Her sense of humor keeps class fun. Tests are hard but that obvious, its ochem. I loved her teaching style and think people give her wayyyy too much hate. Take queen anyika if you want to make ochem slightly less painful

She made me hate chem and this is supposed to be a pre class. She made me want to jump off the cliff no joke.

this class prepared me a lot for chem1A, however.......prof anyika was highkey mean and i feel like the concepts taught in lectures weren't explained the best they could've been. i definitely learned the majority of the content on my own, from the textbooks. she seems really smart but can be extremely discouraging, unfortunately.

If you have never taken chem before like me, I 100% recommend taking CHEM 25. BUT Mercy is a fear mongerer and not a good teacher and she makes her exams much more difficult than they have to be. Her office hours SUCK she doesn't answer questions directly. She creates a very stressful environment for students, use CLAS! Attendance is Iclicker.

DO NOT take her class. First chem class at university and she gave me the worst impression ever :(

never again

Mercy's class is designed in almost a symbiotic or parasitic way. It felt similar to how Frankenstein designed his monster, and how the monster soon grew an immense desire for a relationship. That relationship was us (the students), and the class was the monster, chasing after us, gripping us by the neck, desperately calling for our engagement.

I really enjoyed her lectures and she was the perfect balance of stern and kind. The tests aren't that hard if you study, which she gives many tips and ideas on how to do so.

Chem 25 should be a good class to prepare for Chem 1A, but having Mercy does not help at all. She only goes through slides during lecture, while solving the easiest example problems, while barely explaining her process. The example problems provided are absolutely nothing like the problems provided on the quiz and midterms.

i have nightmares of this class and professor. her literal agenda is that if you don't dedicate ur life to her class and ONLY her class it seems, then you don't belong there. her passive-agressive, borderline bully-like jokes and comments still ring in my ear to this day. i was so miserable. so miserable.

If you want your first year to be literal hell, take this class. Mercy constantly told us and ENGRAVED in us that we would fail unless we studied the material ALL day and every day. She made her whole personality about chemistry and took a huge toll on my mental health as a first year. I was depressed and her negative comments in class never helped

i still have nightmares of this class not just because it's ochem but because of the professor. i may have gotten an A- BUT AT THE COST OF MY SOUL. she was just straight up mean. a class never went by that she didn't say we were going to fail. our class averages were in the 40s. GET LEWIS

Never thought I'd write on of these, but she shows 0 compassion for the students and absolutely fearmongers

Okay, I know Anyika gets a lot of hate but shes honestly really good. I prefer her to the other OCHEM professors. Although she seems intimidating, its actually for the best. Her "energetic" attitude helped me know what to really focus on. DO BOOK PROBLEMS(in & end of chapter)OCHEM is already a hard subject to teach, so I think she does a fair job.

Prof Anyika is very discouraging and is constantly fear mongering students in hopes that it makes them study better. Instead, it leaves students afraid of organic chemistry and gives the class the mindset that they will fail. Minimal curve and extremely low averages. I would recommend taking 109A with another professor.

I am an A student--except for this class. Every test had a class average of ~60% (NO CURVE). Her lectures didn't cover all the information or make sense. Her "practice problems" were WAY easier than the test problems, which led to people doing poorly. She is a fearmonger, excessively hard grader, and dispassionate person. Avoid her...

She is not a kind professor and not compassionate torwards problems outside your control. Creates a stressful learning environment for the course and is very hard to talk to and reach. Although is honest and transparent and explains things during lecture.

She prides herself on being a tough grader, thinking that it also means she's a good professor. She's not. Often incoherent, hard to reach, and tests don't reflect what's assigned or taught in class. I'm sorry I took her class. Avoid if you can.

I had her for CHEM105 which covered general chem, bio chem, and organic chem in one course and she was amazing! I would 100% recommend her to anyone scared of chemistry. She uses common language to explain the process and she's pretty funny. She genuinely cares about her student's success.

Great professor, clearly explains O-chem at the highest level of depth, preparing you for all future coursework. Tests are hard, make sure to take notes at lecture, read the textbook and do all practice problems!

Do not take her for 109C! She is very discouraging and her responses to emails are rude. She acts like she is so wise in terms of the subject, yet she frequency makes mistakes and always has a lame excuse for it. Right before a midterm, she said the test would easier than any English or Spanish test ever. The average ended up being a 65.25%

difficult only because its ochem, but I loved her. Her lectures are highly organized and structured. if you do textbook problems, you will be golden for exams (they are very similar, if not identical). Don't be fooled by my A, I worked my ass off for it, but its not unrealistic, I got a 62 on the first exam and was still able to pull it off

I don't understand the hate. Anyika is easily my favorite professor at ucsb. She cares a lot about her students understandings and has taught me study habits that I will use forever. She will scare you into studying harder which ended up making me enjoy ochem way more.

Class with her was one of the most difficult and discouraging experiences I've had. Class averages were consistently low, which made it clear that this was not an isolated issue, but a systemic problem with how the course was structured.Exams were unnecessarily hard with no partial credit, making it nearly impossible to do well despite preparation.