Her exams are fine if you studied the practice exams. She doesn't curve as much if the average is good! Just do book problems and practice exams. Also choose the graded ALEKS option since it's much helpful!

Kunkel makes the horrors of general chemistry seem bearable. She is super sweet and gives you many opportunities to pass the class with her grading style. You really have to pay attention in lecture (handwritten notes benefit you more) and I recommend choosing the graded ALEKS option because the extra points really do help in the end!

Best Professor!

She is okey. Tests are hard and lectures are not related to the tests at all. DO BOOK PROBLEMS and MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL OF THEM! She sometimes throws random book problems onto the tests and if you don't know how to do them you are screwed.

Goes over all the easy stuff in class and gives super hard book problems which are never on the test. Both midterms have questions from the practice midterms on gauchospace. The final is super hard and has problems you've never seen before.

Definitely has tough tests, so do not rely on just the lectures. Takes effort outside of class because she goes over the easy stuff in class. Although she has hard tests the class is very forgiving because you can replace a quiz with iclicker and the final replaces a midterm grade. Very good option if you prefer chalkboard.

Kunkel does all her notes on the chalkboard and hardly uses the slides at all. This makes it pretty hard to get info if you miss class. However, if you're like me and learn really well from having someone walk you through the problem, Kunkel is the professor for you. As long as you don't skip class, all you really have to do are the practice exams.

She is a very nice lady but her tests are really hard. Do the book problems and as many practice exams as possible.

I took Chem in high school and did fine with it until I took Chem 1A with Kunkel. She provides a bunch of resources to try and help you learn but the course is structured in an incredibly confusing way. Lectures are not online and she uses iClickers; she also assigns ALEKS (online textbook) homework very often and it takes a looooot of time to do.

Kunkel is a firm believer in chalkboards, and doesn't post slides from lecture. So, if you miss class for whatever reason, you're screwed. That being said, she's a fantastic lecturer and walks through every step of the problems she does on the board. Also, DO PRACTICE QUIZZES AND EXAMS. Exams are tough only if you don't study.

Beware, she doesn't post slides!! You have to go to lecture for iClicker, and she never explains any equations either. She's nice, but not the best teacher. It's clear that she likes Chem, but for people who suck at Chem like me, you won't understand. I learned more from Aleks than I did her... Also she makes her test insanely hard.

Kunkel doesnt use power point, meaning all her notes are on the board. This way of teaching helps you see her thought process and shows you how to solve problems. All I did was do the practice exams which are the same difficulty as the actual exams. I only took general chemistry in High School yet she made this course easy (great teacher).

Kunkel seems to be a fair professor. She provides multiple practice quizzes and tests in order to allow students to practice. Her lectures are clear, and she always makes sure everyone's questions are answered before moving on to the next topic. Chem is a hard class, but Kunkel seems to be a good choice for the class.

Best professor for CHEM!!

Kunkel has a reputation of being very intimidating for students, and maybe that's the case for the rest of the chem series, but if you study hard and put in the effort that she expects of the class, you shouldn't have a problem with achieving the grade that you want. And if you end up messing up a few things, don't worry because the curve is FAT.

Her quizzes and test questions arent on practice tests beware.

Kunkel tries to make Chem passable. The course is hard and her tests are hard, but she provides a lot of resources that will prepare you for the test. Lectures are somewhat confusing for students who didn't take AP Chem in highschool. Overall she is a very nice person and is available for extra help.

I really enjoyed Kunkel! She was funny during lecture and gave all the information you needed to pass the class. She heavily emphasized before every quiz and exam to do the practice tests she posts online, and they help so much. For the people on here who said the exams are hard, they probably didn't take the practice tests lol. I loved her!

her exams are significantly harder than other chem teachers.

Took her all 3 quarters for Chem 1A, 1B, 1C out of bad luck and got a C+, C, B respectively. Her tests can get very difficult (and are probably the most difficult of all the professors) so studying the practice quizzes and exams help. Definitely opt for the grading options with Aleks for 1B & 1C as it'll motivate you to finish it & help your grade

Her tests are insanely harder than the other chem professors. Her lectures are deceiving because her tests are not covered by lecture. She does easy problems in class and at a very slow pace. Do book problems and practice tests. Tests are impossible to finish cause every single problem is calculation. My advice is to take someone else.

Things started out ok, in lecture she makes everything seem very easy. BUT her tests are not an accurate representation of the lectures. The tests are way harder than anything you'll ever see in class. Don't take her. I had to retake Chem1B with Price and the difference was night and day. choose Price if you can

The lectures were fine. She read off her notes and copied everything on the blackboard. However, tests were so much harder than lectures made it seem. The examples she chose to do in class are of no use studying cause she chose the easiest examples to show. Almost all test questions were calculations. So do book problems like she recommends.

Her lectures are simplified, which is great when introducing a hard topic at first, but to deeply understand whats going on lectures are not useful. Make sure to do hard book problems, and other materials, and do study on your own. Her tests can be hard, but it can be prepared for with lots of problems. CLAS is not bad either.