CHEM 2410

Prof Frantz is incredible, definitely worthwhile class where you will learn a lot and have a good time.

Take orgo with Professor Frantz!! She is an awesome lecturer and explains concepts well.

Professor Frantz is a wonderful orgo Professor! She’s definitely the best professor Uva has had in a really long time. She really wants her students to learn and understands that lecturing at students for 3 hours a week isn’t effective. Instead she spends a lot of class time doing practice problems so that way you can actually see what you do and don’t understand. I would definitely sit closer to the front bc in the back it’s very easy to get distracted. Even though Frantz is a good professor that doesn’t make orgo easy, be prepared to be confused and have to study a lot for the tests, but at least the class is geared to help you in anyway it can. She had tests corrections, drops your lowest grade, and there is a lot of participation points.

This class had a lot of outside work. Daily quizzes, weekly homeworks and reading, a mandatory discussion section that always lasts like an hour a half. That being said, there were a lot of variables to bring your grade up so take advantage of them. The exams were fair and the test corrections were always appreciated. Try not to forget anything as you move along because everything builds on itself. Don't expect any curves or anything because to be honest, there really aren't any needed at the end of the course. Personally, I feel like there's a lot of hysteria around organic chemistry, but Frantz does a great job at grounding it as just another subject for a student to learn. This is how it is and everyone can learn as long as you do plenty of practice problems. Try not to be intimidated, but approach it with a hardworking attitude and an A is most definitely possible.

This class is very practice-based - there are many practice problems in class and discussion is almost entirely group practice for bonus points. Exams are fairly difficult with no multiple choice but you can get up to half your missed points back with exam corrections. Frantz herself is very helpful in office hours and her lectures are fantastic. My one complaint: Top Hat is a huge pain to use, as the textbook is riddled with poorly explained sections, typos make it unintelligible in parts, and the mobile app is nearly useless for clicker questions.

Some people really liked Frantz.... some people really dislike her. I am on the latter side. Tophat is absolutely riddled with bugs, and I personally believe I did not learn anything in Frantz lectures. I did not go to the last 9 lectures, and I skipped a few throughout the rest of the semester, yet, I received an A in this class - if that tells you anything about how much you learn in lecture. If you want to succeed but not be overbearingly stressed out by Frantz Tophat reading and lectures, just read the Klein textbook and do all the Klein recommended practice problems.

Professor Frantz is by far the most skilled lecturer I've has at this University. She is excellent and makes what I thought would be a hard class one of my easiest ones. Do the readings and it will be hard for you to get less than an B+ in this class.

I feel like a lot of people give Frantz a hard time, but this is one of the most difficult classes at UVA and I think she does her best to make it clear and enjoyable. The TopHat readings are kinda of stupid and have a lot of typos and information you don't need to know. I found it more helpful to go to class and take notes, and then read the sections about what was covered in class afterwards. The key to doing well on exams is doing sooo many practice problems. If you can get access to the Klien Orgo textbook, use those chapters/problems for practice. I always found the Klien chapters more clear and those problems more relevant than the tophat ones. I don't think it is Frantz's fault this class is so miserable; she does the best she can to teach the material and is super nice in office hours. I think taking this with Frantz is the way to go. ALSO: When you take this class, please appreciate it and don't take it for granted because Orgo II is a million times worse.

Frantz has favorites in the class and these are the good reviews that you see on here. I think she makes the tests unfair by pulling information that we have not discussed in class from the Klein textbook (we were not told to purchase this, I only have it because tophat sucks). Once you're in the spring semester, she puts questions on the exam from the fall, even though many students did not take the class with her during the fall semester. She can be unreasonable with any technical problems with the class. For example, when tophat isn't working and you are unable to answer in class questions, she won't give you credit for them even if you are there. She says that its not her problem, its tophats! She is not very understanding in terms of exam conflicts. Good news is her exam corrections are awesome. dont take orgo if you don't have to. In my opinion, lecture is optional (as long as you're answering the tophat questions from home.... and the app is working).

I have kept a record over the past two semesters of how many times she has said "Quiet Please" in lecture. I realized one week in that it was going to be an absurd amount. Keep in mind that this total is based on only classes I was present for, so a margin of error does exist and this is most likely a low estimate. Without further ado, here are the results:
Fall semester QP's - 45 over 10 days (4.5 avg per day) estimated 149 over entire semester
Spring semester QP's- 126 over 33 days (3.8 avg per day) with 2 silent stares and 1 "I'll wait"
Total QP's - 171
Estimated Total QP's - 275

Please, just be quiet.