"Help me Randa": the beach boys said it best: randa is a very kind and helpful lecturer!
----Dr. Reslan was not the most engaging lecturer, and her lectures sometimes felt kind of irrelevant because we would spend 30 mins doing derivations. It actually felt like the same level of our textbook, Principles of Modern Chemistry, which is heavy on the math proofs. However, Reslan made it very clear that the exams were based on the discussion worksheets, lectures, and sometimes homework.

----I think the scariest thing to me about this class was the grading scheme. The first and only midterm was worth 35%, and the final was worth 50%. I got a B on the midterm (not her fault, I just studied badly), slightly less than average, and I needed like a literal 99 on the final to get an A.
----But, Dr. Reslan is the most empathetic person ever, and she knew we were all struggling due to the protests. Therefore, she lowered the difficulty of the final, dropped the final to 45%, dropped another homework I believe, and made sure the content covered during the protest weeks mirrored what we did in lecture. Dr. Reslan and her TAs wanted to make sure we would have a good experience coming out of her class and worry as little as possible. I was able to do well on the final by redoing every single discussion worksheet. The final was all multiple choice due to the TA strikes, so future Reslan people, my guess is your final will go back to being short answer. However, it was still pretty comprehensive of every unit. There are some people complaining about how she would not curve the final- she literally did and that reviewer admitted it. Due to the strikes, my grade was like 3% higher for exams that were really really fair. Dr. Reslan's kindness will not be forgotten and I felt bad for everyone in piazza begging her for more points when she already was like a billion times more lenient than any other professor in the stem department.
---thanks dr. reslan!

Definitely love Reslan, she taught chem in a way that made it pretty easy to understand, and this is coming from someone who definitely dreaded starting this series. The way I approached the class was to do the textbook readings, which was overly difficult to understand, and then attend her lectures where she taught them in a more understandable way that helped solidify it and make it seem easier. She was very accommodating for the students and ended up giving so many extensions for the homework (in my opinion they were even unnecessary tbh). She curves the exams depending on the class average, so they ended up curving the midterm but not the final. My only issue with her is that she is pretty slow; we ended cutting out 2 topics we were supposed to cover, and the second half of the class definitely felt faster than the first half. Otherwise, she is definitely a great professor to take chem with.
Grading breakdown:
10% homework (8 Achieve practice sets, the first half were like 15-20 questions each, the second half were like 5-10 questions each; you have unlimited attempts to get each problem right)
5% discussion (just based on attendance)
35% midterm
50% final

This class is relatively easy. Weekly homework with 10 questions each and mandatory discussion attendance. But other than that, it's pretty free. The midterm and final were easier than the homeworks. Reslan is kind of boring in my opinion, so I just read the lecture notes and never showed up to lecture.

reslan is a little bit everywhere when she teaches, but i loved the fact she had physical packets of her lecture slides so you can follow along and I found it super helpful since it was on paper. the midterm wasn’t terrible but the final was pure multiple choice and practically a bunch of conceptual questions and it hurt me because i practiced on the questions we go over in homework and discussion and it didn’t appear anywhere. also the final was mc because of the strikes. MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT IS THAT THYE SAID THEY WOULD CURVE THE FINAL DUE TO THE STRIKES AND PROTESTS NO MATTER WHAT THE AVERAGE AND THEN THEY DECIDED TO NOT CURVE IT BECAUSE THE AVERAGE WAS AROUND 80%. they basically ignored piazza questions regarding this and then “curved” it by adding a point. overall, they were probably the most accommodating regarding the protests that happened but it just got really jumbled and difficult towards the end.

Randa is a really nice professor and I could tell that she wanted us to succeed. I did super well on our midterm, but fumbled the final (which was my fault). She truly gave us all of the info and made our exams super reasonable based on what she taught us. I’d say she’s a pretty good lecturer too. Def try to take 14A with her if you can.

Dr. Reslan is amazing, take her if you can! Chem has always been one of my better subjects, so I can't speak too much to the difficulty of the class, although I will say that the majority of it is just knowing when to use which equation (and you're provided an extensive equation sheet on exams). As far as lectures go, I will concede that Dr. Reslan isn't the best at explaining and spends most of the time doing derivations that we don't need to know, but she does want everyone to succeed and is more than happy to go over concepts multiple times if people are confused. She is also extremely accomodating. In a quarter with weeks of online class, cancelled discussions due to the TA strike, and a general sense of unease due to campus conflicts, she was the ONLY stem teacher I had that made any effort to help. She changed our final to multiple choice, lowered its weight, and gave us three free questions. She even switched the weighting of the midterm and final if it helped your grade. She held multiple review sessions in which she went over problems similar to exam questions. She also seems to be taking feedback seriously (since she removed derivations from exams). The TAs were also amazing, and I was able to master the majority of the material just from attending discussion and doing the worksheet. Homework is on OWL and has 10 attempts per problem, so you're basically gauranteed full points. OWL was an amazing resource to study for the tests since the test questions were very similar to the homework problems, and the website had a practice option that made studying super conveneint. All in all, the class might seem scary since exams are worth so much, but the exams are reasonable and and A is definitely achievable if you put in the effort.

