Okay so a lot of misdirection in the class but overall, Lannan is a poor lecturer. However, I was in the first lecture and his recording for his second lectures are much better. The hints to honestly passing his exam are very easy but IMPORTANT. People say do not take this class etc on bruinwalk which I do not think is helpful at all because you have really have no other option sometimes. So this is what you do. He will tell you KEY WORDS and important sentences for example molten globule (youll learn about it later), USE HIS WORDS!!! Do not try to memorize your own way, follow his slides he will literally tell you what he is going to put on the test. The TA review midterms/finals are essential, always same material is on the exam. It is honestly a really fun and interesting class because of the material, not because of him. He is rather trashy but its his first time teaching so cut him some slack. You can pass the class if you put the work in and memorize his way!!! I know that sucks but its what you have to do.

This was Ryan's first time teaching Chem 153A, with insufficient time to prepare. Nonetheless, I saw significant improvement in how he presented the material throughout the quarter.

A lot of people were bashing him on group me because they thought the exams were graded harshly. They don't understand that Ryan is not actually the one grading the exam. Each exam consisted of 8 questions and Ryan had 8 TAs combined from two lectures, meaning each TA graded 1 questions. Students were very rude and critical of him on the group chat after each exam. This is biochem though, it is not supposed to be easy. It shouldn't be an easy A. You got to work hard for the grade you earn.

To be frank, I thought that all his exams were very fair. I sure didn't get a 100% on them, but they were fair. The study guides he provided us were very extensive, but it was an accurate representation of exam content, along with the homework. In all of the classes I have taken at UCLA, this is the first time a professor offered midterm and final study guides. So be thankful.

Now moving on to the quizzes, they were all memorization based. I literally memorized everything the night before and still got 100% on all quizzes. Is there a lot of memorization in this class? YES, is it as bad as Chem 14D, NO!!

Lastly, I really respect Ryan's efforts to correcting mistakes throughout this quarter. He said he would give people some points back on midterm I because he understood that the answer key and some questions weren't as clear as he hoped. On top of that, he said that he was doing all the regrades himself! With a mountain of regrades to do, he had to deal with some impatient and inappreciative students that were constantly rushing him. He has a life too, you know.