She didn't use iclicker which was nice, but she was pretty inflexible, strict grader, sees regrade requests as arguing for points when it's over something so small

If I could describe Dr. Prado in one words, it's inflexible. She doesn't accommodate outside of office hours, so if you have a job or internship, it'll probably be difficult to meet with her for help. She's the first professor I've had to not even propose extra times. You're just supposed to save your lunch break for the evening so you can accommodate her and make her office hours, I guess.

Also, super strict with regrade requests. I requested a regrade request for literally 1 point and she scolded me for "arguing for points" and being unprofessional, and I'm definitely not the type of person to be rude to a professor. So that felt kinda patronizing, like she just wanted me to shut up lol. Also, I don't think regrade requests are anonymous, so beware.

Now for the midterm and final. I survived 31B with Pablo with an A, and after everyone telling me that was the hardest class, I thought this would be fine. But I got a 73% on the midterm (I had Covid she couldn't accommodate for), and I studied super hard for the final and even took two days of work off just to study and got a 96%. With 100% in every other category (homework, discussion), a 96% on the final wasn't enough to make up for the midterm. There is no grading scheme, so the class is super unforgiving. Not only that, but she's super unforgiving and refuses to round up your grade if you're less than half a percent away from an A- in the class, considering you took the midterm at the height of having Covid, were unable to make office hours for extra help, and got a 96% on the final when the average was an 81.

Taking a subject like Chemistry in a 6 week summer class is not going to be easy for anybody. However, Dr. Prado simplified the material in her lectures and I thought the examples she went over were really similar as some problems for exams. Her exams aren't as difficult as you would expect because if you take time out of your day to do the homework step-by-step, especially the stoichiometry section and Acid/Bases, and reviewing slides, you will be fine. The first half of the session felt like I was back in General Chem in high school as I found it helpful to remember the basics that would carry over during the second half. Our discussion sections consisted of practice sheets that were very similar to the practice problems from class and these helped me see where I was comfortable in and other questions where I wasn't. Overall, a solid class and I wish she would be a Chem professor year round at UCLA, but she only teaches summers. If you have the opportunity to take her for Chem 14a, do yourself a favor and TAKE HER! I could've easily passed with an A if I applied myself earlier in the session.

Dr. Prado is a great professor if you have absolutely no idea what you're doing. She painstakingly goes through the smallest details and repeats things until absolutely everyone gets it. If you have a chemistry background or just have an aptitude for learning things by the 2nd time, Dr. Prado might not be for you. I don't know if it's just me, but spending hours on stoichiometry, which is arguably rather easy and something you just need to practice because there's not a lot of conceptual theory to learn, is a catastrophic waste of time (especially when the final exam barely covers it). Why couldn't we have dedicated more time to figuring out the strength of acids and bases when that was literally the entire final? She really holds your hand through the most basic things but then you're on your own for the stuff that's actually relevant on the exam. The midterm was pretty easy (in my opinion, average was a B), but the final was way harder than anything we ever did in class, homework, or discussion. I also found that Dr. Prado wasted a lot of time. She spent 10 minutes complaining about a spider, which I get can be rough especially if you're scared of them, but for a summer session, 10 minutes is a lot of time. Attendance is also mandatory/graded, which sucks for summer classes. One thing I really liked was that she gives you previous exams to study from, and they were actually helpful. Overall, by no means the worst professor, and she definitely has strengths, but I was thoroughly annoyed by the end of the class.

Dr. Prado was the best professor for a summer sessions chem class. While the class moved in a quick pace and some of the material was challenging, her extensive office hours, plus helpful TAs were always helping and explaining concepts. It is very easy to get a good grade in the class and at the same time, absorb a lot of information about chem for future classes. For the final, she takes the highest score and adds the points it would take to get to 100 to everyone. For example, if the highest score in the class was a 92, everyone would get 8 points ec. Definitely the nicest, most informative teacher I've had.

I loved Professor Prado. I had her Chem 14A SIS class. She is a clear lecturer, and the textbook she uses is clear and useful. She's the only professor I've had that reaches out to the students before the beginning of the quarter to see if they need any particular accommodations. Overall, the class was great and I recommend Professor Prado if you can get her.