AJ Vasiliou

This course was a good refresher on chemistry and left me feeling prepared for Organic chemistry. AJ is a wonderful professor however sometimes I felt myself getting lost in the lectures because they felt a bit jumbled. The homework was relatively easy as long as you took good notes during lecture. Tests are easy as long as you study the homework. Homework was assigned weekly and took about an hour to complete

This course was a good refresher on chemistry and left me feeling prepared for Organic chemistry. AJ is a wonderful professor however sometimes I felt myself getting lost in the lectures because they felt a bit jumbled. The homework was relatively easy as long as you took good notes during lecture. Tests are easy as long as you study …Read more

This class lecture was a breeze. I took AP Chem and we just went over the same stuff, I still went to lectures, but I probably would've been fine even if I hadn't. AJ is super enthusiastic and brings some humor into the classroom which I really liked. Exams were pretty easy as long as you knew what you were doing. The lab with Dube was pretty intense. I probably spent an average of 6 or 7 hours on lab reports with the formal cobalt one taking me significantly longer, but you also only have 5 reports in the semester. Dube is a pretty nitpicky grader, but you just need to look at the rubric and make sure you do stuff. I did decently well, but I also know people who got perfect scores on their lab reports, so it's doable. My only real complaint with labs was that Dube would talk for the first hour about what we were going to do before we could start even though we went over it for homework. If you like chemistry like me then this class is not a big deal, but if it pains you to death, the lab might actually kill you.

This class lecture was a breeze. I took AP Chem and we just went over the same stuff, I still went to lectures, but I probably would've been fine even if I hadn't. AJ is super enthusiastic and brings some humor into the classroom which I really liked. Exams were pretty easy as long as you knew what you were doing. The lab with Dube w …Read more

This class was taught extremely slowly and I only went to class about half the time because of that. Problem sets and exams are very easy. I was not a fan of Vasiliou's teaching style - it was long winded and disorganized, and her handwriting is quite literally impossible to read especially with her horrible spelling. In contrast, Dube's labs are organized but excessively difficult, and I often find myself spending 4-8 hours on lab reports. The pre-lab prep is arduous, with long quizzes and notebook formatting. The grading for the labs is also quite harsh. I found the actual work in lab to be exhausting at best, and Dube was not the least bit supportive if you make a mistake. Overall, this class was extremely strange, and I did not have a great experience.

This class was taught extremely slowly and I only went to class about half the time because of that. Problem sets and exams are very easy. I was not a fan of Vasiliou's teaching style - it was long winded and disorganized, and her handwriting is quite literally impossible to read especially with her horrible spelling. In contrast, Du …Read more