AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Shonia Hayes

CHEM107 · CHEM101 · CHEM100 · CHEM112 · 47 lifetime ratings

AI rating
27/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you already know chemistry well and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-Teach RequiredOverwhelming HomeworkTough GraderConfusing InstructionTest Heavy
  • Most students say you must because live teaching is weak.
  • readings, discussions, labs, and 15-20 hour weeks appear repeatedly.
  • Grading is hard and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

24/100

Even strong students report fighting for grades; and .

Both formats are hard to ace; and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Chemistry , and heavy practice make the course feel harder than average intro chem.

Online and in-person both require heavy independent reading; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

24/100

and hybrid meetings, with zeros for missed labs.

In-person and ; pure online evidence is thinner.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Would-take-again is only about 20%, and the dominant advice is stay away unless .

A , but the and online tone is strongly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report , and labs or exams that rarely yield high scores.

Format shift

; online also flags tough tests and .

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Multiple , and labs that can exceed 15 hours.

Format shift

In-person workload complaints are loudest; online still mentions heavy discussions and homework.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

The dominant theme is that she does not teach effectively and students rely on outside resources.

Format shift

In-person has both older praise and newer failure stories; online lean negative on lecture quality.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Exams and ; homework and discussions are heavy practice that still may not match tests.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize tests; and practice exams released late.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and massive homework, with only a minority calling her caring or funny.

Main concern

Weak live instruction paired with high-stakes tests and .

What students said

“If you're going to take this professor get ready for 15-20 hours of and reading!!”
CHEM101
“ . She is by far the worst professor I have had my whole college career.”
CHEM101
“ if you want to actually learn organic chemistry”
CHEM112

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Sparse online reviews still warn about , and tests that do not match class materials.

Main concern

Self-teaching from and busywork.

What students said

“Professor Hayes is the . She can not remember what she tells the class. There are .”
CHEM101
“No real study material other than videos she has pre-recorded of herself that are not easy to locate in .”
CHEM100
“Instructor actually focuses on the .”
CHEM101

Exam style

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Tests are high stakes and often feel mismatched to lectures, with little safety net if you miss key items.

Test heavyPractice exams lateFew high-point questionsLab zeros for absence

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students describe tough , and lab policies that punish absences hard.

Hard examsLate practice examsMissed lab equals zeroTest heavy
“Her tests were literally 4-5 , so if you miss a couple questions you already have a D on it!!”
CHEM101
“ and she will give a zero if you miss a lab.”
CHEM107

Online

Online comments say tests include unfamiliar questions and students pass mainly by using YouTube, with .

Unfamiliar test questionsNo real lecturesYouTube self-study
“The questions on the before. You will only pass by using YouTube.”
CHEM101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . She is by far the worst professor I have had my whole college career. She is lazy and doesn't even make her own lectures for you to learn.”

Voice snapshots generated from 47 reviews, highlighting self-teaching demands, workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

📚

20/100

“you have to teach yourself. . she expects you to know everything without her actually teaching.”

⏱️ Workload Overload

18/100

“If you're going to take this professor get ready for 15-20 hours of and reading!!”

🧪 Test Pressure

30/100

“The only way to pass the gives one to two days before the exam.”

👍 Minority Defense

55/100

“Chemistry is a difficult subject period... She gives lots and lots of resources to help you understand. She's always open to questions.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She doesnt teach at all and the material she claims is on the .
  • just sides, you're on your own 100%.
  • She's always open to questions.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • No one ever got an A on any lab or more than a 90% on any exam. I fought hard for my A.
  • Don't wanna complete 6 readings, a 20 question hand-written discussion post, and 3 quizzes? Prepare to fail!
  • MOST of the class got C's, D's or F's.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • she was passive-aggressive.
  • She's also very discouraging to students she'd tell people if they weren't doing well in her class they should consider a different major
  • Professor Hayes is an awesome teacher. she really cares about her students

Data context

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Analysis sample

47

Recent reviews read by the AI

47

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

47 reviews over and workload complaints despite a minority of positive outliers.

Inside 47 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 54
3 out of 55
2 out of 56
1 out of 522

Course coverage

CHEM10024 reviews
CHEM10120 reviews
CHEM1122 reviews
CHEM1071 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

33 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

8

B+ 2 · B 6

C range

10

C 10

D range

0

No reported values

F

4

F 4

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 4 · Not_Sure_Yet 1