The class is fine - what you would expect for chem. Mercy is very hot and cold (lowk rude sometimes) but it def pushes you to work hard. Its clear she wants everyone to be sucessful - painful in the moment but prepared me very well for chem 1a. If she was a little bit nicer the class would have been more enjoyable.

Her lectures are funny and engaging; she teaches the material in an easily understandable way. Her exams are incredibly difficult. She grades all or nothing, which means, if you miss one part, she'll dock you all your points. You have to be so locked and study for like a week in advance; still her synthesis questions are very difficult.

I will say that this was the hardest class I've ever taken and it kind of destroyed me to fail half the exams... But she's funny and a good lecturer and I learned a lot from her class that I don't think I would have with Lewis. Make your reaction sheets early and do all the book problems and you'll prob pass idk the tests are evil

I think she gets a bad rep because shes compared to Lewis who is the best teacher ever (hard comparison). She's not as clear as Lewis on expectations. Sometimes she can sound judgy, but its more so "I'm bad with social cues and blunt" rather than "I'm a mean person". If you actually talk to her you can tell she wants everyone to succeed.

She was alright; she fear mongers, but I think she's just blunt and keeping it real. Most of the time it was just enough to make me pay attention and lock in. Maybe for some people it's a bit demoralizing. I preferred her lecture style to Lewis, felt concepts were clearer and she would go more in depth. I liked her dry humor too.

Horrendous professor, tells you you will fail day 1. Does not care about you or your feelings. Doesn't teach everything will tell you to self study about hard topics. Overall a very bad experience in this class and was a really rough first step in my OChem journey.