CHEM 2421

A very un-fun class. No one is really sure how the grading system works, which makes everyone super-competitive and on-edge all semester. The final is the hardest you'll take.

Terrible Class terrible professor terrible. TERRIBLE

THIS CLASS IS REALLY FUN AND INTERESTING! oh wait, i got confused. What I meant to say was that this class is basically the worst thing ever and avoid it at all costs unless you are pre-med and have to take it. And even then, take it over the summer

Worthless class.

Lectures are decently clear, but Hunt doesn't like interacting with students. Try saying "hi" to him or saying "thank you" after speaking with him in his office. I tried both and each time his response was either silence or an incomprehensible mumble. Essentially, he's a researcher masquerading as a teacher. He may think the grading system is fair, but how can you call something fair when your grade depends in large part on the performance of other people? It can't be that difficult to provide the TAs with solid guidelines about how to grade reports to ensure consistency across the board.

Hunt got a better sense of humor, although sparse at that. The labs are much more interesting although less students have continued after having trouble with 241L. Don't take this class personally because your final grade is arbitrary.

Very difficult class, although that point seems to beat a dead horse. Hunt is very, very intelligent, almost too intelligent for his own good. His lectures were very informative with a prelude to the lab, relevent background information and applied uses, and even a few jokes here and there. From my experiences, I've learned that lab reports and rank are too competitive especially since I feel like Hunt bases your grade solely on the final exam score. It's near impossible, and if you get near 100%, he'll make you take another oral exam. That's how sure of himself he is. Hunt is a great professor; however, this class is the hardest class I've taken and by far the "least fun."

Hunt is a total jerk. He makes his finals ridiculously tough compared to the day-to-day rigors of the course. He has a grudge against undergrads and I guess keeping people out of med school is his sick fantasy. I got a B first semester and somehow I ended up with a C- second. Thats due to the magic of his mystery grade system. Nobody knows how it works

A lot of people complain about the grading system, but I thought it was better than the general chemistry labs where so many students are bunched together in the top 40% of the class that there is no statistically significant distinction between a B student and an A student. Hunt's horrific final, if nothing else, is a way to guarantee uniformity across lab sections where some TAs grade more easily than others. With that being said, it is still one of the most intimidating courses you'll find at UVa, and you may struggle on the final if you are not good at multiple choice tests.

This class really is as horrid as everyone says. It is made horrid just to be horrid. Dr. Hunt is MUCH better than Dr. MacDonald (perhaps the worst professor I've ever encountered), but that's like compairing rotten oranges to moldly apples -- either way, they still seem to be inedible. His grading structure is unfair, basing his grades of an individual student on the failure of others, yet he still manages to stay on staff at UVA because he's a brilliant researcher and good lecturer. I personally liked Dr. Hunt (overall) as a person, yet his class was simplely a terrible experiance. Don't take it unless you HAVE to.