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Jennifer Prado
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Summer 2020 - I loved Professor Prado. I had her Chem 14A SIS class. She is a clear lecturer, and the textbook she uses is clear and useful. She's the only professor I've had that reaches out to the students before the beginning of the quarter to see if they need any particular accommodations. Overall, the class was great and I recommend Professor Prado if you can get her.
Summer 2020 - I loved Professor Prado. I had her Chem 14A SIS class. She is a clear lecturer, and the textbook she uses is clear and useful. She's the only professor I've had that reaches out to the students before the beginning of the quarter to see if they need any particular accommodations. Overall, the class was great and I recommend Professor Prado if you can get her.
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Winter 2019 - I really enjoyed this class. Professor Prado taught this class along with Professor Caram and Casey, but she was the main one who lectured and taught the class. She took on the class last minute as our initial professor could no longer do so (she began teaching Friday of week 1). She uses slides that are posted on CCLE, but she writes on the slides during lecture, so I'd recommend attending class. There are clicker questions during lecture and it's hard not to get full credit; there are bunch of opportunities and you get half a point just for participating. There are weekly quizzes (Friday during lecture) which aren't too bad. I didn't read the textbook too much but used it more as a reference if I didn't understand something. There are HWs for every lecture but they don't have to be turned in. I really like Dr. Prado and the class overall. She's really nice and very approachable. She is one my favorite professors here at UCLA and I think the class overall was appropriately paced. Definitely recommend. r/ucla
Winter 2019 - I really enjoyed this class. Professor Prado taught this class along with Professor Caram and Casey, but she was the main one who lectured and taught the class. She took on the class last minute as our initial professor could no longer do so (she began teaching Friday of week 1). She uses slides that are posted on CCLE, but she writes on the slides during lecture, so I'd recommend attending class. There are clicker questions during lecture and it's hard not to get full credit; there are bunch of opportunities and you get half a point just for participating. There are weekly quizzes (Friday during lecture) which aren't too bad. I didn't read the textbook too much but used it more as a reference if I didn't understand something. There are HWs for every lecture but they don't have to be turned in. I really like Dr. Prado and the class overall. She's really nice and very approachable. She is one my favorite professors here at UCLA and I think the class overall was appropriately paced. Definitely recommend. r/ucla
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Winter 2018 - I enjoyed Prado's class so much! Unlike the reviewer before me, I felt this class was really challenging, as I had no background in organic chemistry at all. Though I struggled to get down the many new concepts, Prado was definitely the best teacher to guide me through them. Her pacing through the material was perfect, and I had time to understand what I was learning through the many Khan Acadmey videos, Sapling homework assignments and readings she posted! She gives super helpful tips that she used as a student, and I still use them in 14D! It is true that this class relies heavily on memorization, but a lot of organic chemistry bases itself in rules that must be memorized. That is just the nature of this course, and as a person who sucks at memorization, I had to practice and practice and practice to get this stuff down! Though 14D is a whole new level as it has to do more with reaction mechanisms, I do feel Prado has given me a solid grasp of the fundamentals necessary to understand and do well in the class. I never knew such a helpful, knowledgeable, and compassionate teacher existed at UCLA!!!
Winter 2018 - I enjoyed Prado's class so much! Unlike the reviewer before me, I felt this class was really challenging, as I had no background in organic chemistry at all. Though I struggled to get down the many new concepts, Prado was definitely the best teacher to guide me through them. Her pacing through the material was perfect, and I had time to understand what I was learning through the many Khan Acadmey videos, Sapling homework assignments and readings she posted! She gives super helpful tips that she used as a student, and I still use them in 14D! It is true that this class relies heavily on memorization, but a lot of organic chemistry bases itself in rules that must be memorized. That is just the nature of this course, and as a person who sucks at memorization, I had to practice and practice and practice to get this stuff down! Though 14D is a whole new level as it has to do more with reaction mechanisms, I do feel Prado has given me a solid grasp of the fundamentals necessary to understand and do well in the class. I never knew such a helpful, knowledgeable, and compassionate teacher existed at UCLA!!!
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Winter 2019 - Prado supposedly added a lot of material compared to when Hardinger taught it, and I definitely felt that. I studied a ton for this class, and memorizing all the mechanisms felt impossible at times. The grading scale is also pretty harsh at 95 to an A (I got a raw 93.7% and she curved it 1.5%—her curve was pretty generous in the B-C range but really limited for the A range, so it was almost straight scale). I definitely saw a correlation between grades and how long people spent studying. Her lectures can be pretty unclear at times, so your best bet is to just do all the practice you have available. Don't bother with OH worksheets, but the practice midterms and finals are really helpful so definitely do them and when you mess up on them practice those areas. As far as I know Prado and Tobolowsky have the same tests or similar very tests and also decided on the grading scheme together so don't let that be your deciding factor in who to take.
Winter 2019 - Prado supposedly added a lot of material compared to when Hardinger taught it, and I definitely felt that. I studied a ton for this class, and memorizing all the mechanisms felt impossible at times. The grading scale is also pretty harsh at 95 to an A (I got a raw 93.7% and she curved it 1.5%—her curve was pretty generous in the B-C range but really limited for the A range, so it was almost straight scale). I definitely saw a correlation between grades and how long people spent studying. Her lectures can be pretty unclear at times, so your best bet is to just do all the practice you have available. Don't bother with OH worksheets, but the practice midterms and finals are really helpful so definitely do them and when you mess up on them practice those areas. As far as I know Prado and Tobolowsky have the same tests or similar very tests and also decided on the grading scheme together so don't let that be your deciding factor in who to take.
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