AI Rate Professor

Culinary Arts

Melissa Simpson

BAKINGPANTRY · CAA126 · BAKING1 · BAKIN1 · CAA124 · CA124 · CA126 · BAKING13 · BAKING1BAKING2 · BAKING · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
72/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

Take her if you want real pastry skills and ; skip if you need a .

Best fit · Effort For RewardKitchen-strict pastry chefShow respect and thriveStudy guides from day oneHarsh labs, solid lecturesCareer-minded kitchen prep
  • Strong pastry and baking instructor who pushes real kitchen standards
  • and lectures and most students pass with solid grades
  • Can feel harsh or annoyed in lab, but many call her life-changing for pastry careers

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Show up, use study guides, and work hard in labs and most students pass even when tests are tough.

and baking reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

66/100

and study guides, though kitchen production can feel busy.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

and lectures, with points tied to showing up in at least one course.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

62/100

Career pastry students strongly recommend her; .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

58/100

Fair if you respect her and ; not a free A, but effort in class usually pays off.

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Labs pack many tasks and tests can be hard, but notes and study guides keep the load manageable.

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Teaching experience

Good

74/100

Strong lecture teacher and excellent pastry coach for committed students, weaker when labs feel rushed or irritable.

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Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

and finals backed by study guides.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person baking and , and hard work; lectures are clearer than labs, and study guides make exams manageable.

Main concern

production pressure hits.

What students said

“She is a little harsh at times but she is only trying to teach you the proper way to be in a kitchen.”
BAKING1
“Her study guides for midterms and finals are posted online from day 1. Show up to lectures and labs and you'll easily pass the class.”
BAKING13
“If you have decided to pursue pastry as your career definitively, then this instructor will change your life with what she will teach you.”
CA126

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests can be hard, but study guides and sometimes book .

Study guides posted earlyHard midtermsOpen-book friendly finalLab work matters

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Midterms and finals use posted study guides; one review notes a and book allowed.

Study guides from day 1Hard testsFinal with study guide and book
“Her study guides for midterms and finals are posted online from day 1.”
BAKING13
“The a study guide + you can use your book.”
BAKING1
“ , but even if you do bad on the if you show up and work hard in labs!”
CA124

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you have decided to pursue pastry as your career definitively, then this instructor will change your life with what she will teach you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 in-person reviews, highlighting kitchen rigor, respect, and . Credibility rating: High.

👨‍🍳 Teaching Payoff

74/100

“The .”

🔥 Kitchen Strictness

58/100

“She is a little harsh at times but she is only trying to teach you the proper way to be in a kitchen.”

📘

68/100

“Her study guides for midterms and finals are posted online from day 1. Show up to lectures and labs and you'll easily pass the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • I loved Chef Simpson.
  • She is a good lecture teacher but, a as she is inconvenienced by everything.
  • one of the learned from

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Her classes are fairly easy.
  • Great teacher! Show up to class and pay attention.
  • Class was generally easy. .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Show her respect and she will respect you right back.
  • , and patient, and you are cheating yourself if .
  • Dont get on her bad side though. Overall nice teacher.

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen reviews spanning many years show , and study guides despite some older sparse comments.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 55
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 50

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Reported outcomes

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A+ 1 · A 1

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