I took 14A with Lavelle Fall 2015

Lavelle is a sneaky bastard.
His class was mostly fair until the final. He changed the final and made it more conceptually based for the first time in 10 years, and screwed almost every person in our class. He lied about what would be on the final to the students and to the TAs. The TAs fought on behalf of the students and apologized for the incredibly hard final, but to no avail, the curve was still rough.

I got a B in his class, although I spent a good amount of time studying. People in Scerri spent maybe half the time and got A grades.

Switch into Scerri, Lavelle is not a fair professor.

He seems really concerned but I just don't like him. He requires course reader which is really expensive along with solutions manuals and past exams. I can't imagine how much he earns just by necessitating these materials.
His exams are really random. He tells you to prepare for this and then just ask you totally different things. It is not difficult to get and A but just really annoying because you know you could do better if he just keeps his promises.
He requires people to go to his chemistry community, which I find ridiculous because it is not as helpful as he claims but still, for fame or other reasons, it just counts toward your grade.
Overall he's acceptable, but not "good", I would say.

If you take Lavelle's class, be prepared to work! Personally, I thought he was a pretty good professor. His lecturing style was easy to follow and I always thought he explained things fairly well. However, he gives the hardest tests! The best advice I can give is to visit the UA's office hours. In my experience, they were much more helpful than the TA's. I worked extremely hard in this class only to earn a B-, but I was proud of that grade because there were points in the quarter where I actually was concerned about passing.

I found Lavelle's class pretty challenging and overall recommend not taking him. He is a really nice guy, but his tests are extremely difficult. There are no easy points on his exams, every question is difficult and he doesn't believe in multiple choice. From what I've heard, Lavelle sounds harder than Scerri. But I will say some people really liked Lavelle. However, if you have to take this class with Lavelle, do all of his homework problems. Other reviewers have said this, but it's really true. Doing homework problems, watching lecture again, doing past midterms, and doing past finals will all help you. However, this class will probably take about two thirds of your time. His final was really unpredictable for Fall 2015 and not like his past ones. Overall, pretty hard professor and difficult class.

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Lavelle may seem like a kind, honest man... but don't be fooled. He will grab your social life and throw it in the trash. Lavelle had told us not to worry about a certain topic, and that we didn't need to know it. Guess what? IT WAS ON THE FINAL. Damn it Lavelle, you really tricked me. Overall, you have to work really hard to get an A.

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Lavelle genuinely cares about his students and offers a plethora of opportunities to get help outside of class. His lectures follow what he puts on the quizzes, midterm, and final. The structure of the class makes it very easy to pass and get a fair grade