Reviews of professor Valeria Kleiman

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Her grading criteria is so unclear. She had so many assignments and graded them harshly. She had grades locked for the entire semester so nobody knew their grade until grades were posted and by then it was too late to do anything.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took CHM2047 a few semester ago. This class is much harder than any pre-med class. Kleiman's lectures were not relevant to HW, and the HW would take 20+ hours each week to do with countless study groups and office hours. One thing though, is that this class is special. You will never have a class like it again, and you'll meet some special people.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would stay away from anything that she teaches. She is not accessible or understanding and is extremely picking when grading.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is probably going to be the hardest class I have ever taken. Thankfully, there were no tests however, there were weekly homeworks that had around 8-12 hard multiple step questions. In total I spent over 15+ hours per week just for this class. However, it will prepare me for future classes

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Take Kleiman if you never want to be happy again and never want to see sunlight. You will have to put around 25-30 hrs a week on the hw. She is inconsiderate and cold to her students and you just have to hope and pray you have a TA who is nice. If you signed up for this class pls drop it while u can.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class will make you want to scratch your eyeballs out as you watch the hour-long recorded lectures at 2 AM and have to get up at 9 for the in-person lecture. However, Dr. Kleiman knows her stuff and will help you work through your problems. The grading by the TAs for the homework is weird and inconsistent, but most people ended up with an A.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is probably the hardest class I will take at UF, but it is 100% worth all of the effort. I spent around 15 hours a week on this class, and the homework is mainly problem sets. Know that this class is not a review of gen chem and is much more than that. I learned a lot in it though, and it made me really interested in chemistry :)

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I go on RMP and when I see a bad comment about a class I'm like "Oh that person just didn't work hard enough." NO I worked tirelessly at this class(25-30 hrs/week). This class is the worst I have ever taken. It does not prepare you for chemistry, it only prepares you to feel awful about yourself. Take anything else and don't say you weren't warned.