I really liked Reslan. She doesn't require you to go to lecture and posts her lectures on Bruin Learn after class. I didn't like AP chem in high school, but I found myself pleasantly surprised to enjoy Reslan's way of teaching gen chem. She is also a very understanding professor. She gives us ample review sessions and posts old lectures on bruinlearn for us to watch for extra practice. She really knows chem well and teaches it clearly.

I went into this class knowing baseline information about Chemistry. I was extremely worried that I wouldn't be able to do well in this class, but Professor Reslan made the information easy to digest and understand. I ended up ditching the textbook halfway through the quarter and focused all my efforts on understanding the material presented in the lecture and worksheets. I did a lot of outside research to help myself learn the material because I felt the textbook was needlessly difficult to absorb the information. I'm not saying everyone should do what I did, but it worked for me at least. The midterm and final were fairly easy, but only because I studied and practiced problems for HOURS. You need to really understand the information in order to properly work out the problems that are given on the tests. Overall, you have to dedicate a good amount of time to this course if you don't have a very good Chemistry background; however, taking Professor Reslan made this class pretty tolerable.

This is a very easy class! (I think Reslan is the easiest 14A professor there is lol). Overall, the class is extremely fair. Reslan provides her notes for lectures, tells you exactly what will be on the midterm and final, holds extra office hours, and is more than open to slowing down to adjust to student questions/address difficulties. I believe the class structure changed a little this quarter, with only 1 midterm worth 35% and a final worth 50%. Though the exams account for most of the grade, Reslan provides students with practice finals and midterms from previous quarters. The actual exams are identical in format and difficulty. Honestly, the practice final/midterm are the only things you need to do to prep for the actual tests. Reslan even curved the midterm (a curve that was not needed AT ALL since many students scored 100% on the midterm), so she is very generous with grading. The only annoying part of this class is that discussion sections are mandatory, but you are allowed to go to any TA/time you want. I'd suggest going to Kathryn's sections as she is an amazing TA, provides tons of extra resources, and is always ready to help! Overall, definitely recommend taking 14A with Reslan. Easy classes, even easier tests, and getting an A with little to no studying are definitely doable.

Lectures are recorded, however, I think it's important to show up to lecture because she often speaks on what will be tested and other important class details. She gives so many examples in class on what you will see on the exam (midterm and final). She is super kind and goofy tbh, her exam review sessions are so helpful and she gives a lot of insight on what is going to be on the exam. Attendance is mandatory for discussion (and is how you get your grade for disc.), the disc. worksheets often mimic the questions on the exam despite them being not being due for credit. (SO DO THEM ANYWAY PLSS!!). Honestly, my tip is to show up to lecture and do the practice she gives us on slides and discussion worksheets. You're probably gonna see a lot of reviews that say that Reslan is a bad professor and complain about the class and how they got a bad grade. Those are the same people who did not show up to lecture or watch recordings and did not put in time to study for the class. This class isn't supposed to be a free A as for any other ls or pre-med needed course🤦‍♀️ . There's going to be things you have to memorize but it's not hard at all to do so. This class is extremely manageable and as for any class, the grade you get is defined by how much effort you put into the class and studying for the class. Reslan and your TA's want you to do good in the class trust. I hate that the class is only 50 minutes so at times things were a lil rushed but she has old slow in-depth recordings where you can go back and find that part of lecture that was a lil more rushed. Honestly the exams weren't bad AT ALL, the people who say it was did not practice and plsss like I promise if you actually put in the effort to practice you will be fine I PROMISEE!! You are in control of your ability to do well in this class, its diff from the 7 series where they're always trying to trick you, this class is meant to test you on the actual content discussed in lecture, SO GO TO LECTUREEE!!!!! I cant stress it enough. TL;DR, go to lecture (watch old recordings beforehand if necessary), do discussions worksheets, do hw, and PRACTICE!! YOU WILL BE FINE I PROMISEE!! PEOPLE WHO DON'T PUT IN THE EFFORT WILL NOT GET THE GRADE THEY WANT, RESLAN IS GOATED TBH, GL GUYS