This was overall a good introductory chem course. As someone who had never taken chem before, I came in afraid but left feeling confident. Reslan gives very fair tests that closely resemble the practice she gives. However, her lectures are atrocious, the worst lecturer I have had at UCLA. However if you put in the work and go to TA and professor office hours that completely makes up for the lack of good lecture.

Reslan was very kind and helpful although sometimes slightly disorganized and would lose her train of thought. The first midterm we had was extremely easy and almost word for word like the problems we did in discussion- but then I think she overcompensated with the second midterm which was much harder. The final was very fair, as long as you go to discussion and do the worksheets you should be fine.

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

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.

I honestly think Prof. Reslan is the best option to take 14A. She is much easier than the other professors and also provides an abundance of resources for the midterm and final. She assigns weekly homework that is manageable and really helps with understanding the content. Sometimes she would go fast during lectures and not spend much time on certain topics but lectures are not mandatory and you can watch back the recordings on bruin learn. I absolutely hate chemistry and I'm not even a stem major but I made it through and the grading was very fair.

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.

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