She is a very nice professor who really tries to get you to understand the material. The test aren't easy but not impossible and like everyone fails them but she curves them so like a 20% is a B+ so don't worry. Good class

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she is such a good teacher and explains thigns so clearly!

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amazing teacher. go to her office hours if you need anything. she's so helpful

Great teacher! she takes time explaining his reasonings until you get it, she deserves an A+++, go to her office hours, even more helpful!!

She is very knowledgeable with her subject and does a great job presenting her lecture and what she wants us to understand. If you ever need help, she is always there. The best part is she loves to blow stuff up in class, so there is no falling asleep in this class.

Great teacher Very helpful and understanding. Very clear. Awesome teacher.

Great teacher, explains things really well and loves to blow stuff up. She's always willing to help you and wants her students to get good grades.

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She's very fun and keeps it interesting!

Blows stuff up! COVER YOUR EARS!!!

I used to hate chem, but she made the class really fun and easy to understand. Def. recommend!

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She's probably one of my most favorite teachers that I ever had. She is very helpful and makes chemistry very interesting. She's very energetic and teaches well.

Most enthusiastic teacher ever. Made chemistry interesting. Lab questions are challenging, but worth spending time on because the tests aren't easy either. Very good with curving to make grades more favorable.

easy to understand, kept class interesting which helped you understand, not much homework and fair grading great class!

DEMOS ARE THE BEST

amazing...i beyond failed my first exam and kept going to her for help...ended up with an A...She gets to know her students and tells you exactly what to study. You have to work, but you will learn the material and love Gretchen!

She is really good. Go to her office hours if needed.

Great

Gretchen is an amazing teacher! She explains everything extremely well in lecture. She is available after class to talk and she also has office hours.

Just an amazing all around teacher. Nice, interesting, loves to blow things up.

Awesome teacher! Explains everything in detail I never had a hard time in the class.

Awesome teacher! Loved every minute of it.

Awesome!

amazing! Best chemistry teacher I ever had!

I love Gretchen! She is so cute and funny and makes chemistry fun. She very clearly explains everything and is very happy to teach and help. Overall awesome teacher.

She is a great teacher always willing to help

Very helpful.....always willing to take extra time out of her busy schedule to help. Her lectures were huge but very funny and entertaining. The tests were somewhat difficult, but that also depends on how much you enjoy chemistry...Great Teacher!

She's awesome!

Gretchen is by far the best chem teacher I have ever had! She explains the material so well. I don't even like chemistry but she makes it very interesting. She is always blowing things up in class and she makes it a lot of fun.

Excellent at explaining concepts clearly. Very helpful and made chem interesting and fun!

Gretchen is definitely my favorite teacher by far. She was really helpful, loved what she was teaching (shown through exploding things), and very knowledgeable of each subject. The tests were challenging, but not bad at all. This class really prepared me for higher chemistry classes.

Gretchen is an aweesome professor. You never get bored in her class, she always keeps you on your toes. When you least expect it, she will make something explode...

She is a great teacher. She really cares about her students and wants to make sure we understand everything. She is also hilarious.

Very fun!

thee best science teacher ever

Gretchen is, by far, one of the best teachers I've ever had. She loves what she does and really cares about her students. Lecture is always exciting. Perfect class for my freshman year!

Very easy to understand

Very good teacher!! She explains things very well. Shes always willing to help, shes funny,and super nice. I actually liked going to lecture. She's one of the best teachers I've ever had.If you are going to take chem 101, pick her for your professor

Very good teacher!! She explains things very well, which made the class easy. Shes always willing to help, shes funny,and super nice. I actually liked going to lecture. She's one of the best teachers I've ever had. If you are going to take chem 101, register for her lecture!

Professor Adams is an amazing teacher. Her lectures are amazing especially the demonstrations (although mind you if you don't like explosions, sit in around the middle). If you do well on her exams, she will even email you a congratulations. Only thing I wish she could do is to teach higher level Chemistry courses.

Because this class requires very little chemistry knowledge, it was a fun and easy course. Attending and writing the labs were a bit long but they were not hard at all. Gretchen was very helpful and super nice! I recommend this course to all education majors who need a physical science for their gen eds!

she could teach an animal to understand chemistry

She is honestly one of the best teachers I've ever had! She explains things so well, and does all kinds of awesome experiments and demonstrations during lecture!

Best chemistry teacher ever! And she really cares about how her students do. She's really helpful when you ask her for help. I wish she taught other chem classes!

She made my college experience as a freshman great! I will miss her!

i love gretchen. she is so fun and makes the class interesting. i hate chemistry but she got me to love it! i'd recommend her class to anyone !!!

Didn't like chemistry before I had her.. great teacher!

She makes the class a lot of fun and interesting to learn! She was my favorite teacher!

Seriously--Gretchen is the best teacher ever. She is not easy, she challenges you. But she is so passionate about what she does and that energy is transferred to her students (ironic) but really, BEST PROFESSOR EVERRRR

I will miss her.

Best professor I ever had! So much fun and passionate about what she teaches!

Best chemistry teacher!

She is very sweet. She wants everyone to do well. Definitely goes above and beyond to help students. The class was a breeze because of her.

Gretchen is a fantastic professor! She's really sweet, really passionate about her teaching, and beyond willing to help anyone who needs it. She genuinely cares that people perform well in her class.

