AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Mahealani Bautista

CHEM21 · CHEMISTRY21 · OCHEM21 · CHEM1O · CHEM10 · CHEM12 · 88 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
48.78%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

if you can live in office hours and homework; strongly consider another professor for organic chemistry.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough STEM graderLecture heavyOffice hours criticalOChem minefieldTest heavy
  • Chem 10 while OChem and some Chem 12 reviews are harshly negative
  • Expect and nitpicky grading with little
  • Success requires nonstop practice office hours and accepting a high time cost for foundation building

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

As are earned only with and careful exam work; and easy curves are rare.

Online OChem paints an even harder A path than in-person Chem 10.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Chemistry is fast lecture-heavy and cumulative with many students calling exams tricky and workload extreme.

In-person Chem 10 is hard but learnable; online OChem is frequently called brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Skip-class tags and comments warn that missing lecture .

; online still depends on staying current.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Many love her for Chem 10 foundations while a .

In-person Chem 10 drives positives; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

and nitpicky deductions for tiny errors dominate student language.

Format shift

especially unforgiving.

Workload

Heavy

18/100

Lots of and test prep often described as 40-hour-level commitment.

Format shift

Heavy load is universal; online OChem reports extreme weekly hours.

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Clear caring Chem 10 lectures contrast with .

Format shift

In-person gen chem is stronger; online OChem teaching scores collapse.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Exams quizzes labs and but .

Format shift

Both formats are test heavy; online adds proctoring mentions.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

40 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person Chem 10 praise is strong for clarity and care while OChem and some advanced and overload.

Main concern

Missing lectures is fatal and work.

What students said

“ !!!!!”
CHEM10
“Don't miss a single lecture because you will fall behind!”
CHEM10
“Much of the in class”
CHEM12

Remote format

Online

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online OChem reviews are and heavy time demands.

Main concern

Online OChem feels disconnected with brutal exams and .

What students said

“ .”
CHEM21
“ . Lectures are pre-recorded, so there are not many opportunities to ask questions.”
CHEM21
“She proctors us while and theyre so hard!”
CHEMISTRY21

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and some online sections were proctored over Zoom.

Test heavyTricky examsProctored Zoom examsLecture-based examsNitpicky grading

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are tricky cumulative and and no .

Tricky examsTest heavyHomework-linked free responseStrict grading
“Make sure to be thorough and as they can be tricky.”
CHEM10
“Much of the in class”
CHEM12

Online

Online OChem comments report and .

Zoom proctoringHard examsSlow or no feedbackPre-recorded lectures
“She proctors us while and theyre so hard!”
CHEMISTRY21
“Grades are returned very slowly, and you cannot see what you did wrong.”
CHEM21

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“This is definitely a difficult class, but if you attend every lecture, stay on top of homework, and ask questions, you can earn an A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews contrasting strong Chem 10 praise with severe OChem criticism. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

58/100

“Dr. Bautista is absolutely the most wonderful chemistry .”

📉 OChem Warning

20/100

“ .”

⚖️

22/100

“She is also a so if you misspell a chemical name by even one letter, expect a deduction.”

📚 Workload

18/100

“She expects you to spend 40+ and I definitely did.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her lectures are hilarious and she always makes sure that her students don't fall behind.
  • and made sure we built a good foundation for the later chem courses.
  • You'd have a better time just buying the book and teaching yourself the material.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • It's not difficult if you dedicate time in .
  • only the with her. It had to be earned, not given.
  • She doesn't give or .

Theme 3

⚠️ About OChem and Feedback

  • so painstaking to complete.
  • It is APRIL and this professor has not graded one thing!!
  • .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

88

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews from 2015 to 2026 cover Chem 10 Chem 12 and OChem with detailed recurring themes despite strong polarization.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 542
4 out of 513
3 out of 57
2 out of 57
1 out of 519

Course coverage

CHEM1021 reviews
CHEM2114 reviews
CHEM129 reviews
OCHEM214 reviews
CHEM1O1 review
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CHEMISTRY211 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

47 reported outcomes

A range

15

A+ 1 · A 13 · A- 1

B range

9

B+ 3 · B 6

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 4

D range

1

D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

16

Drop/Withdrawal 6 · Not sure yet 9 · Rather not say 1