Professor
Randa Reslan
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Spring 2024 - Professor Randa Reslan is the best choice for taking 14A with. Her lecture was thrice a week MWF, but attendance isn't mandatory and I'd honestly recommend just rewatching the lectures back at 2x speed. We had "weekly" problem sets on Achieve that kept getting extended that were anywhere from 8-20+ problems that were based on the textbook and lectures. The grading scheme is as follows. 10% Homework 5% discussion section worksheets (you just show up for attendance) 35% midterm exam 50% final exam There was a bonus LA survey that added 0.5% to your final grade. For the exams, I would recommend going back through the problem sets and making sure that you understand each problem and how to get the correct solution. She records decently long review sessions (two 2 hour review sessions for the midterm and four 2 hour review sessions for the final) and also uploads practice exams that are similar to the actual tests. She is a very accommodating and nice professor (during the midterm, because of the unrest going on on campus, she decided to curve the midterm). Reslan added 6 bonus points on the final (126/120). She truly cares about her students and is an amazing professor, and I would never have taken 14A with anyone else.
Spring 2024 - Professor Randa Reslan is the best choice for taking 14A with. Her lecture was thrice a week MWF, but attendance isn't mandatory and I'd honestly recommend just rewatching the lectures back at 2x speed. We had "weekly" problem sets on Achieve that kept getting extended that were anywhere from 8-20+ problems that were based on the textbook and lectures. The grading scheme is as follows. 10% Homework 5% discussion section worksheets (you just show up for attendance) 35% midterm exam 50% final exam There was a bonus LA survey that added 0.5% to your final grade. For the exams, I would recommend going back through the problem sets and making sure that you understand each problem and how to get the correct solution. She records decently long review sessions (two 2 hour review sessions for the midterm and four 2 hour review sessions for the final) and also uploads practice exams that are similar to the actual tests. She is a very accommodating and nice professor (during the midterm, because of the unrest going on on campus, she decided to curve the midterm). Reslan added 6 bonus points on the final (126/120). She truly cares about her students and is an amazing professor, and I would never have taken 14A with anyone else.
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Spring 2024 - take this class with Reslan!!!! Could not recommend her more. She's a bit disorganized with her lecture but holds amazing review sessions and is very helpful during office hours. The class itself can be difficult because it's a lot of material crammed but she at the end she did listen to students and cut material. She values our feedback and provides great formula sheets. Her exams are very fair and she gave good practice exams. Discussion is not mandatory but highly recommended because that's when you actually do practice problems. Lectures were recorded. Best chem teacher :)
Spring 2024 - take this class with Reslan!!!! Could not recommend her more. She's a bit disorganized with her lecture but holds amazing review sessions and is very helpful during office hours. The class itself can be difficult because it's a lot of material crammed but she at the end she did listen to students and cut material. She values our feedback and provides great formula sheets. Her exams are very fair and she gave good practice exams. Discussion is not mandatory but highly recommended because that's when you actually do practice problems. Lectures were recorded. Best chem teacher :)
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Fall 2024 - There are truly no words. I LOVED Chem 17 with Professor Reslan!! As a psychology major who’s about as non-STEM as it gets, I was terrified. But Reslan, the TAs, and the LAs somehow turned this class into one I actually started looking forward to?? Which is so strange.... But, yeah, I could not recommend this class more. If you study and put the work in, you'll ace it! That's for sure. As for logistics, lecture attendance isn’t all that necessary—I skipped a bunch towards the end, crammed hard the weekend before each exam, and still aced them. Discussion, though, is an absolute godsend. Granted, you’re required to go anyway unless you’re okay with losing participation points (she allows one absence). But section was so helpful--every single one. There's also a mini lecture in the beginning of each section so if you're lucky and get a good TA (Kathryn was amazing), you can survive off of these lectures and youtube videos. Yeah, if you're thinking about taking Chem 17 some other time with some other professor, don't. :) It's the best decision you'll ever make!
Fall 2024 - There are truly no words. I LOVED Chem 17 with Professor Reslan!! As a psychology major who’s about as non-STEM as it gets, I was terrified. But Reslan, the TAs, and the LAs somehow turned this class into one I actually started looking forward to?? Which is so strange.... But, yeah, I could not recommend this class more. If you study and put the work in, you'll ace it! That's for sure. As for logistics, lecture attendance isn’t all that necessary—I skipped a bunch towards the end, crammed hard the weekend before each exam, and still aced them. Discussion, though, is an absolute godsend. Granted, you’re required to go anyway unless you’re okay with losing participation points (she allows one absence). But section was so helpful--every single one. There's also a mini lecture in the beginning of each section so if you're lucky and get a good TA (Kathryn was amazing), you can survive off of these lectures and youtube videos. Yeah, if you're thinking about taking Chem 17 some other time with some other professor, don't. :) It's the best decision you'll ever make!
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