Professor
Heather Maynard
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Most Helpful Review
She taught directly out of the book and didn't explain things in even remotely scientific terms. She actually didn't explain anything. The whole class was a bunch of "This attacks here, and then this attacks here, and then this attacks here, and then this falls off. Any questions?" And of course there weren't any because it's pretty straight-forward when you don't have to actually understand it. So if you like memorization, great, you're love her. If you like hearing about electronegativity and pKa and all those other reasons WHY reactions happen, then take Merlic instead. Yes, her exams are a lot easier, but because of that there's pretty much no partial credit and the curves are really high. Also she curves based on a C+, though I'm not sure that's uncommon. So just make sure you're two standard deviations better than your peers before you take her class. She has a lot of energy, which was really amusing, but overall I got very little from the class.
She taught directly out of the book and didn't explain things in even remotely scientific terms. She actually didn't explain anything. The whole class was a bunch of "This attacks here, and then this attacks here, and then this attacks here, and then this falls off. Any questions?" And of course there weren't any because it's pretty straight-forward when you don't have to actually understand it. So if you like memorization, great, you're love her. If you like hearing about electronegativity and pKa and all those other reasons WHY reactions happen, then take Merlic instead. Yes, her exams are a lot easier, but because of that there's pretty much no partial credit and the curves are really high. Also she curves based on a C+, though I'm not sure that's uncommon. So just make sure you're two standard deviations better than your peers before you take her class. She has a lot of energy, which was really amusing, but overall I got very little from the class.
Most Helpful Review
Winter 2024 - Well, I thought I was decent in ochem after getting As on both 30A and 30B. Professor Maynard didn't make this class fun, and it's very obvious that she treated this class as a second priority based on how late she wrote the exams and how many errors there were on the key. Additionally, she made the tests very difficult and multiple choice--which for ochem, why???? There was no wiggle room or extra credit, and we weren't just supposed to know mechanisms, but we were supposed to understand them super in depth to apply to all different reactions/conditions. If you struggled in ochem 30A/30B I highly recommend you DONT take it with this professor, and if you HAVE to take it without choice, please read the textbook beforehand and ahead of time. You would be almost a whole chapter behind if you miss class for a day.
Winter 2024 - Well, I thought I was decent in ochem after getting As on both 30A and 30B. Professor Maynard didn't make this class fun, and it's very obvious that she treated this class as a second priority based on how late she wrote the exams and how many errors there were on the key. Additionally, she made the tests very difficult and multiple choice--which for ochem, why???? There was no wiggle room or extra credit, and we weren't just supposed to know mechanisms, but we were supposed to understand them super in depth to apply to all different reactions/conditions. If you struggled in ochem 30A/30B I highly recommend you DONT take it with this professor, and if you HAVE to take it without choice, please read the textbook beforehand and ahead of time. You would be almost a whole chapter behind if you miss class for a day.
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