To get anything better than a C in his class you have to make love to the chem book day and night, sit at your desk while everyone else is outside and having fun and definelty dissapear for a week before all midterms and test...his class is HARD...and you do have to work HARD...SO START stuDYING!!!

I thought Lavelle was a good professor. He was probably the best professor out of the three that I had this quarter. The only thing is that the class requires a lot of work if you want an A. You have to buy the lecture notes and follow along during the lectures, read the book, and DO THE HOMEWORK PROBLEMS. Also, I thought covel tutoring was really helpful for this class so sign up for it if you have this class next quarter. All in all, Lavelle's class is pretty easy if you put enough effort and work into it. I spent a lot of time reading the chapters and doing the homework problems and I got an A.

Pr. Lavelle has a friendly face and a nice little Irish accent but don't let that fool you. He may be sweet and funny but this course is no joke. You gotta work hard in this class. I know all of you are used to get that "A" with no hassle in high school but I really had to fix my priorities to get a good grade in this class. Go to lectures (very important), buy the lectures notes as you won't be able to listen to the prof. talking and write down the lecture at the same time, go to the TA's office hours (the pr.'s o.hours haven't helped me at all) and practice, practice, practice problems over and over and over until you know them by heart:)...well that's my advice, welcome to the world of chemistry and do not let chem take over your life as it is a simple subject that can be mastered.

Lavelle is really nice and is a pretty good lecturer. he always kept me interested. the material is not that difficult, but it is a little hard to do well just because there are 350 students that you are competing against. Lavelle does his best to make things clear and usually in very concise in the way he presents the material. i recommend him as a teacher. just beware that the class itself is not too easy just because it is so competitive, but that is what science majors are.

Lavelle is such a nice professor. His lectures can eventually get a big boring but paying attention can really help once you start to read the text. His tests are pretty fair, 2 MTs, 1 final, couple quizzes, all curved. Sometimes he'll throw in a couple tricky questions tho on minor topics that he barely touched on, not too hard tho. A lot of practice tests are availabe on the course webpage, do them! they are very very helpful especially since some of the test q's will be very similar or even exactly the same if yure lucky.

Professor Lavelle, however intelligent he may be, was incapable of teaching chemistry. Though his accent was entertaining for the first week or so, nothing could make up for his lack of covering material properly. He went over material fast, would often times go off on tangents and though he was organized, he lacked the ability to communicate his knowledge to students effectively. Not only this, but his midterms are ridiculously difficult and do not test your knowledge gained from the class, but rather how closely you read the lecture notes. If I had the chance, I would avoid this class like the plague, but if you must take it, make sure you get Frank as your TA, he is a better teacher than Professor Lavelle.

Prof. Lavelle is nothing really to look forward to. Sure, he might sound like a nice person, but he is certainly not a character that will any sort of significant impact in my life. He's just not an interesting person. I counted four times when he was able to make the class laugh all quarter, and I only missed class once. He sometimes comes in not knowing how to present his lecture very well, so I just sit in the back reading the Daily Bruin. He's just not a cool person.

His tests are deceptive cause his subquestions refer to small important parts of his lecture, but those points eventually add up. Too bad he takes up all the good lecture times, so I have to spend another quarter with him.

First of all, Doc Lavelle is a very nice person. He cares about his students' learning and i highly reccomend office hours. The class is very basic chemistry so it's not going to be that interesting. Us science majors just have to trudge through it. The tests were challenging but fair. Im looking forward to taking him again next quarter.

Professor Lavelle is an exremely organized and articulate lecturer. He prepares his lectures in such a way that I find it quite easy to follow along, or at least pinpoint where I'm confused. Many people complain that he's too hard, but this just makes it all the more rewarding when you do well in his class. His class takes a lot of work, but it's definitely possible to do well - if you don't get behind. And by the way, his accent is absolutely not a problem. Those of you complaining about it, just step into a couple of econ lectures at this school, and that should keep you quiet.

Each lecture served as naptime for half of the class. It's hard to stay attentive because Professor Lavelle reads straight off of the overhead. But then again, how else do you teach chemistry without confusing the students too much? Professor Lavelle is very organized, outlining what we need to know before he begins a new chapter. He may be a dry lecturer, but he knows his stuff and he's a really nice guy. If you have any questions, ask him on VOH and he'll answer back very quickly. His midterms and final aren't too bad; you just need to know the material well. I never did any of the homework and studied the day before the exams and ended up with a B-. If you keep up and do the problems, you should get an A.