I’ve never seen a tool so widely used miss the mark by this much. I’m in second-semester Chemistry at UC Berekely and I just can’t understand why even after semi-regular updates the website consistently fails me and my peers at every turn. The questions it asks are often totally obscure and include HORRIBLY phrased strange exceptions to rules that you will never see on any exam you will take in your life. You will try to solve these questions and, in doing so, end up far more confused than you were in the beginning. This site can make you feel inept and furthermore damage your academic confidence, which isn’t something many college students can afford as this stuff is already difficult enough. Success breeds motivation and motivation, success — Sapling rarely awards me either. Why Sapling is a tool utilized at the level of University is mind-boggling to me — the company itself is just as out of touch as the professors assigning it.
I would rather be shot in the leg than unironically recommend this to someone.
TLDR: Sapling is a very poor system that puts forth no focus on the basics of chemistry and instead focuses on complexities and rarities that will make you work far harder than you should so soon and will only confuse you; Does not explain anything at any point in any comprehensible way, not even accidentally.
I’ve never seen a tool so widely used miss the mark by this much. I’m in second-semester Chemistry at UC Berekely and I just can’t understand why even after semi-regular updates the website consistently fails me and my peers at every turn. The questions it asks are often totally obscure and include HORRIBLY phrased strange exceptions to rules that you will never see on any exam you will take in your life. You will try to solve these questions and, in doing so, end up far more confused than you were in the beginning. This site can make you feel inept and furthermore damage your academic confidence, which isn’t something many college students can afford as this stuff is already difficult enough. Success breeds motivation and motivation, success — Sapling rarely awards me either. Why Sapling is a tool utilized at the level of University is mind-boggling to me — the company itself is just as out of touch as the professors assigning it.
I would rather be shot in the leg than unironically recommend this to someone.
TLDR: Sapling is a very poor system that puts forth no focus on the basics of chemistry and instead focuses on complexities and rarities that will make you work far harder than you should so soon and will only confuse you; Does not explain anything at any point in any comprehensible way, not even accidentally.