Reviews of professor Rupa Gokal

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Absolutely love Gokal and I'm dying inside now that she's leaving. She made ochem very understandable and I love her teaching style (esp compared to hubbard). She wants you to understand and offered LOTS of practice problems that she created. She used the PLAs during class which helped so much. Only issue was I never got email responses from her

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Gokal is your BEST opportunity to do well in ochem. She is extremely knowledgeable about the material and in her office hours she is very helpful in creating up any questions you might have. Also, the tests are graded very fairly.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Gokal is the best organic chemistry professor at UGA. She cares for her students deeply & is very clear as to what she expects from students. She always makes herself available for office hours, reviews over past exams, or even if you just want to chat about your progress over the semester. She really gives her students the chance to succeed.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Gokal is the best professor I've had at the University of Georgia! She is very intelligent and is able to dedicate some one-on-one time with her students to make sure that you are understanding the topic. Doing some reading on your own before the lectures is important because she really builds off of a basic understanding of the textbook.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The teaching style of this professor is horrible. She does not lecture and she is not helpful. She grades on accuracy and makes you read the textbook before class to teach yourself to complete a worksheet in class. You can have your hand raised for the whole class with no help because there are only a few TA's.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. Gokal is a brilliant professor. You will spend most of your time studying the material outside of class, but she will give outstanding lectures to help filter the material that you need to know for the test. Also, her office hours are very helpful as well. Science Guyz tutoring pairs greatly with Gokal's teaching style, so I recommend it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. Gokal is a great professor and explains concepts clearly. The class is challenging, but Dr.Gokal connects the fundamentals to make it easier to understand. As long as you do the textbook problems and listen to the lecture, you should be fine

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a phenomenal teacher, and probably the best O-Chem professor there is. You still have to read the textbook and put a lot of work in, but she is very helpful in lectures and office hours, so definitely go to those. She makes it doable to do well in a tough class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She's a great professor & explains organic chemistry very clearly. You HAVE to study well and read the textbook, you really can't pass without doing the practice problems. Her exams are mostly open responses, which is good because you get a lot of partial credit points. Ochem is hard at UGA regardless, but she really breaks concepts down.