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Chemistry

Mandana Villena-Visi

CHEM2 · CHEM101 · CHEM1 · CHEM1A · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
8.33%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid if you can; you will mostly teach yourself while sitting through long, unhelpful lectures.

Best fit · Self Taught ProMonotone lecturesTough graderTest heavyDoes not explainAnnoyed by questions
  • Lectures are monotone and .
  • , and rarely curved.
  • yet many students still feel unprepared for later chem courses.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Some students end with an A only after loads of or self-study, while and uncurved.

Both online and ; a few still finish with A only via .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content and , and material not clearly taught in class.

Online and ; online also notes multi-hour lectures.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

and roll is taken, with tags that skipping means you will not pass.

and in-person comments.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

; students call her a poor instructor despite subject knowledge.

Only one older online review said yes; the rest of online and in-person say no.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Repeated tough-grader tags, no curve even when the class fails, and .

Format shift

; online also calls tests harder than examples.

Workload

Moderate

45/100

Little traditional homework in some sections but , and occasional or reading.

Format shift

One online review mentions lots of homework; but test-heavy.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students say , and does not prepare them for later chemistry.

Format shift

Negative teaching quality is consistent across online and in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tags and comments emphasize test-heavy, graded-by-few-things grading with calculation-focused exams and quizzes.

Format shift

Both formats highlight exams and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students describe , and exams that do not match lecture practice.

Main concern

and a teacher who seems annoyed when students ask questions.

What students said

“ unless you like to learn on your own because her lecture examples do not correlate to the exams.”
CHEM1A
“Really horrible teacher. and doesnt let her students try practice problems out first.”
CHEM1A
“I once asked a question and she got very upset, because she had to repeat herself.”
CHEM101

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections still feature long monologue lectures and .

Main concern

Three-hour lectures with little interaction and .

What students said

“Avoid if you can. She will lectures sometimes for over three hours straight and she doesnt really interact with her students”
CHEM101
“ , Lots of homework”
CHEM1

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and , and rarely curved, making them student-unfriendly.

Test heavyPoorly worded questionsNo curveOnline exams and quizzesCalculation-focused

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and quizzes, crammed exams, tough calculations, and .

Online exams and quizzesNo curveTest heavyCalculation-focused
“ and quizzes. Some of the questions are poorly worded”
CHEM1
“No matter how bad everyone does on the .”
CHEM1A

Online

Online comments describe long lectures and .

Harder than examplesLong lecture sessions
“ goes through”
CHEM101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ unless you like to learn on your own because her lecture examples do not correlate to the exams.”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 reviews (2 online, 11 in person), highlighting consistent themes of poor teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

💀 Teaching Quality

18/100

“She seems justto stand in front of the class and talk to herself.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

12/100

“ unless you have to.”

📉

22/100

“No matter how bad everyone does on the .”

📝

32/100

“ and long and sometimes didnt have enough time to finish.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she likes to talk about entire paragraphs taken out of the textbook and doesnt show how to do any calculations
  • Her lectures are extremely bland and it's hard not to fall asleep by how monotone she sounds
  • and doesnt let her students try practice problems out first

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • No matter how bad everyone does on the
  • and not on any conceptual ideas
  • Ive seen her sass off to a student a few times

Theme 3

😠 About Classroom Climate

  • If anyone would ask questions she would be noticeably annoyed
  • she got very upset, because she had to repeat herself
  • Always annoyed whenever she has to repeat herself or someone has a question

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen detailed reviews from 2015-2023 with consistent , and exams.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 53
1 out of 58

Course coverage

CHEM1A7 reviews
CHEM12 reviews
CHEM1012 reviews
CHEM22 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 2 · A 3 · A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

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