighted at 15%, but we had 6 attempts to do each question. She likes to release a set of problems after every lecture so for the most part, they were just tedious but not necessarily too difficult as she does tailor the questions based on what she taught at the time.

3) Quizzes
Honestly the easiest part of the course. It's just basically mastering physics questions but you have 15 minutes to do around 5 ish questions. These don't take really long and as long as you understand it, it's all good and should be straightforward. Most of the time, these quizzes are conceptual so you'll be out of the woods with any big calculations. For summer 2021, this was weighted at 10%.

4) Labs
Tedious and annoying, similar to the other labs in the physics series. If I had to make a comparison to 5A and 5C, 5B honestly has the worst labs and is the most time-consuming. However, with this in mind, your grade in this component is really dependent on who you have as a TA but if they're nice and chill with everything you should be fine. This is weighted at 15% of your final grade.

5) Midterm/Final
She gave around 70 minutes for the midterm and a bit over 3 hours for the final (iirc), but honestly, this was not enough time for people to finish the questions. Prior to each exam, she gives a general overview of what type of concept was covered in each question which is nice but mastering physics questions and the stuff covered in lecture wasn't as relevant - so be prepared for these. I'm not going to get into the specifics for each exam, but it is highly recommended for you to go to the TA review sessions and do the discussion worksheets for practice, but don't go to Pau's reviews as they're utterly useless. For reference, the MT is weighted at 20% of your grade and final is at 40% of your grade (heavy stuff right here :<). In Summer 2021, the avg for the MT was at a solid 68% and the final was around 77%.

6) Extra Credit
Pau gives a total of 4% extra credit (unweighted and added to your final grade), which gave a bit of leeway but given that the final was 40% of your final grade, that's rough fam. 0.5% was from the evaluations, 2% from campuswire (which is honestly really easy to get and pretty much can be done in like 2-3 days if you just answer a bunch of questions), and 1% from discussion worksheets. Similar to the discussions in other physics courses, it's not mandatory but by turning it in (based on completion), you can get up to 1% extra credit for those, so it's quite advisable to do such bc it's really free credit right here.

7) Final Remarks
Kudos to those who got all the way to here, but for the question that everyone has been asking, would I take this class again with Pau if I had to? Hell no. Labs were tedious and annoying as hell to do. Exams were long and we weren't given sufficient time to finish them all, but all in all, it is what it is. Even though the MT avg/median was dog, she still refused to change her grading scale (which was pretty much a straight scale).

This is one of the worst professors I have had at UCLA. I really don't understand what the other reviewers are talking about; we must have sat through different classes. Her lectures were incredibly unclear and included several instances of her talking in circles and saying things wrong, only to say "actually like this" and move on without explaining properly. When I asked a question at a review session about something she didn't even explain in class, but was on the homework, she refused to explain even the basic math principles of the issue, which turned out to be very simple once I asked the TA. She was very condescending in the way she said "I'm not gonna teach you math," in a literal physics class that is all about applying equations. She also gives a ton of homework, usually over 30 problems per assignment, and gives quizzes worth 15% of the grade, but are only 5 questions, so it is really easy to miss 20% or 40% with just one or two questions wrong. Very unfair timing as well, as the quizzes are only 15 minutes, and the midterm also had very little time because we had to upload each part of each problem individually, all while trying to complete the test. If there is another professor teaching this class, I would definitely recommend taking the other professor instead.

Dr. Pau is a good professor, she can teach pretty well and explains the concepts clearly, but her exams are impossible. I studied so hard for this class- I went to office hours, asked questions, redid HW and other practice problems/Worksheets, but the final exam was so hard, I got a D on it. The midterm was a bit easier but since the final was cumulative it made it really difficult to study for everything within the short amount of time we had. There were multiple choice questions on there also that completely stumped me even though I had gone through HW and lecture concepts thoroughly. If you struggle in physics like I had, I don’t recommend with this professor or taking it in the summer for that matter, it was a horrible mistake.

