<p>Yeah, they made sure to list the bio profs. as “staff”. I think it’s a good idea. Most people just flock to Escobar’s class w/o knowing better. Gen. chem has less discrepancies between profs., so no need for that there. Also nice to see them switch up the orgo. profs. some. Admittedly, anyone going for Liotta first semester is asking for a hard time second semester. They learn slower, less, and at much less rigor than the other sections, and since he won’t teach 222, 222 will be unforgiving, and people from his class may have a huge learning curve. Anyone wanting ease should split the middle and go with Gallivan (he’s low-moderate I guess), where most will make low grades and simply be curved. Overall, the safest bet is Weinschenk though. He’ll prep. you for whoever you have second semester (if it’s not him, it’ll be over-prep). If they wanted to really make things interesting, they should have paid Soria the extra money to come back in and teach non-freshmen as opposed to bringing in Gallivan (who is admittedly a good lecturer, but I’ve talked with him, and he has pretty low expectations for undergrads. here, due to their tendency to whine. He won’t bother to make it tougher, because he knows they are there b/c: “He’s not Weinschenk”. He simply lives up to the expectation to avoid squabbles) as it ensures that at least 50% of the profs teaching are both rigorous and solid teachers. I am very skeptical about the idea of Menger and Davies teaching such a large lecture. I think they have too much research to do, may not be great, and will certainly water down the content. However, doesn’t matter, Soria hates teaching upperclassmen. He says that he can’t make it as rigorous as the freshmen class because they whine too much. Despite that, when he was teaching them, it was probably only second to Weinschenk. And most considered the quality about even. He refuses to put himself in a position where he has to water down his course now-a-days, so he sticks to the freshmen and makes them perform and learn at the highest level possible. Really embarrassing how at Emory, freshmen are learning at a much higher level than 3/4 of sophomore/juniors in organic chemistry. The profs. range from very easy to pretty hard among them. Most peers make it so that “easier” sections are at least moderate (admittedly, Emory definitely has some of the hardest “hard” sections among them. Soria and Weinschenk would make many at peers cry, especially in orgo. II). They need to fix that. Students and teachers here need to toughen up some. Be like kids at Tech. Know it’s supposed to be hard and get over it.</p>