Professor Pang is an awesome instructor. He really makes you understand chemistry and labs on a conceptual level rather than just mindlessly plugging away at equations and not making sense of them. He is extremely kind and patient! If you don't understand a concept and attend his office hours, he will make sure that you will really understand it. I highly recommend taking Professor Pang

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the exams are low volume of questions so it is difficult to miss one and still get a good grade on them

Dr Pang was very supportive and helpful when you needed! I would go to his office hours to ask questions about the lab reports to make sure my work was right, and he was very helpful. I will say that your success in this class is based on the effort you put into it. If you do all the lab reports, you'll be good. The final low key threw me off because the questions were a bit on lab materials and procedures. Somehow managed do enough to pass with an A! However, I did do an extra credit assignment that I recommend students do if they need it!

This class is mostly busywork, and honestly I went to the Week 1 lecture and never went again because it was an 8am. You only need the slides for the exams. Midterm is easy and very similar to the PPS, final is a bit harder/conceptual but also similar to the PPS. If you understood all the PPS problems you will do well on the final - it's not that hard of an exam, but it is a bit more tricky than the midterm. Lab grading can be TA-dependent but I never lost a single point to labels, sig figs, etc. Just be careful. Can't say much about Pang himself as a lecturer/teacher since I never went to lecture or OH, but my TA (Mei) was lovely!

To be completely honest, I was a little pissed to have gotten a B given the fact that I had like a 93 before the final (according to the TA). At the same time, I studied for maybe 2 hours max for the final so maybe I got off easy.

I never went to lectures, went to OH once and was still able to get most of the points in the lab. I highly suggest going over slides when doing the problems on your own just to ensure that you're doing it right. Also do the PPS!!! A lot of those questions are similar to the labs so it can give some insight on how to do the problems. It also helps if your TA is good, as obviously one that grades harsher will screw you over compared to one that doesn't.

I liked the class but it also kind of annoyed me. Not sure how to explain it. Pang was cool though and would always visit the labs so make sure you got PPE!

The class overall isn't too bad because the professor is very nice, it's just that your TA makes up most of your grade. I lost a lot of points on stupid things because my TA seemed to grade harshly. I would really follow all directions and make sure to completely answer every question correctly on the pre and post labs to avoid getting points off. For the midterm, since it is open notes and online, you don't really have to study that much. I would recommend doing the practice problem sets and a brief overview of the slides. For the final, I would recommend remembering all the parts of all the experiments you did in class and also doing all of the practice problem sets along with reviewing all of the slides. Really understand how everything works. Also, review all the post lab reports. Even despite losing many points because of my TA, I was able to do well enough on the final to make up for it. And do actually study for the final, many people put it off because it's a lab class and end up getting a lower grade than expected. I would study for at least a day before the final to get comfortable with all the topics.

14BL is a really really boring class. However, Prof Pang was very clear about what he expected. The lecture for this class is generally at 8 am with no recording, but the lecture slides are posted on Canvas. Honestly, the slides are enough to learn the content as most of the information is a repeat from Chem 14A and 14BL. There are six labs in total and each has a pre and post lab assignment. I'd suggest actually putting in the effort for these because it's very easy to lose points over calculation mistakes, sig figs, and graph titles. The lab is scheduled for 3 hours, but I don't recall staying longer than 2 hours for any of the labs. Usually, I'd leave in 1-1.5 hours after getting my data checked with the TA since the experiments are pretty easy to follow.

There is one midterm and a final for this class. For the midterm, I recommend you do the problem sets Dr. Pang posts on Bruin Learn as they are very similar to the types of questions you'll see. The midterm is very easy and also online. For the final, too, I did the problem sets and read the lab manual for each of the experiments and can say I was more than fine. Some people say that the final is hard, but I honestly thought it was very straightforward. You'll see an acid/base and kinetics question like 14B and then an assortment of the other topics covered. I'd recommend understanding the experiments and the types of errors that could influence them. For example, for the aspirin experiment you should understand why we use a vacuum filter instead of blindly memorizing the steps. Even then, the A cutoff for this class is a 90%, so you don't have to do terribly well on the final. There is also an extra credit opportunity + points you get from doing a report by yourself.

Even though the experiments were boring, Prof Pang is amazing. He was very helpful during office hours and I genuinely felt like he cared about the students. His practice material is amazing and he's a great person too. The class sucks but he makes it bearable. I'd highly recommend taking the class with him!

Lastly, try not to take the 5:30-8:30 pm lab if possible. It was draining and depressing.

I thought the course was straight forward but there were so many instructions. The instructions were so dense and I had difficulty in understanding what was going on. I did find the lectures to be related to the actual work needed to be done.

This class was fine except the final. It was so hard for no reason. I don't get why there is even a lecture and final for a lab anyway. I def would've gotten an A if it weren't for the final.
Dr. Pang is a good lecturer but the class is just too short (50mins). I would recommend going to lectures still though, even if it's at 8am. He is helpful with answering questions too.
The class is mostly just the weekly Lab, with a Pre-Lab and Post-Lab that really weren't bad. Sometimes they would take a bit but they really weren't bad. Two of them were in teams as well, which could be split up. Then there's a 50 min lecture once a week, but it would sometimes be like two weeks before the Lab which was weird and confusing. Just try to keep track of which lecture is on which Lab and which readings you should be doing when. Lecture is not required but Lab definitely is. I got 5 EC points for going to Lab the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Office Hours aren't that helpful unless you have a specific question.
I recommend reading the textbook which is online. Esp 2-3 weeks before the final to study. And FR study for the final. It's mostly just what he did in lecture.
For the Labs definitely read the instructions carefully beforehand so you'll know exactly what you're doing and you can move through them quickly. You get to leave whenever you finish.
Overall, I actually liked the Labs, the only thing I didn't like about this class was the Final and studying for it.

My TA was Kevin and he was awesome. Totally get Kevin if you can. He graded pretty leniently too.