ANYIKA M
Anyika was overall a pretty good professor. I felt like she taught better than I've had any other teacher teach me. When u go to office hours she doesn't j give you the answer, she walks you through it and makes sure you understand everything. Shes very realistic with her expectations and although it may seem harsh, her feedback and advice helped.
Ochem will be tough with anyone. She can be mean at times but no other professor pushed me to be better than her. She clearly cares about every single student and wants them to succeed. Go to office hours, do your book problems, participate, and don't be intimidated by her.
Say what you will, but she's a great professor and tells you everything you need to know for the test, even if it's only mentioned once. That's why it's important to take note of everything she says and go to the lecture.
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