I never wore my seatbelt while driving to school because I wanted to die before making it to this class

Jackie is alright. She's not a favorite of mine, but she's not bad either. She posts lecture slides but will use the whiteboard function on zoom to explain concepts. I actually liked this more because it helps me process the info better when she explains it as she's writing/drawing rather than reading off the slides. Midterm and final were a little challenging but fair. She also offered unweighted extra credit so that definitely helped my grade. I feel like Jackie isn't the best at answering/explaining questions if you're confused, so I would recommend going to discussion and asking your TAs. Do the discussion worksheets too and make sure you understand how to do the problems!

Grade breakdown: 10% Mastering Physics Homework, 15% Lab, 15% Quizzes, 20% Midterm, 40% Final
HOMEWORK: The same as the rest of the physics series. We had six tries before we started losing points for incorrect answers.
LAB: These labs were terrible. They would post what we needed for lab the day before and sometimes the items were very specific, and since we're in a pandemic it was annoying to have to go and buy stuff for lab on short notice. The lab instructions were also terrible. They had us attend zoom calls even though all the work was individual.
QUIZZES: We had four quizzes over summer session, with the lowest one being dropped. They were five questions and no partial credit, so it was very easy to lose points here. They weren't necessarily difficult but the conceptual questions were convoluted at times.
MIDTERM: The midterm was just like her practice midterm. Class average was around 81%. It only covered thermodynamics since we were so behind the entire session (more on that later).
FINAL: The final was three hours timed and 40% of the grade. We begged for accommodations (ie the whole day to take the final) and did not receive any. At the end of the day, the final was pretty easy and the class average was an 88%.
OVERALL: This was a terrible experience, and definitely my worst physics experience at UCLA. Professor Pau would frequently switch from slides to her whiteboard which would complicate the topics and lead to confusion. We were supposed to cover chapters 11-18 over the course of 6 weeks and instead, we did not even finish chapter 16. Pau is very confusing, and unless you're prepared to teach yourself, try and avoid her.

Jackie was a great prof! Her lectures were very easy to follow and the grading was very fair. The homework was pretty easy that you have a week to do it and 6 tries per problem (10%), the quizzes, however, were a bit tougher as they were out of 5 and 15% of the whole grade. If you miss one question its already a 80% so that can bring down the grade significantly. However she does give lots of extra credit and is very understanding!

This review is for the summer version of this course (we only had one midterm). I found this class to be okay. It is by far not the worst class that I have taken and I liked it a lot better than 5A. Dr. Pau was nice. All of the lectures were recorded and her slides were posted. If you miss something during lecture, you can always rewatch the lecture.

Homework was extremely fair. You get 6 tries and if you're really stuck most of the questions can be found somewhere online.
Quizzes were timed (4 questions/15 minutes) on mastering physics. We had one at the end of each week, except for the first and the last week. She drops your lowest one. The questions were similar to what you would see on your homework.
Labs were sort of easy. I highly suggest looking at the physics lab website ahead of time to see what materials you will need. I lived at home when I took this course and the required materials were reasonable. If you don't have an item/object on hand, reach out to your lab TA and ask about a substitute. They made us attend our enrolled lab section, but you can always use this time to ask the TA and LA questions (setup/calculations/codes) and do the lab beforehand. That way you can make sure you get most of the points.
The midterm was also fair. Make sure to have a formula sheet, go over discussion problems, quiz problems, and take the sample midterm (also figure out how you plan to scan/upload your photos of the midterm to gradescope). Dr. Pau gave us extra time for scanning and uploading. She also gave us a google voice number to call in the case of an emergency.
The final was also extremely fair and a lot of people did well. It was open notes and we had 200 minutes to complete the final, scan, and upload our photos. Use the sample final to time/pace yourself.

This was a pretty average class! Not my favorite, but by no means super terrible. Dr. Pau is honestly super cute and pretty fair, and she will make you work for your grade. With this class being online, all lectures were recorded; Dr. Pau was great about providing us with example problem answers and practice exam materials. Tests were really fair.