Best teacher ever! was a great class and had an awesome TA!

She is the best chemistry teacher EVER! She will make you love chemistry. Her class is soo fun!

Gretchen is the coolest, funniest,last but not least BEST teacher ever. My TA isn't all that great but Gretchen's lectures are worth going to!

Gretchen is my favorite professor so far! She keeps her lectures interesting, especially with all of her in-class experiments. She goes through all of the information at a great pace so that you understand everything. She is awesome!

She is the best, the best , the BEST teacher I have ever had. She keep the class interesting. She made me love chemistry. She really is the best

You can tell that she loves teaching and is really nice and funny and explains things very clearly. She is willing to help because chemistry is a bit hard, she explains things very carefully and puts emphasis on certain things that you should know. Fun class and cool experiments.

Lots of demonstrations and explosions. If the Mythbusters taught Chem 101, it would be this class.

I hate chemistry but the class was decent. Definitly should have studied. But if chem isn't something your interested in and or bad at it. Juts don't take chem.

SERIOUSLY THE BEST CHEM 101 TEACHER! Gretchen was extremely engaging and I loved her lectures. She sincerely loves her job and it is very obvious with the way she teaches her lecture. Her tests are also very easy if you take the practice exams. Make sure to go to discussion and review your graded lab work. Loved this woman!

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE. SHES AMAZING. LABS ARE VERY INTERESTING. SHE EXPLAINS EVERYTHING CLEARLY. SHE IS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP. VERY NICE. NO EXAMS. NO TEXT BOOK. NO QUIZZES. JUST LAB REPORTS (12 OF THEM).

Gretchen is a great teacher. She explains things very well and she is happy to help if you have questions. WARNING: she likes to blow things up! haha, you'll definitely not fall asleep in her class! :)

Gretchen is a great teacher! She is funny and also shows the class funny demos that make chem easier to understand. A lot of weekly homework though and the TA's kinda such but but she is always willing to give extra help to her students outside of class!

Gretchen is awesome! She is so sweet and funny! Definitely great at teaching and willing to help students outside of class. Also loved my TA. He was great at teaching also.

she freakin rocks

Honestly, outside of the fact that she is a babe, Gretchen is one of the best professors I have ever had. She's hilarious and makes chemistry enjoyable. Definitely a great professor.

Great teacher that made class fun.

Easy A. this was the only class that I looked forward to going to. Gretchen is super funny, nice, and helpful! Lab was fun and there was NO textbook needed.

She is awesome! You have to do your work and study just like any other chemistry class, but it was easier than my high school chemistry class. She is hilarious during lectures and very friendly at office hours. iClickers are used at every lecture. You won't regret taking this class if you are taking Chem 102.

Amazing teacher! Go the lecture and you'll do great in the class. They're actually pretty fun most of the time too.

This is by far the best class I have taken my whole college career. Gretchen is so interested in making sure her students succeed, and she actually takes the time to learn everyone's name in the class. She is not only extremely helpful, but also a fabulous and nice teacher. You would be dumb not to take this class as an undergraduate (an easy a).

Great professor. She seriously made things that confused the hell out of me make sense.

Gretchen is by far the best professor. her chem lectures are super fun and she's always full of energy and willing to answer any questions during lecture or clarify anything. if you go to office hours, shell help with any homework or lab write ups. you don't really need the textbook but if you need a deeper understanding i suggest to use it

Gretchen is a front-runner for most popular professor here at UIUC. She is energetic, funny, and a total chemistry dork, which endears her to the students. Make sure to devote ample time to study if you take the class, but it shouldn't be your most difficult freshman course.

Gretchen is absolutely amazing! She makes sure you understand things in lecture and she keeps your attention very well. She does lots of demos that really help you get the picture, but don't be fooled. You do have to understand the information to pass the tests.

Gretchen is amazing! She is a fantastic lecturer. She is engaging, and she very much cares for the success of her students. Her exams are fair. Just study the material, and do the homework problems assigned in discussion. This should prepare you very well for the exam.

Gretchen is probably one of the best professors around. She is funny, and the lectures are phenomenal. She does everything she can to ensure the success of the students. As long as you go to class and do all the comprehensive assignments, getting an A or B in this class shouldn't be too hard. Gretchen makes learning chemistry fun and easy!

Great professor!

Her lectures definitely aren't boring. It's very obvious that she loves what she does and that makes this class a lot better.

She is really nice and gives great lectures as well as one-on-one time.

Gretchen is an AMAZING professor. If you take chem 101 do not take one of the TAs that teaches one section of her class, I has to transfer out of his class and it is why I can't get an A in that class. With her an easy A is possible.

Gretchen is the best Chem teacher ever created. I hated Chem in HS, but when she taught me i actually started to love it! I hate myself for loving but goddamn its my guilty pleasure. It is like math, and with math takes practice. Take the homework assignments seriously, and do learn from it. This class should have stood for 4 credit hours :(

She is absolutely amazing! She is so good at engaging people in her lectures!!

Doctor Adams is the best professors I've had for Chemistry. Caring, understanding, and most importantly is very passionate about what she teaches about. Lectures are enjoyable to attend, and as long as you keep up with the homework and complete the exam reviews, getting and A in this class is more than doable. I would 110% recommend her class.

I LOVE DR ADAMS