Reviews of professor Kevyn Gardner Ricossa

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
One of the most caring professors I've ever met. She does a great job at explaining ochem, and being accessible. She's able to meet with you outside of her office hours via zoom and genuinely wants her students to do well. She provides an outline for notes, past practice exams and quizzes, and extra credit. If you put in the work you'll be okay!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is lovely for a chemistry teacher. All her study guides are like the five quizzes, three exams, and the final exam. She gives you a cheat sheet. Her lecture can be confusing if you don't pay attention P.S "professor dave" on youtube. She gives easy extra credit . The class is not mandatory; she has a Zoom link and posts her classroom online.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I know a lot of people didn't like her but I thought she was ok, especially when comparing to some of the other ochem professors. She goes fast in lecture, but if you do the homework, it helps grasp the concepts. She only curved one exam, but she curves the entire course grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
If you're worried about taking Organic Chemistry, take this professor. I'm terrible at chemistry but I was able to get a C with very minimal effort. Just do all the hw, extra credit, and attempt all questions on the exams because she gives some credit for even attempting problems. With her grading criteria, a 50% overall grade is a C-.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Attendance isn't mandatory because lectures are recorded. She provided old exams and quizzes to practice, which really helped. She cared for her students, and is willing to spend more time explaining stuff through emails (like paragraphs of them). Organic chem was tough, but she helped a lot.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take her class. She curved 1/3 exams and the curved average was still in the 50% area. The exam averages for the other 2 were in the 40-50% range. Final average was a 47.8 %. No curve on the final. All exams are free response and so is the final. If she curved like a normal professor, many more people would have passed the class. Just don't.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
OCHEM 1 is going to be hard no matter what. Dr. Ricossa does a decent job of teaching it and you can understand it well if you pay attention at all times. However, the tests are very challenging considering how hard it is to understand the material. You will have to do practice and watch videos if you want to do well. Not the worst though

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Do not be afraid to take her! Dr. Gardner-Ricossa is very fair, and she bases all her exam questions on the lecture notes. Organic Chemistry is a hard class, so definitely expect to work hard for an A. Her grading scale is curved (85% is an A-), and she is super accessible outside of class. Go to her office hours and do past exams/quizzes with her