I retook this course in my second year after failing it in the first year. Honestly the worst part about it is mainly that this course is on first year first term only, no preparation for you. But I still barely handled it this time. It's really tough. I got 58% in midterm 1, I thought I'm screwed, but I found out the course average was 48%. The midterm 2 was much easier and final was moderate. So get ready to fail it. Try to register this course with some easy courses, it takes a lot of time to study. Last year it had 4 in class quizzes for marks. But this year there were only 4 assignments (online quizzes), so much easier.

I've written in my last year's review.

She's ok and kind. I didn't rely on her and basically studied by myself though.

To get a pass, you'll need to do all the exercise questions on chirp, that's the bottom line. You have to understand the concepts and logics in the questions Besides that, do as many practices as you can. Memorization in this course is helpless. Also, when you do the practice exams, time yourself. You will only have 1 hour in midterms. The final is much better. You need to memorize the conversions of eV and Å, they are not on the formula sheet.