This class is pretty straight forward. As many have emphasized here, memorize the lecture notes and make sure you know how to do the problems on the slides like the back of your hand. He will test you even on the smallest details so cramming will not work in your favor. The practice tests he gives you are similar in difficulty and generally the practice test questions will show up on the exam. However, the practice test is NOT all encompassing. He'll definitely put other stuff on his exam that's why it is best practice to memorize/study the lectures. I did poorly on the midterm because I did not focus on the lecture slides enough but after realizing the MT was identical to the slides, I came in clutch for the final to get a B in the class. Scerri is a mediocre lecturer so it shouldn't impede your ability to learn. Just stay focused during lecturer. Too many times I've seen other students go online shopping or using their phone the entire class time. Good luck and don't stress yourself out! It's really not bad if you process everything a little bit at a time!

Scerri's exams are always fair. What sucks is you have to know *everything* when it comes to exams (even the littlest details can be tested and are often 3 points). Exams are curved, and the midterm was an average 65% that ended up being a B. He allows any version of the textbook, giving 4 online quizzes (that are kind of jank for they don't always sync to his content) and 2 homework assignments. A very low work class. Scerri himself can be funny or incredibly rude, it depends. I would not take him again for 14B, but if you end up with him it isn't the end of the world. Just make sure you know everything (and I'm not kidding.)

Scerri was a good lecturer and he explained the concepts well. However, I feel that thermochemistry is better math-based, since you mainly do problems that are applying different equations. Scerri's slides are kind of disorganized and his midterm wasn't anything like the practice tests he gave out. The problems he gives in class aren't much like the problems that end up on the midterm. The final was relatively easy, but the grade doesn't help if you didn't do well on the midterm. If you get your hands on old practice exams those can be very helpful with the conceptual questions he asks. Thinkwell quizzes aren't too bad but you need to get as many points on them as possible to boost your grade.

Grade breakdown:
30% thinkwell and written hw (For our class, he only did one written hw assignment and then 4 thinkwell quizzes)
30% midterm
40% final

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I actually really enjoyed 14B with Scerri. Although unclear at times, he's an intelligent and engaging lecturer who is relatively consistent in terms of his expectations and course material. Yes, this class is less organized than others, but I still feel WAY more prepared for the rest of the 14 series. I think people tend to be intimidated by Scerri, and since many of this students are freshmen, they expect Scerri to coddle his students probably like their high school teachers did. Which is stupid.

Overall, if you are choosing between two professors, take Scerri if you want a bit more of a challenge, you enjoy chemistry, and you want to be extra prepared for future courses.

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If you know your general chemistry well or took AP Chem or something like I did, you will not have to worry about the class except when you get to the OChem part. For Ochem, just understand how to name the compounds and how each mechanism works. Also know the concepts of the chair/boat conformers and chair flips. In regards to exams/grades, Scerri is SUPER predictable and provides a bunch of his past exams in the back of his course readers. He basically just puts together a test with questions from his past exams. He even told us to look at the past exams in the back of the course reader and hinted to us that he would recycle questions. If you look at all the past exams, you will also see the trend of him recycling certain questions, so pay attention to those. People who don't do well in the class are honestly probably lazy people who don't bother to look at the past exams at all. All you need to do is just do all the past exams and understand how to approach each problem and why you do it a certain way. This quarter for the final, the multiple choice questions on the final were almost the exact same as last year's final so lol god bless

If you want to ace the class, just don't be lazy and do as many as the past exams as you can. Scerri is super fair and lazy so he doesn't seem to make up new questions anymore.

To do well in this class, you must know the coursereader inside and out. Be sure to do all the problems in the back involving the topics he will test and do them in BOTH books. This really helped me out for the final and making sure you know the big concepts and how to apply them is really important. In the thermodynamics and kinetics section, try to do his practice midterms and redo them until you can do them without looking at the answers. In the ochem section, make sure you know your nomenclature and mechanisms. Scerri is fair and predictable. Best of luck!

I am a first year and I can say I hated this class. I learned nothing whatsoever. I attended all the lectures and it was as if I wasn't even there. I am currently studying for the final and I am learning not reviewing. This class changed my outlook on the subject of chemistry as a whole. Goodluck to anyone who takes it. This is my last chemistry class and I am over the moon about it. It's safe to say that I hate chemistry!!