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BARBARA WHITLOCK

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Raw average: 3.51/5 from 63 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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OCHEM345 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 4/5
Shes useless, dont take it with her unless you need to. Her lecture notes are straight out of the book and her lectures are terrible. Exams unpredictable because she loves putting random material that you dont expect on there. Simple advice: memorize, memorize, memorize, if you memorize her lecture notes you should do fine, thats what I did.
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OCHEM335 · course not matched
Quality 4/5Difficulty 3/5
Boring lectures but pay attention because all material is strictly from lectures. Do book problems...a lot of exam questions are similar to her suggested practice problems. If you have any questions just ask her and she will clarify. Also, ALWAYS check your exams when you get them back...I got all three exams scores raised due to summation errors.
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CHEM 343
Quality 5/5Difficulty 2/5
Great Prof, lectures boring as hell, but concise. She tells you everything you will need to know. Best of all, her curves are set at the B, just show up to lecture, and you'll pass
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CHM343 · course not matched
Quality 2/5Difficulty 5/5
Lectures are poorly organized and do not flow, which makes it very hard to learn. She's one of the least well spoken professors I've met. I sat in on another lecturer because of this. If you want to learn, find a tutor and learn the book. I would recommend Dr. Clauss or Dr. Gellman.
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CHEM 343
Quality 4/5Difficulty 5/5
Sweet lady, but super hard exams! I thought the first exam was going to be a piece of cake and got screwed over on that deal. Curves are forgiving.
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CHEM 345
Quality 4/5Difficulty 1/5
Really good professor. If you read the book before lecture, you see that her lectures are very well organized and clear. Of course there is a lot of pointless memorizing and it's not a thrilling or exciting class, it's o-chem! But probably the best o-chem professor you could get.
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Classes with BARBARA WHITLOCK

Organic Chemistry II covers molecular structure and bonding to predict reactivity in aromatic, benzylic, allylic, and carbonyl systems.

No offering record · Spring 2010

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historical GPA · grades

Fall 2006–Spring 2010

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Spring 2010CHEM 345Organic Chemistry II
Fall 2009CHEM 343Organic Chemistry I
Spring 2009CHEM 345Organic Chemistry II
Fall 2008CHEM 343Organic Chemistry I
Spring 2008CHEM 345Organic Chemistry II
Fall 2007CHEM 343Organic Chemistry I
Spring 2007CHEM 345Organic Chemistry II
Fall 2006CHEM 345Organic Chemistry II

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