CHEM 218 and MATH 205

williamsf1_fan
Wed, 20 May 2009 21:01:48 +0000

I had J. Rafter for multivariable; he was really good but grades hard; many people I knew, including myself, struggled in his class. He gave quizzes everyday; tests were long but we were allowed a page of notes. He is pretty funny. There are so many different sections it really depends on which professor you end up with.

I took 218, but we had M. Sulikowski (who taught 220) sub for Kaszynski a couple times. Kaszynski is very old-school and more of a researcher-professor than a teacher-professor. I only took one semester of orgo (not a science major, just wanted to satisfy the science req), but I have heard the second semester 218B prof (Kaszynski only teaches 218A) is ridiculously easy. The material taught in the two classes are the same and follow the same textbook. I didn’t do very well in 218 because it was early, I skipped too often, and let myself get behind on the reading; it’s not hard as long as you put in the effort.
Both 218 and 220 students take the same organic lab, CHEM 219; for what it’s worth, I did very well in the lab, and the last time I’d done a chem lab was in AP Chem 10th grade.