chem 6a honors

astrina
Sun, 08 Apr 2012 01:50:02 +0000

@dyno0919 - Definitely. Ochem is one of the best courses I’ve taken at UCSD and we’ve got a number of talented faculty who are brilliant researchers AND excellent teachers. I just checked the fall quarter schedule; try with all your might to get into Ternansky or Hoeger’s class. (If you’re around UCSD on a weekday, consider sitting in on one of their classes for your own amusement. Both are very talented lecturers.)

@chemistrywarrior - if you do decide to take 6B fall quarter, you’re in luck with kim albizati. i usually don’t recommend people to take their sequences off-track (on-track being A in fall, B in winter, C in spring) because there isn’t much freedom in choice of professor or class times. i will add the caveat that 6B in the fall is “not as easy” as 6B in the winter, which is “not as easy” as 6B in the spring. this is because the students of fall qtr 6B are fellow HS grads who got 4s on their AP – they’re smart. winter qtr is run-of-the-mill average. spring qtr is folks who took chem 4 during the fall, and chem 4 is for freshmen who have had NO chemistry in high school at all.

“not as easy” = while the tests and lectures remain the same, the class’s collective understanding of the material varies widely. the curves reflect this trend.