Great concept to have a pre-chem 1a prep, but this class needs a lot of improvement. Firstly, it is way too test heavy and needs study guides and practice midterms. Instead, you are told to study the 1,000+ questions in chem 101 and textbook. Also, we were not told if the class would be curved or not. Overall hard class and needs work.

While I think taking chem 25 is valuable to prepare for chem 1A, the professor isn't the greatest teacher and office hours aren't very helpful. I taught myself a lot just by doing practice problems in the book and chem 101 which is the only reason I did well

Took this class because I genuinely had no chemistry knowledge and wasn't ready for 1A. People say it's not worth it but I got a great understanding of the basics, Menard is great at breaking things down and explaining concepts during lecture. Read the textbook, go to lecture/discussion, do textbook/chem101 practice problems and you'll be fine.

A lot of people complain that chem25 is a waste of time but this class was very beneficial for me. He goes over basic chemistry and makes it easy to understand. The tests are not necessarily hard or easy, you just have to understand the material. Provides extra office hours before tests and the TAs are easy to contact.

Professor Menard's class seems easy when he's teaching, but his tests are very hard. Your lowest test grade is the lowest percentage though, which is nice. My counselor told me I could only take this class (which wasn't true) bc I am undecided. Waste of a credit/money. Prof is so rude, passive aggressive, and not accommodating. Go to chem 1a.

Took this class wanting to get a better understanding of chemistry before starting chem 1A in January but did not get that. Waste of a quarter, should have gone straight to chem 1A. Three midterms, quiz every week, and a final. Prof still debating whether or not he's going to curve the class even though most people are failing. Go straight to 1A