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Christiana Guest CHEM132S Expecting a B Anonymous 12/10/2024	GO TO TA OFFICE HOURS! Everything people say about this course is basically true. The lab is very unorganized and it doesn't line up at all with CHEM131. There are a lot of opportunities to go to TA office hours and I definitely recommend that. The lab reports are confusing and you need to get help from TAs to make sure you're doing it right and won't get a bunch of points off. Also don't turn work in late bc that tanks your grade a bit. The reflection quizzes are decently difficult too. It's definitely possible to get an A, but it takes some work and is generally annoying. Some labs go over time, some go under, so be prepared for both. Sometimes we would spend up to an hour and a half just waiting in line to get chemicals we needed to perform an experiment. This contributed to some labs running over time.
Christiana Guest CHEM132S Expecting a B+ Anonymous 12/10/2024	You will never ever meet, or even see Dr. Guest. The entire course really depends on whether or not you get a good TA, and my TA sucked. Try your best, but honestly you're gonna have to work for it. Guest does not make it easy despite being the lab coordinator for this lab for many years. There is no final or midterm, so that's good I guess. You have pre-labs and post-labs which more likely than not, have only a slight amount of content in common with the actual lab, so you will have to actually study the content if you want to do well on this class. Her expectations for the course are higher than what people might think because you don't actually see her. It was WAY too much work for a one credit course. I believe in working hands on with the things you're learning in lecture, but only if it actually relates to the lecture. I'm not sure the last time Guest lectured for general chemistry, but I have a feeling it's been a while. If you do find her as a lecturer, DO NOT take her. You can tell her real passion lies with biochemistry because if you look at her review for BCHM, they are so much better than these. Also, despite what her syllabus says, she is IMPOSSIBLE to reach. I sent her multiple emails regarding questions I had about the course my TA couldn't answer, and it took 3 emails and then an email to her boss to get a response. I tried to schedule a meeting with her 3 times. The first time she didn't show up because she was printing off exams for her biochemistry class. The second time she didn't show up because she forgot she had office hours for her biochemistry class and didn't realize it was in a different location. Both of these are highly unprofessional excuses. The third time she showed up, but was 10 minutes late. The only reason I am giving her two stars is because she was very receptive as to what I had to say in terms of improving her course. But all of this is pointless because she is the only coordinator for general chemistry lab. So take this as a warning of what kind of behavior you can expect from her.
Christiana Guest CHEM132S Anonymous 12/06/2023	She is 100% uninvolved in the class, which I suppose is typical of lab coordinators but what really annoyed me was her lab manual. The questions are so unnecessarily difficult and the actual lab itself is usually pretty pointless. If you're trying to take a lab for a gen ed and can avoid this one, then avoid this one.
Christiana Guest CHEM132S Expecting an A Anonymous 01/18/2022	All the other reviews sum it up. Dr. Guest is basically an unseen malevolent entity. There was no consistency and no communication. Boo.

Christiana Guest
CHEM132S

Expecting a B
Anonymous
12/10/2024

GO TO TA OFFICE HOURS! Everything people say about this course is basically true. The lab is very unorganized and it doesn't line up at all with CHEM131. There are a lot of opportunities to go to TA office hours and I definitely recommend that. The lab reports are confusing and you need to get help from TAs to make sure you're doing it right and won't get a bunch of points off. Also don't turn work in late bc that tanks your grade a bit. The reflection quizzes are decently difficult too. It's definitely possible to get an A, but it takes some work and is generally annoying. Some labs go over time, some go under, so be prepared for both. Sometimes we would spend up to an hour and a half just waiting in line to get chemicals we needed to perform an experiment. This contributed to some labs running over time.

Christiana Guest
CHEM132S

Expecting a B+
Anonymous
12/10/2024

You will never ever meet, or even see Dr. Guest. The entire course really depends on whether or not you get a good TA, and my TA sucked. Try your best, but honestly you're gonna have to work for it. Guest does not make it easy despite being the lab coordinator for this lab for many years. There is no final or midterm, so that's good I guess. You have pre-labs and post-labs which more likely than not, have only a slight amount of content in common with the actual lab, so you will have to actually study the content if you want to do well on this class. Her expectations for the course are higher than what people might think because you don't actually see her. It was WAY too much work for a one credit course. I believe in working hands on with the things you're learning in lecture, but only if it actually relates to the lecture. I'm not sure the last time Guest lectured for general chemistry, but I have a feeling it's been a while. If you do find her as a lecturer, DO NOT take her. You can tell her real passion lies with biochemistry because if you look at her review for BCHM, they are so much better than these. Also, despite what her syllabus says, she is IMPOSSIBLE to reach. I sent her multiple emails regarding questions I had about the course my TA couldn't answer, and it took 3 emails and then an email to her boss to get a response. I tried to schedule a meeting with her 3 times. The first time she didn't show up because she was printing off exams for her biochemistry class. The second time she didn't show up because she forgot she had office hours for her biochemistry class and didn't realize it was in a different location. Both of these are highly unprofessional excuses. The third time she showed up, but was 10 minutes late. The only reason I am giving her two stars is because she was very receptive as to what I had to say in terms of improving her course. But all of this is pointless because she is the only coordinator for general chemistry lab. So take this as a warning of what kind of behavior you can expect from her.

Christiana Guest
CHEM132S

Anonymous
12/06/2023

She is 100% uninvolved in the class, which I suppose is typical of lab coordinators but what really annoyed me was her lab manual. The questions are so unnecessarily difficult and the actual lab itself is usually pretty pointless. If you're trying to take a lab for a gen ed and can avoid this one, then avoid this one.

Christiana Guest
CHEM132S

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/18/2022

All the other reviews sum it up. Dr. Guest is basically an unseen malevolent entity. There was no consistency and no communication. Boo.

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