Despite some serious effort to study constantly, show up to every class, and do extra credit, I couldn't seem to do well. She taught material through the end of the quarter with not a lot of time to take in the material and study for finals. Unless you go in as a chem guru, don't take her class! The hardest of all professors in the subject!

Dr. Feldwinn is the only chemistry professor that has short answer on her exams and decides to put about 2 challenge problems on there that are worth 15 points each so if you don't know how to do it, you are pretty much done for. Normally around 6 multiple choice questions worth 5 points each which is also ridiculous. Take class as a last resort.

Professor Feldwinn's class is worth waking up for the 8am. She is very clear about her expectations and quizzes and midterms aren't surprising. If you do the book problems and get help if you're confused you will do well.

She's a great person overall, but she lectures like the world is gonna end the very next second. She will pause to quickly ask if anyone has a question but everyone is either too busy taking notes to respond or is still comprehending what she just said. By the time that you formulated your questions, she has already zipped on to the next topic.....

She is an amazing person, can tell she does care. Not so great of professor. Very intelligent and goes very fast. If you are amazing at Chemistry you will love her. If you struggled like me take someone else. She doesn't slow down lectures for anyone or anything. Very hard grader and tests are extremely difficult.

Feldwinn is one of the best professor that I have met in UCSB. She is very enthusiastic and always encourage you to ask question. The tests are hard but more than half of them come from past quizzes, Aleks and book problems. Office hour is also quite helpful.

I had Professor Feldwinn for both Chem 1A and Chem 1B. I really enjoyed her teaching style. She expects a lot out of you, but I think that was beneficial to my learning. She is really great about answering any questions, and she makes herself very available to help you. I suggest office hours. I HIGHLY suggest doing book problems and your ALEKS!

Best out of all the Chem1 professors at UCSB. She takes time to make sure class understands material and offers extra credit each quarter. Do the book problems (especially end of chapter) and you will pass with flying colors!! She is the only chem teacher to give partial credit on tests. Wake yourself up for this 8am!

She assumes that everyone is a master in the subject of chemistry. I went to office hours and she made me feel dumb. She favors students that know chem well not because of her but because of their own knowledge/background of it. Her lectures are very fast paced and explains everything more complicated than it actually is. Doesn't take the time 2 ex

She is a great professor but if you have no backround in chemistrty take a different professor. She is really sweet and helpful but extremely fast paced. She gives more quizzes than the other professors and her midterms and finals are a majority write in answers instead of multiple choice.

Some may say Feldwinn's tests are hard, but I believe if you really pay attention to her lectures from beginnings to ends and understand what she's talking about, tests are not that bad. You get to learn a ton from this professor because her pace is fast and she covers some topics that other professors don't. LOTS OF EXTRA CREDITS!!

I love Darby! She is so dedicated, and she truly cares about you passing. She gives you so many opportunties to contact her. ALEKS is a lot, but is really helpful. I loved her class so much that I am taking her again for 1B. Do your book problems! She pulls exact questions from the book for tests!

the class is very hard if you didnt really try.

Midterm and final reviews were nothing like the actual thing and midterm and final were unnecessarily hard. Gives three quizzes, 2 midterms and a final. Talks too much and goes too fast at times during the lectures. I recommend other professors.

The lecture are really detailed and super fast!! She expects you to know most of the material before you come to class, so if you do your HW and read the book ( which takes a lot of time ) you'll be fine but other wise its difficult! her midterms are the hardest out of all the other chem 1A professor! She nice but her class is difficult.

She teaches well. She gives pre-chapter sort of quizzes that don't get graded by how much you have correct but by participation. Do the book problems, the practice quizzes/exams, ALEKS and you should be fine. Go to her office hours for questions and do CLAS or ACE. CLAS is very helpful.

Dr feldwinn is a very good teacher, but do not take this class if you are not smart. Her test is the most difficult one, because there is 70 percent of free responses in the test, whereas the rest of others' tests have 0 percent. But if you are a PRE-MED student or biology student who wants to be in track with your upper division classes, do it.

If you can take this class with ANY other professor, DO IT. Feldwinn teaches and tests you on difficult concepts that are clearly not required because NO OTHER TEACHER TEACHES THEM. 100% would recommend taking the whole chem series with Price. Feldwinn made me absolutely hate chemistry. Now that I have a different teacher chem is at least bearable.

She teaches the class very enthusiastically and logically so you will never get bored during the lecture. The content is not easy but definitely not hard, attend the lecture and you will get an A for sure. Great teacher.

She has a lot of energy when she teaches with is really helpful particularly when you are taking the class at 8AM. She also gives her students lots of different options for how to study (book problems w answers, practice tests, overheads, etc.) which I found very helpful. Tests contain both multiple choice and short answer. Go to CLAS.

Feldwinn is extremely preppy @ 8 am, but her class is very difficult. She's the only prof who has 3 quizzes instead of 2 and the only prof that has free response tests -everyone else has multiple choice exams. Class averages are low. Sign up for CLAS, and do recommended book problems. She makes you work hard just to pass, choose wisely.

Dr. Feldwinn is really a pleasure to have in the mornings- any other professor would have half the class sleeping at 8am. Her tests are like 85% written which I love, but others hate-it depends on YOU. Her lectures sometimes can be confusing and her explanations backwards and unnecessary, so GO TO CLAS. DO BOOK PROBLEMS. THEY WILL SAVE YOUR GRADE.

If you are not into science nor mathematics then don't get into chemistry. She's a really peppy teacher so her 8am class isn't dreadful. She is challenging and this class took up most of my time from my other classes. I had difficulty in this class so if you're committed, you'll be fine, but if not then don't. ALEKS was a pain in the butt though.

I LOVE DR FELDWINN!! She really keeps me awake at 8 am. I really am not a morning person, but Feldwinn manages to make chemistry interesting and fun. Throughout high school, I hated chem, but Feldwinn's love and passion for chemistry are very evident in her teaching, which has rubbed off on me. Yes, I study my butt off for quizzes and tests, and they're pretty hard, and yes I take CLAS, but I've learned so much from her and am doing well in the class. I highly recommend Professor Feldwinn, don't be scared off by the fact that it's an 8 am or the fact that her tests are challenging. If you put in sufficient work, you'll learn a lot from this wonderful professor.