CHEM 1212: General Chemistry Labor atory

Pretty easy overall. The lab reports you have to write for each lab are a pain, but you get used to it. You have quizzes each lab so you probably need to look over the material a little before the lab. Some of the labs take 30 minutes but some take almost the whole time. The midterm was mostly calculations. They give you a review sheet to know what to look over. The final has a practical part and calculations. I don't think which instructor you take matters, because you get a TA that teaches the class anyways.

Whatever you do, do not take your lab through Linda Allen. Take it through Kolniak. Allen has her TAs under a spell and they make the class way harder than it needs to be. Avoid Allen at all costs.

super easy A. Everyone should take it.

Situma is terrible at leading this course. First she raised the grading scale by two points, then made the midterm and CUMULATIVE (including the pre-midterm material) final worth 30% of the grade each. The lab reports, which actually make up most of the work, are only worth 20%. The TAs have a set standard on grading, so if you get into a section with a TA who doesn't know all of the material (yes that actually happened - we had to show the TA how to solve a certain problem, and what the "left" and "right" equilibrium shift actually is), you're out of luck, because if your answers are not EXACTLY like what she has written down, that's points off. She is nice enough, but your experience with her depends only on what your TA is like, and she won't allow most grades to be disputed.

My TA was one of the better ones. The experiments are very straightforward and easy to complete. We never stayed the full 3 hours. Midterm - easy. Final - not so easy.