Professor Sundberg is a horrid teacher. If you want to save your GPA and your sanity, drop out of this class immediately. The alleged "generous curve" is a myth. Unless you want to spend hundreds of dollars in tuition to teach yourself organic chemistry from the textbook, my suggestion would be to drop out.

After the first test, this course becomes mechanism memorization and synthesis. Material is connected and well organized for most of the class until the very end when random reactions and mechanisms start popping up (make sure you leave enough to time to review them!) Final exam is comprehensive, difficult, and extremely long. Score 20 points above the average for a solid A. (Interesting grade distribution... all grades between A to B- except 2 F's)

Wasn't sure what to expect after Harman and 181, but Sundberg is a great professor. He's nice, funny, and really knows his organic chemistry. I thought it was going to be miserable, but I learned so much from his class, and it wasn't painful at all. His tests and his grading is extremely fair, as are his problem sets. Lectures are important, so be sure to attend and take thorough notes!

Very fast, but very brilliant lecturer. Very approachable in the office. Problem sets take forever but are a major grade boost; not hard if you visit office hours. Hour exams and the final take over 3 hours each but are relatively straightforward; just be awake and don't leave anything blank. Course is graded on a tremendous curve: 75% was the cutoff for an A- and 50% was the cutoff for a B-.