CHEM 2410

This class is definitely hard, but it is so much more doable than people make it sound. Do not let yourself get scared off by the people saying you'll be lucky to end with a C. I ended with an A in this class, and it did not take much more effort than any other pre-med prerequisite classes.
Frantz's schedule is awesome since she does new content Monday/Wednesday and then does review on Fridays in class. This gives you a chance to catch up on the content that doesn't make sense for a couple of days before taking in new content.
The strategy that I adopted mid-semester was to not actually do the full readings but to do the warmups and reference the reading as needed. I found this to be beneficial for me because it weeded out the information in the readings that was not necessary to know, since they are super long sometimes, but this may not work for everyone.
Show up to lectures not just because Clickr credit is 14% of your grade, but because Frantz is incredible at breaking down the content and making it more approachable.
Discussions are sometimes a bit tricky, especially if you're confused on a topic, but my group averaged around a 9.5/10, so it should still be a grade booster for you as long as you stay focused with your group and check work with TAs as necessary.
Now, the exams. Everyone will tell you that Frantz's exams are insane and unreasonable, but this is not true. I started dedicated studying one week before the exam. Start with just making sense of everything. I would do organic chem tutor videos, go through the lecture slides, and do old warmup problems for this. Once you feel confident enough in everything, you can start to do the recommended practice problems in the textbook that she has on a PDF in Canvas. Make sure to do the end of the chapters that are challenge problems, since these are most similar to what Frantz will put on an exam. You can also do old discussion problems, but be warned that these are significantly easier than what will be on the exams. I got Bs on basically all of the 3 midterms, but with the corrections that get you half credit back got an A/A- average for the midterms.
The final. I was absolutely terrified for the final because of her reputation for giving insane final exams, but I ended up getting a B+ and a higher raw score than I was able to get on any of the midterm exams. I only studied for about 4 days before the final. It was very fair, and if you just do all of the PDF practice problems again, you will be perfectly fine.
I'm not saying to underestimate this class, and you definitely still need to put the WORK in, but don't underestimate yourself either! I would 100% recommend Frantz as your orgo prof over the others as it stands now, but know that she doesn't take BS from her students. She wants you to succeed, but she will not carry you through it or give you special treatment. You got this and GOOD LUCK!

Love my girl Alicia. I took this course last fall with Stains and ended with a C-, I retook it this fall with Frantz and received an A. Frantz has a harsh reputation, but she truly knows her stuff and is an excellent professor who genuinely cares about her students' learning. Don't be afraid of the other reviews about her; I would retake with her in a heartbeat. Frantz's grading scale is forgiving; you can get 50% points back on midterms by completing corrections, and the other categories are easy 100s. The only thing to worry about is the final; it is cumulative and does not offer an option for test corrections. My best advice on that is to remember that when she says cumulative, she means cumulative. Pay attention to what she mentions in class because she will hold you to it. She really could test you on anything on her list of learning objectives, and learn your pKas!! Good luck!

This class was not TOO bad. I ended up with an A, and I went to it thinking it will be hard so I studied A LOT. I also didn't take gen chem (had AP chem) but there weren't that many concepts based on gen chem content. If you do all the textbook practice problems and do problems in class (including Friday practices + discussions), you will do fine on your exams. BUt make sure you try your best for the first exam since you will want to keep your score. She lets you drop one midterm score and I ended up dropping the last one (also bc i had high enough scores for first two midterms). I would say the final is pretty difficult. I didn't really know how to study for the final bc I already did all the in-class practices for my midterm exams. It ended up not being as bad as I thought it would be when I got my score, but while I was taking the final, it was pretty difficult. It's true that you will get 10 points below your midterm scores.

Frantz is a really good lecturer and her class is very nicely structured. I would do everything that she says from the beginning of class and make sure to never get behind. Go to her lectures as her lectures are not recorded. Overall it wasn't as bad as I thought but also bc I put in a lot of time!