My grade turned out fine, but I had to get a lot of help in order to succeed. I pretty much went to my TA's office hours every week because they actually bothered to break things down step by step. Dr. Caram's office hours aren't very helpful. He explains things exactly how he does in class, so if you don't understand it in class, you're pretty much screwed. His class is not Bruincasted, so if you miss a lecture, that sucks. He goes into more depth than is on his slides, so copying notes from a friend will only get you so far. The weekly quizzes are really easy since they're very similar to the practice quizzes he posts. His midterms and final are more difficult. While they resemble the practice exams posted online, he does create a new question for each of these tests. The most difficult part about this class is that were required to make connections between concepts ourselves. Dr. Caram will not make the connections for you. Often times, these connections are important to be successful on tests. Additionally, there are concepts not emphasized in lecture that end up being a large part. If you put in the work you can be successful in this class.

Honestly, Caram was a pretty good professor overall. If I were to pick classes again, I would probably not hate the idea of taking another chem class with Caram. His midterms/finals were fairly straightforward and covered the material that we went over in class; there were rarely any random things that we didn't discuss/we didn't need to know. I enjoyed going to discussion section, and the TAs and LAs were overall pretty helpful. I liked the way that the discussion section was formatted with a specific LA for each small group within the discussion because it helped to have someone who could answer questions more specifically. I think my main complaint would be that it would be hard to follow Caram during the lectures at times because he would start talking about one idea, stop, and then start another idea.

One of the best professors at UCLA, hands down. Caram is a really chill guy who really wants you to excel and just learn the material. Both midterms and the final were extremely fair; Caram does not try to trick you. His lectures were very clear and organized. Caram does give weekly quizzes, and I personally enjoyed them. They kept me from procrastinating and getting behind in material (he also drops the lowest quiz grade). The class is set on an absolute grading scale and nothing is curved, but there was an extra credit question on the first midterm and the final. The worksheets we did in discussion were super helpful in preparing for exams, he spent a lot of time writing the worksheets and they always offered "real-life" examples of what we were learning which was cool.

If you want to excel in this class, highly recommend going to his office hours after lecture and Sunday night at B plate. Probably the only professor that would come to campus from 10 to 11:30 pm to help students. He would sit down and work out problems 1 on 1 and clarified any areas of confusion. Caram is an 11/10 professor for 14a, cannot recommend him enough!!!!

Honestly, Professor Caram is one of the better professors you can have for 14A. I had Lavelle for 14B and I thought Lavelle was worse by a large margin. Professor Caram can give rather dry lectures and goes through the material quickly but his explanations are fairly intuitive and he is concerned with students learning. His tests are fair. I had him when he first started teaching and the tests were a bit rough especially timing wise and there was sometimes too much material for the allotted time but Professor Caram understood that and handed out about 5% worth of extra credit and still curved the class. Any material on the test was material explicitly covered in class or discussion and there weren't any curveball questions. The bplate office hours were extremely helpful. The homework was on. relevant material and helpful for the tests.

I personally loved Caram's teaching style. He was extremely organized, all readings and practice problems for each topic were given to us in the syllabus from the very beginning and he taught at a fairly good pace. There were quizzes every week but they were all really fair and cushioned my grade a little bit. Midterms and the final were also completely fair. I thought he was a really engaging lecturer and he also puts chem memes on the first slide of every lecture which I loved. He's definitely not as easy as Lavelle, but we learned so much more.

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I actually really liked Caram's class. His lectures are engaging and I felt that he clearly described concepts to us (although he would frequently make mistakes then realize later). Discussions are helpful because tests would reflect the worksheet problems. Weekly quizzes keep you up to date with the concepts you should know. Tests are difficult but definitely doable. Review sessions are held by the TAs and are helpful. There are also lots of extra credit opportunities so make sure to do those. Overall, I would recommend his class.

I personally liked Caram. His quizzes were extremely fair, and his midterms were not bad. His final did include material he never taught but introduced on the exam. He was pretty generous with the curve. I got an A on the first midterm, a D on the second, and a B on the final. Overall I did like this class. Natalie, my TA, saved my grade! She was the best and explained the trickier concepts really well.

a no BS chem professor, I recommend reading through the book and understanding each concept as he does not always explain it completely. if you like being spoon-fed this is not the professor for you

Terrible class. I did fine, but I probably would have done better in Lavelle. He had quizzes every Friday that he never gave enough time for and they caused so much unnecessary stress. His midterms were literally impossible, but he was nice on the final. At the end, it didn't matter because I had done so poorly on the second midterm even after studying. He knows his stuff but is unable to explain it correctly. Just save yourself the worrying and take Lavelle.