Amber is the funniest professor I've ever had. She doesn't even know that she is funny, which makes it even funnier.

Prof Reilly is the BEST professor I've had at UCLA! She so clearly knows what she is talking about and goes out of her way to clear up any questions we have. On Campuswire, she responds to our chem questions in mere minutes. I really enjoyed taking organic chem with her as she made the class very straightforward. I do think her tests are difficult and often test "exceptions" to rules we may have been taught, but I do think they are a good test of our knowledge. Overall, take prof REILLY she will set you up for success in CHEM14D.

I understand that organic chemistry is a challenging class, but professor reilly is nearly unreachable via email, office hours are always packed, and it really felt like she did not care about me as a student. A combination of these things made it difficult to succeed in her class, and for these reasons, I would say DO NOT TAKE HER. Professor Reilly also spent about 3 lectures (one weeks worth) teaching us information we DID NOT NEED for this class (prelude to 14D stuff)! I think spending that time teaching us things we would have been tested on or using those lectures as extra review sessions would have been a better use of student time. She made the class more difficult than it needed to be. The LA's told me that Castillo was much easier, so I would take her instead.

Professor Reilly is a really good professor. I think the way that she taught 14C was very clear and I genuinely feel I learned a lot from her class. She lectures a bit fast but you get used to it after the first few lectures. I also LOVED the Kacey (her dog) pics she would include in her lectures. Professor Reilly is also very helpful she was very active on campus wire and provided many office hours throughout the week. Although professor Reilly is amazing her exams were pretty difficult. Going into the exams I would feel as if I understood the material but would come out feeling like I didn't study hard enough even though I would start studying at least a week in advance :( , luckily she did provide some extra credit here and there. Don't let her exams scare you from taking 14 C with professor Reilly though because she is genuinely a really helpful and understanding professor you will definitely enjoy your time in her class :D

Might get a lot of hate here but I thought Reilly was a great professor. Not perfect because no one truly is but her lectures were engaging even though she talks in 2x speed and she's super funny. People crapped on her because her exams were hard which, to be fair, they were. I did not do so well on them but I've never seen people more quick to blame the professor it's kind of sad. People complained that the tests didn't reflect the difficulty of the practice problems which is a fair point to make but let's be real... professors rarely do that. I swear almost every class I've had the exams are always harder than what they give you for HW and stuff and a lot of these entitled people in the GroupMe complained about *literally* anything that she would do. Like some people complained that about her midterm dropping policy (which helps you *surprise*) because it made the grading scheme "complicated" and then people even complained about her giving extra credit opportunities in lecture because it wasn't fair to people on zoom... like what do you want fr... I get that people are free to express their emotions and a lot of things were posted last minute and there were some errors on answer keys on worksheets and all that but it's hard to make everyone happy and be perfect I honestly just felt bad for her that's why I'm writing this. Reilly I hope you see this because not everyone hates you!! People tend to complain more than praise so I hope this helps her image a bit. While I think there were a number of things she could have improved on (as other reviewers said) I think it's more of the nature of the class because who in the chem department decided to put all the reactions into a single quarter?? It's so much content it's actually unethical. Plus she was nice enough to keep exams online this quarter so its open note so you don't have to memorize as much like you would normally do for in person tests. She even provided summary sheets for every chapter which had every single reaction which actually saved my ass. Also because the second midterm average was absurdly low she made the final so much easier like it was almost too generous. It was the same length as a midterm and we were given 3 hours (instead of 1.5 for midterms) and the questions were just straight up easier. Ochem isn't easy so no matter who you take, it will be difficult so don't go into this class thinking you should be given an A just because you want to "go to med school" in the future. Overall difficult class but I liked her lectures and personality a lot!

Don’t believe what you read in her Bruin walk reviews. I recently had Reilly for chem 30b and it was probably the worst class I ever took at UCLA. Her lectures are messing and she talks so fast that standing up for a sec will miss a whole chapter. Surprisingly, she is also a very difficult grader and will nick pick on every little mistake. Her test are amazingly hard and she doesn’t prepare you are her test. (Not to mention we had 24 hours and it was still that hard.) Final is also out of this world. Still waiting for final grade but will end up with a A- or B+ depending on how I did on the final. To be honest, I felt like she didn’t care about her students especially during the coronavirus pandemic. Instead, she tries her best to make the classes more difficult than normally. I would recommend taking Professor Hung V Pham for chem. He is awesome and straightforward!

Everyone is out here hating on Amber, and I’m not 100% sure why. Like she is by no means a perfect professor but she is pretty reasonable. First of all she kept exams remote for all of winter quarter. Second while the class was hard, as ochem is, she’s curing the class average up to a B- which is not bad at all. Plus there was plenty of extra credit and she dropped a midterm. Like it’s a hard class, and I spent way to much time on it but Reilly is always happy to take questions after class or in office hours. She’s pretty accommodating but can be hard to contact besides class/office hours since she doesn’t respond to emails. There disorganization in terms of posting problem sets, practice questions etc. But her lecturing kinda worked for me. Like I had to some out side self studying with Kahn academy and other YouTube videos, but overall her lectures were clear. It just took me a while to get used to her notes. Anyways she isn’t a bad as everyone is saying and if you work hard an do ok on exams you’ll be more than fine in this class.

Took class during the summer of 2020 and was my only class which was a plus. The key to success in doing well in chem30B is to study and be prepared. I enjoyed Reilly's class. And would retake her.

For the spring 2020 online quarter our grade was made up of lecture quizzes (on CCLE), pre-labs and post-labs worksheets, lab participation (had to watch a video on CCLE of the lab and it would show who watched it), final presentation, and final. The final presentation was very easy. We were paired up in groups of 2 and just had to present on one of the labs we did in class (basically just a summary recap, groups and experiment were assigned by TA's). The final ended up being optional, no-harm. The only real complaint I had were the lecture quizzes which were oddly difficult. I would assume that these quizzes are implemented to ensure you watched the lectures, but they were imo way too complex. Overall, Reilly is not my favorite professor. She's not a terrible person and really does car for her students (she would stay for OH's way past the designated time just to answer every students' questions and would not hesitate to add more OH's if needed). However, I just never really clicked with her teaching style. Of course, that might just be a preference issue.

Dr. Reilly is truly a great professor. Though her lectures are on the quicker pace, she has the notes pre-uploaded with blank spots that you can fill in during lecture. She also supplies a lot of great resources including chapter summaries, practice problems, optional homework assignments from the textbook, and step-by-step solution videos to the discussion worksheets.
Discussion section is not mandatory but it is extremely helpful! It gave me a chance to practice the material we learned since I'm personally not motivated enough to do the optional hw problems.
The only things that were mandatory were problem sets which she usually had an office hour dedicated to going through it with students before it was due (given about a week to complete, but only take a few hours at most) and BACON assignments which are pretty much free points.
Ngl I failed the midterm even though it was 24 hours and open note, but it was bc of my lack of preparation and practice. The final ended up being no-harm due to the circumstances regarding covid and the BLM movement, and is why I managed to still get a B+.
Overall, Dr. Reilly is extremely accommodating and focuses on student's learning and understanding the material. She knows how stressful grades can be for us and does her best to help. I really enjoyed her class and hope I can take 30B with her as well.