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FELDWINN D L

Darby Feldwinn

228 reviews
Tough grader Lots of homework Test heavy Skip class? You won't pass. Lecture heavy Participation matters Accessible outside class EXTRA CREDIT Caring Get ready to read Clear grading criteria Respected Tests are tough Amazing lectures Gives good feedback Graded by few things Would take again Inspirational Beware of pop quizzes
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CHEM 1B
307 / 354 Enrolled
General Chemistry
Darby Feldwinn 3.0
M W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
19.6% A
ED 129
6 / 30 Enrolled
CalTeach, Elementary Science Education
Darby Feldwinn 3.0
M F
15:00 PM - 16:50 PM
66.0% A
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ED 136 Feldwinn D L Spring 2025 Total: 5
ENV S 136 Feldwinn D L Spring 2025 Total: 6
CHEM 1B Feldwinn D L Winter 2025 Total: 157
CHEM 3A Feldwinn D L Fall 2024 Total: 115
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CHEM1B . Feldwinn D L 2 Months Ago

Don't take her unless you have absolutely no choice. If you do have to take her, do ALL the book problems; she gets most of her test questions from the textbook and ALEKS. I went to office hours and it was actually very helpful, I wouldn't have passed without going.

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CHEM1B . Feldwinn D L 3 Months Ago

Do not take this lecture

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CHEM1A . Feldwinn D L 5 Months Ago

DO NOT TAKE.

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1B . Feldwinn D L 5 Months Ago

Really good lecturer and made things super understandable and easy to follow along. Walks through problems with you. Having said that, really hard quizzes and tests (much harder than most of the stuff learned in class). Book problems are a must. Only teaches 8 ams. Honestly one of my favorite chem professors due to her lecture style but hard class.

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CHEM1B . Feldwinn D L 7 Months Ago

Learned a lot but it is almost impossible to get an A in this class.

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1A . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

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.

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1B . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

So much extra credit and the problems for the midterms are exactly the problems we do in class (iclickers, notes, etc), before class, aleks, book problems, quizzes, and midterm practice. The answers are the exact same. It does take a lot of work and time to do all the problems but I promise if you just do all the problems assigned you can pass.

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1B . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

If you can get a diff chem teacher, do it. She lectures too fast, quizzes are hard, and her tests have FRQs with no half credit. Office hours are semi-helpful, but she's mostly just yelling in your face lol. But if you're stuck with Feldwinn, just LOCK IN. Go to every lecture, do your book problems, sign up for CLAS. Good luck

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CHEM1B . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

Save yourself; don't take her class. Her exams are super difficult -- there are a lot of free-response questions, but she only grades your final answer. Her class is significantly harder than all the other chem professors'. If you don't understand every single textbook, in-class, and Aleks problem, you're screwed. CLAS is the only reason I passed.

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CHEM1B . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

Feldwinn 1B would be an okay class if we were on a semester schedule…but we're not. She gives an unbelievable amount of homework for being a gen chem class and her syllabus is nothing like the other professors. She also puts a midterm on the last day to withdraw so if you think you're going to fail don't wait for your scores to come out just drop.

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ED129 . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

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!

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ED129 . Feldwinn D L 8 Months Ago

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.

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