Russell is the nicest lady, but her lectures are somewhat dull and unclear. I skipped all of them after the first lecture and did fine. That being said, I definitely had to study for the exams. I found reviewing the slides, doing practice problem sets, and reviewing the assignments were more than enough. Assignments are somewhat difficult and timing consuming--the groupme for this class was very active and helpful. Good luck if you don't understand it because the lectures don't help. Another portion of the class is assessments that I think were modeled after LS 23L classes, but this was poorly incorporated and relied mainly on Russell's opinions, which I found were not always right. TAs are also very important because they provide help on the assignments. I had Katie White and she was super nice but somewhat clueless. It turned out okay because she graded based on what she told us in class (which wasn't much). In total, easy and passable class.

Selling lab coat (medium) + goggles
And chemistry experiments for life science majors 4th edition by Russell and Pang
btw they're changing all the labs, you might waste your money buying old labs.
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Chem 14BL is awful regardless of how good or bad the professor is. Lectures aren't helpful, especially if you've already taken 14A and 14B. Russell is really sweet, but the material is innately dry and difficult to absorb early in the morning. My biggest advice would be to complete all practice problem sets and exams. Understand the math and concepts behind each question so you can do well on the midterm and final. Both exams have a component that involve technical lab skills, so make sure you have a basic understanding of the lab procedures as well. Aside from the midterm, final, and labs, there are also two writing assignments that are peer reviewed. They aren't worth much but definitely look at Piazza and read the questions in the prompt thoroughly so you can answer it to the best of your ability. In terms of the actual lab section itself, don't forget to do prelab assessments on CCLE. Although there's not much you can do to ensure you have a good lab partner or good TA, it's important that you have a general idea of what you are doing going into lab in case you have a lab partner that doesn't. Most of the people in my lab section were reckless (e.g., constantly breaking things, not neutralizing substances before pouring them down the drain, leaving bottles of chemicals open). And do not underestimate how long the prelabs and postlabs will be; this class is three units but feels like five because of how much work these are. Even though the class itself is trash, you can still learn a decent amount of lab skills and their applications in real life. Shoutout to my TA Daniel Zweerink- he's a gem!

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fair class

Professor Russell is by far one of the sweetest professors you will ever meet. However, 14BL sucks, and taking this class with her does not make it any better. Nothing in the class was taught well. All the lectures were hard to understand because she was going over information that you were going to use two weeks from that lecture. This is why her class does so poorly on midterms. Average was around 60%. If you have to take this class definitely take it with the Professor with the highest A rate (Casey).

Dr. Russell is a very genuine person. Kind of reminds you of a sweet grandma. She’s extremely caring and really wants her students tp understand the material.

Unfortunately, this doesn’t help with the class, whatsoever. The midterm, as said by another reviewer, is an extreme time crunch. The average on the exam was a 60%, and so Dr. Russell was forced to compensate for that by allowing our final exam to count as our midterm grade AND our final exam grade. Weekly lecture is absolutely pointless. Her PowerPoint slides are unclear and to be frank, no help at all. About 1/3 of the kids in the class actually attend lecture. Pre-labs and post-labs are where you’ll score the most points to boost your grade; they’re just really time consuming. Overall, this class was not one of my favorites, and I felt that Dr. Russell could have done much better at preparing her students for the midterm and final exams.

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Selling all my old pre and post labs(includes data) for only $5! Also have the Chemistry Experiments for Life Science Majors (3rd edition) for $9. And the Techniques in OC for $6. Prices negotiable, email me at velmathanh97@gmail.com.

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