Mike Ornelas

CHICANOSTUDIES · CHICA151 · CHIC190FILM · CHIC141 · CCS141A · CHICH141A · CS141A · CHIC190 · CHIC110A · CHIC141B · CHIC141A · CHICANO141A · 81 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 29/100
RMP rating: 3.4/5
Take again: 10.53%
Difficulty: 2.7

The decision

Avoid unless and ; many recent students call him one of the worst.

Best fit · Self Taught ProForces His TextbookNo FeedbackTech StrugglesPolarizingEssay And Vocab Tests

Recent students , and forced purchase of his own book.
Older reviews sometimes call him funny and an easy A if you study study guides.
Grades hinge on a , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

Some students call it an easy A with study guides and his book, but many report unfair zeros, late penalties, and opaque scoring.

Online recent reviews lean unfair and hard to navigate; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

50/100

Material is not conceptually brutal, but and .

Online and and a few major assessments.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

; others and study guides matter more than lectures.

In-person reports both mandatory and optional patterns; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

26/100

and recent reviews urgently tell students to pick anyone else.

Online recent reviews are almost uniformly negative; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

28/100

Tough grader tags, sparse high-stakes items, and and unforgiving.

Format shift

Online and recent in-person reviews are harshest; if they studied.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Few major essays and , but and vocab memorization still demand time.

Format shift

Both formats grade by few things; online late penalties can crush an otherwise light structure.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Knowledge and humor appear in older notes, but modern consensus , and self-centered content.

Format shift

Online is overwhelmingly negative; in-person is polarized by era.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grade usually rests on a and and essays.

Format shift

True across online and in-person CHIC and CCS sections.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and funny-lecture praise to newer complaints of rudeness, forced books, and .

Main concern

Harsh or and tests, plus self-focused lectures.

What students said

“ !! He only assigns essays based on his , and is rude.”
CHIC110A

“HE IS SO EASY, all you have to do is read the book and pay attention to the and its an easy A”
CHIC141A

“Do not waste your time with this guy.”
CHIC141

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students , and heavy reliance on his textbook.

Main concern

and technology issues make online navigation extremely frustrating.

What students said

“You will not receive any feedback on your work, just a grade, which makes it hard to correct your work on the next assignment.”
CHIC110A

“I would not recommend this class to anybody. .”
CHIC110A

“Your grade is determined by a few assignments; if you read his textbook and put effort into the .”
CHIC141A

Exam style

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Exams and sparse essays dominate; and writing long definitions without much coaching.

Essay examsVocab definitions in paragraph formFew high-stakes testsHis textbook centeredLittle feedback

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person finals and midterms are often essay and and little MC.

Midterm and finalEssay form testsMemorize 35 vocab pick 10Paper on his bookStudy guides in some terms

“Get ready to type a 10 page essay about his book . ... Has 2 exams at the end of the semester, makes you memorize 35 vocab words”
CHIC141

“ choice.”
CHIC141A

“half the book he wrote”
CHIC141A

Online

, and late penalties rather than proctoring tools.

Few graded assignmentsNo feedbackLate penaltiesHis required textbook

“He grades only on a few assignments and .”
CHIC141A

“I had a 20% reduction due to a 1 day late assignment even though .”
CHIC110A

Student evidence

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Top student voice
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Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, emphasizing recent online and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Overall Recommendation

26/100

“I would not reccommend this professor to anyone.”

📕 Forced Textbook

30/100

“Forces you to buy his textbook and does not adjust schedule when the book is unavailable.”

📝

28/100

“ and only wants you to buy his textbook.”

🎯 Easy A Minority View

70/100

“ if you want an easy A! His class objective isn't and !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

All ge does is talk about himself and his book
lacks professionalism, struggles with technology
he is very sarcastic and goes on political rants a lot

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

graded by few things
Yes it's an easy A, but I didn't learn anything

Theme 3

💻 About Communication

never answers messages
you have

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years with strong recent negative clustering and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 537

4 out of 512

3 out of 58

2 out of 56

1 out of 518

Course coverage

CHIC141A27 reviews

CHIC110A7 reviews

CHIC1416 reviews

CHIC141B2 reviews

CCS141A1 review

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CHIC190FILM1 review

CHICA1511 review

CHICANO141A1 review

CHICANOSTUDIES1 review

CHICH141A1 review

CS141A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

18 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 3 · A 1 · A- 1

B range

B 3

C range

C 2

D range

D- 1

F

F 2

No letter grade reported

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2

Mike Ornelas

Avoid unless x x x x x x and x x x; many recent students call him one of the worst.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Varies

Avoid

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🚫 Overall Recommendation

📕 Forced Textbook

📝 x x x

🎯 Easy A Minority View

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

💻 About Communication

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless and ; many recent students call him one of the worst.

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