Reviews of professor Ioana Pavel

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I see a lot of negative comments on here based on personal experiences. I thought I should share mine. Dr. Pavel really does care about each and every student. She is more than willing to help students. She gives out lots of extra credit. Take advantage of it! The practice exams she gives are a good tool to study for exams. Overall good prof..

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She takes time to dive into problems and practice them in class. Her tests are all MC and scantron, making her tests fairly easy. She uses the quizzes as potential extra credit and focuses more on the mathematical portion of chemistry than the theory. Very kind and considerate professor, definitely one of my favorites!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Pavel is one of the few professors I had in college who actually cares if you are understanding the material or not. She's not the best at answering questions asked by students but she goes through things pretty well in lecture and does several example problems so I usually save extra classes for SI sessions. She gives lots of extra credit also

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The main thing for this class is to try to keep up with the work and do not miss class. Ask questions or email ..... be prepared to pick up fast , lots of information to comprehend in this class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took this class during COVID. She showed favoritism a lot and gave those specific ones extra credit. Lectures also were really slow. Didn't even cover the last two chapters that will be on the ACS. Good luck.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Pavel is caring and provides alot of extra credit opportunities. The material is much denser than in Gen Chem 1, but she will take the time to thoroughly explain each topic. You will have to work for an A, but it is totally doable if you work hard and do the extra credit. Be prepared to study everyday.