Even though the exam is tough, Feldwinn's lecture is interesting because she prepared experiment each lecture.

Multiple opportunities for extra credit and her grading was made in a way to get you lots of points back. Three midterms and 4 online quizzes, but your lowest midterm gets dropped if you score higher on the final. Prof. Feldwinn cares a lot about her students, so if you're struggling make sure to go to office hours and do the book problems!!!

Before taking this course, I ate, slept, and breathed chemistry. I now have nightmares about the subject. She has zero compassion for her students. She makes the class impossible to succeed in and entirely about your ability to memorize specific problems. I missed one problem on an exam and got 15% off my score. No partial credit. The lady's evil

This class is absolutely insane and ridiculous. Never had a professor worse than Feldwinn. If you want to see cute smart guys, take the class, otherwise you're getting nothing else out of it but a teacher who is not nice, doesn't grade well, and will curve grades by accident! Because of this class I'm going to switch majors. UGHHH IM SO MAD.

I would say this professor's grading policy is not reflective of a students intellect and ability but rather their ability to study specific questions and remember a specific answer. There is no partial credit awarded on exams and don't let the “every question tested you have seen before” fool you into thinking you're safe…. She assigns hundreds

This professor is amazing. Professor Feldwinn alongside the TA Carolyn made this class fun and worthwhile! Carolyn was able to explain concepts amazing and is truly passionate about helping students. I would recommend Professor Feldwinn to anyone who wants to learn chemistry from a passionate teacher! Also generous grade bumps. ie: F->C, D->B….

Amazing teacher who obviously loves teaching chemistry but makes it almost impossible to get a good grade. Curves down too

Pros: All problems on the midterms/finals are problems she has assigned you before. Some extra credit opportunities. Lots of grade padding. Passionate. Cons: Insane amount of homework (graded). Starts class at 7:45AM w/ iClicker (mandatory)! ZERO leniency in grading. Difficult content. How to succeed: Do a million practice problems. Literally.

The class was pretty demanding but on the whole fair-the questions on the test were taken verbatim from the homework's/lectures. Homework was optional so it's rly up to you how much work you wanna put in.

Feldwinn is an amazing teacher who cares a lot about her students. She's clear about grading and deadlines, and always willing to help in class or office hours or anytime whatsoever. It's important that you do the book problems and everything assigned in her emails. The content is challenging, so stay up to date on the work!

Feldwinn is a very organized and thoughtful professor. She tends to explain things clearly, and despite moving quickly in lecture, she'll always answer students' questions. Her tests greatly resemble textbook and in class problems. The class is well structured, and working hard will get you an A. This is my opinion. Your experience may differ.

Professor Feldwin, I hope you're reading this. You obviously love your subject but you're making it extremely hard to pass your class. Unreasonably hard. Teach the love of chemistry to your students the way you love it, don't make us hate it instead

DO NOT TAKE.

Never take her. Never take her class. She made me sit in a WET seat during an exam because there was a leak in the building. She is also a horrible professor. Never take her class.

Excessive amount of work to do for this class. She has no empathy (grades quite harshly if your work does not say exactly what she wants). Her canvas is so confusing. No crazy exams but lots of time outside of the class. Good luck if you have to take her; she will you alive. If you don't have to take her, run fast in the opposite direction!

excessive amount of work. canvas: confusing. professor: no empathy (grades quite harshly if your work does not say exactly what she wants) No crazy exams but lots of time outside of class. Good luck if you have to take her, she will you eat you alive.

Professor Feldwinn was a decent teacher. She reads from her slides and asks for questions. She uses alkes and you HAVE to pay 100 dollars for the website. She does not understand your personal situations most of the time. And when the class starts at 8am she ends the attendance question at 8am that means getting there by 7:45am or so

She is a difficult professor, and mostly lives up to her reputation. However as long as you do every single one of the practice problems assigned, you should be fine. She's definitely not the best at explaining some topics, but all the questions on her test are taken from practice problems she's assigned, so not too bad.

such a great personality and a great teacher, but AWFUL EXAMS. you basically have to memorize every single question you've seen and she has assigned order to do well. average is a C on all exams and final exam had no questions like the ones we practiced, in which i failed. be prepared to spend countless hours to get nothing out of it.

Feldwinn's 1A class is notoriously challenging, but engaging with the textbook, practice problems, and resources like Unstuck study AI can help you navigate it. The lectures move quickly, so staying focused is key. It's a tough class, but doable with hard work.

Really a bad teacher. Believes pedagogy is unimportant. Prefers hard, obscure minutia over understanding. Unfriendly and unwelcoming. Would rather eat you with a side of fava beans than have you learn the course info. Eat me darby.

Feldwinn is notoriously the hardest gen chem prof for a reason. If possible switch professors! If you get stuck with her (like I did) do every single book problem, quiz problem, iclicker, and Aleks when studying, she uses them word for word on exams. Exams are mostly free response with no partial credit.

Do not take the professor if you can at all help it. I promise you're better off waitlisting another professor or taking chem another quarter! Not worth the stress. Tests are open answers, so if you're not exactly correct, you get a zero. Lectures were at 8:00 am with before-class questions at 7:45, which went away at 8:00, & showed up on the exam.

Her lectures are well done but very fast paced, she teaches as though you should already understand new concepts which makes it quite difficult, especially towards the end of the quarter. 8 HW assignments on ALEKS, 4 quizzes, 3 midterms, 1 final. Class ave. is in the high 60%, low 70% range. You need to work HARD to pass this class, so don't slack!