Professor
Stephanie Gould
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Dr. Gould is amazing! She made organic chemistry enjoyable and easy to understand. She was so caring and always available in her office for a quick question. Not only was she a very nice lady and always helpful, she was also very organized in lecture, and I loved that she gave practice problems during lecture because then you had extra material to study for the exams. I thought her lecturing style was great - I felt like I really understood what was going on thoroughly. As for her exams, she was NOT out to trick you. More than anything, she wanted you to really get the concepts and apply them. Though some professors say this, Gould really meant it. As long as you did this, you would do well on her exams. I am so happy she taught 14D during this quarter because she was fair, helpful, and overall a great professor. I'm so happy I had her for my last course in the chemistry series because left a great impression on me for my chemistry experience at UCLA. If you have the opportunity to take her, DO!!
Dr. Gould is amazing! She made organic chemistry enjoyable and easy to understand. She was so caring and always available in her office for a quick question. Not only was she a very nice lady and always helpful, she was also very organized in lecture, and I loved that she gave practice problems during lecture because then you had extra material to study for the exams. I thought her lecturing style was great - I felt like I really understood what was going on thoroughly. As for her exams, she was NOT out to trick you. More than anything, she wanted you to really get the concepts and apply them. Though some professors say this, Gould really meant it. As long as you did this, you would do well on her exams. I am so happy she taught 14D during this quarter because she was fair, helpful, and overall a great professor. I'm so happy I had her for my last course in the chemistry series because left a great impression on me for my chemistry experience at UCLA. If you have the opportunity to take her, DO!!
Most Helpful Review
Professor Gould has very organized lectures, and hands out powerpoint notes for each of them. The material covered corresponds to 20B so having both classes at the same time would be advantageous. Her exams are fair (though the midterm was long, but she lowered the point value after she realized it). The final was a lot easier than the midterm, partly, in my opinion, because she realized that her midterm was too long. The CPR exercises are tedious but doable. The labs themselves are pretty simple, a lot of titrations, a distillation, dilutions, spectrophotometric anaylsis, etc. The TAs tend to grade the labs differently though, so your grade does kind of depend on who your TA is. However, Professor Gould herself is always willing to help during her office hours, which are worth going to. Overall, I would highly recommend taking Gould if you're going to take 20L, since I heard the other professors aren't that great.
Professor Gould has very organized lectures, and hands out powerpoint notes for each of them. The material covered corresponds to 20B so having both classes at the same time would be advantageous. Her exams are fair (though the midterm was long, but she lowered the point value after she realized it). The final was a lot easier than the midterm, partly, in my opinion, because she realized that her midterm was too long. The CPR exercises are tedious but doable. The labs themselves are pretty simple, a lot of titrations, a distillation, dilutions, spectrophotometric anaylsis, etc. The TAs tend to grade the labs differently though, so your grade does kind of depend on who your TA is. However, Professor Gould herself is always willing to help during her office hours, which are worth going to. Overall, I would highly recommend taking Gould if you're going to take 20L, since I heard the other professors aren't that great.
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