Reviews of professor Caroline Proulx

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Super hard class

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm not sure why people say she's passive-aggressive, Dr. Proulx is the sweetest: enthusiastic about content, readily answers questions, & is always happy to help. While organic chemistry can be challenging, Dr. Proulx is a great choice of instructor & genuinely wants students to do well. Engage with the material & reach out if you need help!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She seemed a little hard to approach outside of class, but her tests are straight forward. Her slides are long and can be wordy but her homework are mostly good practice for the tests. The extra practice she occasionally gives are also really good practice examples for her tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Solid lecturer, reasonably accommodating and exams are extremely fair with no tricks. Drops hints about exam content and common mistakes. Cares about student feedback (ie videos are up for a week not 2 days). Got an A+, and I nearly failed orgo 1. She's more mechanism/"explain why" heavy than other CH223 profs, but a bit less retrosynthesis.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Orgo is difficult, but her tests are straightforward from her notes. She goes fast during class, but the lectures are recorded and you can access them for a week after class. Take good notes, you won't need to go back to the recordings past a week. The homework is helpful practice. If you put in work, you'll be fine. Lots of studying.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Test were hard and worth 85% of the total grade. Test average was normally under 70. She goes through the lectures very fast. It helps to re-watch the lecture videos since there is a lot of info in a class and you will miss things

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
She is a good professor who obviously knows the material. She has great slide shows and guided notes that you should definitely use if you take her class. Her test are very fair as well. However I will say her teaching style is soft and quite mundane so it can be boring at times. She also removes her recorded lectures from Panap. after a week.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tests are straightforward, lectures are fast-paced but informative, and she gives lots of study material. Orgo 2 is a tough class, but you will do well with Dr. Proulx if you put in the work.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid taking her if you can. Very much learn on your own. Tests are a majority of your grade, homework and attendance account for about 10% combined. Very monotone and goes through notes quickly, so class is very hard to follow and difficult to stay awake, especially for an 8:30. Homework doesn't help on exams and neither does the study guide

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Don't take her unless you know what you're doing in orgo!! She runs through the lectures like her life depends on it and she doesn't leave the Panoptos up for longer than a week so you can't use them to study. Study guides are not helpful and you have weekly Achieve homeworks that were annoying. If you pick up on concepts quickly you might be okay.