Reviews of professor Suki Smaglik

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Suki was very nice, but seemed too busy to really teach. She gave out many helpful resources, but expected us to learn the material on our own, with weekly zoom calls to work on textbook questions. Many labs and assignments. There are three tests (not timed) and one final exam (timed), all open book. Hard material to learn, but the resources help.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
very hard

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I would recommend this professor to any person who is trying to take Chem 161,162, and I believe if she does teach 163, take her. If you study at least 30 minutes to 1 hour everyday if not less, and watch her lecture videos. You will pass her class. Although she is a tough grader, she adds lots of extra credit to exams and homework.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Chemical concepts (a lab course) was really fun and interesting with Suki. She's always open to questions, and easy to get a hold of. Throughout the quarter, she let the class keep notes on a periodic table that we could use on tests. Great class, very interesting. 10/10 would recommend to others.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class was BEYOND hard. This class was "in person" but she never taught. Instead she assigned 7 - 10, 15 minute videos explaining what we had to learn BEFORE class. As there was a decent amount of time to complete assignments, the assignments were HARD and take at LEAST 2 hours to complete. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Suki is not a bad professor, she makes learning fun w/ labs. Exams are based off of what she teaches in class and offers extra credit opportunities. So if you get a low score on a test you have a chance to bring your grade up, I suggest taking them even if your grade is high. She hardly assigns homework and is happy to help if you have questions.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took this class during the pandemic, she was very lenient on assignments if you ask for extensions. Reasonable amount of homework, use the book and assignments for quizzes and you should be fine.