CHEM 1C
PRICE S P
Scott Price
359 reviews

CHEM1A . Price S P 4 Years Ago

Attendance is not mandatory, but if you don't show up you're gonna have a hard time. I absolutely love Price and I genuinely think that he's the best chem professor. He's very organized and clear. He even sends out emails after lecture that gives you a summary of the lecture, review questions, recommended book problems, how to prepare for tests

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CHEM1A . Price S P 4 Years Ago

His lectures are easy and clear to be understood, and he can explain the concepts pretty well. The exams are easy as well, and you can get a great grade by attending classes, doing homework, and doing practice exams. I am taking CHEM 1B right now but with another professor, who makes me miss Prof. Price sooooo much!

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CHEM1A . Price S P 4 Years Ago

Price is as amazing as everyone says he is. He gives incredibly thorough lectures and is clear about what he expects from you in order to succeed in his class. DO THE TEXTBOOK PROBLEMS if you want to get a good grade.

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CHEM1A . Price S P 4 Years Ago

Good guy, he puts book problems on the tests so do them! His midterms and final are VERY hard, almost like he wants to trick you... even with the practice tests they are hard because they combine several concepts. Do ALEKS and CLICK - it replaces a low grade. Lecture/Note heavy- covered a whole year of high school chem in 10 weeks.

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CHEM1A . Price S P 4 Years Ago

Price was my most organized and prepared professor. Before and after each lecture he sent an email what we went over in class and what we should practice and do on our own. If you do everything he says in the emails, it will help you a lot in the class.

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CHEM1A . Price S P 4 Years Ago

Great professor! His lectures are amazing and hes super nice and helpful during office hours. His exams are a bit on the difficult side, but he offers practice exams online so those help a lot! Definitely do the book problems for extra practice or do CLAS.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 4 Years Ago

Literally just don't take any other professor for gen chem

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CHEM1B . Price S P 4 Years Ago

price is extremely prepared for every lecture, and everything in the class is very structured. He tells you exactly what you need to do to succeed, and if you do it you can surely get an A. DO THE BOOK PROBLEMS UNTIL YOU UNDERSTAND. He makes everything really simple and easy to understand. I love how clear he is. Really a 10/10 lecturer.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

probably the best professor ive has at UCSB so far. he makes sure everyone understands his examples and answers any questions during lecture! tests are not the easiest but its chem sooo its expected. made lectures bearable and fun! would highly recommend taking him for genchem series!! :-)

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Outstanding professor who has great talent in lecturing. I despised chemistry and had zero interest in the subject matter, and yet I was blown away at how crispy some of professor Price's lectures were. He means business and does not mess around. His review sessions were quite appreciated (very generous with time), but the exams were rather hard.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

He is the most amazing professor, it shows that he really cares about students and tries to answer questions throughly. He makes the material much easier to understand compared to other professors who teach the subject. Best all around!

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CHEM1A1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Price's test and quiz questions are too tricky. It is almost meant to set you up for failure by purposefully confusing you. Having taken Price for Chem 1a before and failing with a 39%, then passing with a 96% with Joseph, the obvious difference to me is that Price does not care if you fail the course but Joseph is genuine and wants you to succeed.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Professor Price is a really good Lecturer. I understood all the examples he'd go over and the concepts of each chapter. His Midterms and Final were very hard. He just seems to make his tests no where near as similar as the practice versions so study the book problems. Other than that he was a good professor.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Scott is great and very clear. He provides weekend review sessions and multiple office hours. He gives tips on how to succeed in his class. He is an awesome teacher that makes gen chem as fun as it can be. His final exam for 1B is known for being hard; the one I took was conceptual rather than calculation heavy which varied from the other exams.

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CHEM1A1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Midterms can be hard but theyre not too bad if you do the book problems, finals are a RIP tho. Hes a really good lecturer, theres not really anything I can think of that he could do better. He can be intimidating tho when talking one on one

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

I followed the syllabus perfectly. I did all the recommended book problems, went over practice and old tests, & understood all the concepts. I still barely passed. I *asked* in the final review ses if the review questions were similar to the exam & he said yah. LIED! Very hard questions, almost none from book/old exams like he said there would be

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Price is the best professor Ive ever had. He gives amazing lectures and is super helpful in office hours. But BEWARE, his class is really hard. Make sure you know how to do EVERY book problem (including the challenge problems) and do CLAS with Terri. Midterms are a bit harder than practice tests and final is WAY harder than the practice final.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Price is the BEST teacher you can possibly have for chem. He's a great lecturer. I 100% think he's better than anyone else to take, but be aware the class and tests are ridiculously hard. I'm a straight A student, but failed first midterm, D on the second, and an F on the final. Curve at the end is very big so I ended the class with a C. Do ALEKS!

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CHEM1A . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Great lecturer, tests were definitely harder than expected however if you do all the book problems and aleks you should be good to go. GO TO OFFICE HOURS.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Professor is a great lecturer and midterms are fair. The only bad thing about this class is he makes the final IMPOSSIBLE I got B's on the midterms and straight up failed the final with a D

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Price is a great lecturer we all know this, however he did a horrible job making clear what was expected. You do all the aleks and practice tests, go to review and think your ready to go, but then get to the test and its harder than anything we had ever seen. Maybe I didn't do enough book problems but the problems were very difficult.

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

He is one of the best professors I've ever had. He give entertaining lectures and work out every problem he found significant on the board. If you copy exactly what's on it and study for it, in addition to recommended book problems (it's a must), and ALEKS, you will do great in that class. Tests get gradually more conceptualized. Overall, great!

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

He's really good at explaining concepts and his tests are fair

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CHEM1B . Price S P 5 Years Ago

Professor Price is the best professor at UCSB

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