AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Adena Issaian

CHEM100 · CHEM221 · CHEM220L · CHEM200 · CHEM220 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
64.29%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Strong pick for organic chemistry if you will study hard and use office hours; less reliable for intro chem.

Best fit · Effort For RewardFair ExamsPassionate ChemistOffice Hours HelpLecture HeavyMaterial Heavy
  • Ochem students often , and genuine care.
  • Course content is legitimately hard; success needs practice problems and office hours.
  • Lower-division CHEM100 reviews are much more negative about organization and self-teaching.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

As are common when you do textbook problems and office hours, but ochem still demands real study time.

; online intro chem reviews are harsher on outcomes.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Organic chemistry content is material-heavy and fast-paced; students must grind beyond lectures.

Both formats call the subject tough; online CHEM100 adds self-teaching complaints.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

and optional in others.

In-person and online reports both mix mandatory and .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

64/100

About two-thirds would retake her, mainly for fair ochem instruction and care, with notable dissent in intro chem.

In-person ochem leans positive; online and CHEM100 reviews are more split.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

Students say she is not a and exams avoid trick questions, though .

Format shift

In-person ochem stresses fairness; online intro .

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lecture-heavy ochem plus textbook practice, labs, and .

Format shift

Both formats require steady studying; online adds multi-part lecture videos and practice lists.

Teaching experience

Good

70/100

Majority praise passion, clarity, and accessibility; a smaller set cites disorganization or low effort.

Format shift

In-person ochem reviews are stronger; online CHEM100 is a .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

Quizzes, midterms, finals, and some completion HW.

Format shift

and labs; online mentions homework completion and a .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and strong office-hour support for students who grind.

Main concern

Pace can be fast and a minority report disorganization or low effort in lab periods.

What students said

“ and easy to follow and .”
CHEM220
“though a very hard and material-heavy class, her quizzes (group) and ; she doesn't try to trick you.”
CHEM221
“Majority of the class was lost and she put in minimal effort (late most days and didn't ever utilize the ”
CHEM220

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online chemistry runs lecture-heavy with tough content; some find her flexible and and last-minute dumps.

Main concern

Organization and self-teaching load can spike, especially in CHEM100.

What students said

“ . She is very thorough in answering questions. The subject is TOUGH”
CHEM220
“You will be forced to teach yourself from the homeworks (which arent even her content). Examples she gives will be wrong”
CHEM100
“Homework is ok graded on completion. there is a problems.”
CHEM200

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, but the chemistry content itself stays hard.

Fair examsNo curveballsTest heavyGroup quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and lecture-aligned with group quizzes; no trick questions reported.

Fair examsNo curveballsGroup quizzesTest heavy
“ ”
CHEM220
“ and ; she doesn't try to trick you”
CHEM221
“Lectures well and does ”
CHEM220

Online

, and a ; proctoring tools are not clearly described.

Lecture heavyHomework on completionFinal quiz
“ (?)”
CHEM200
“she also gave us 5 lectures, 4 homeworks, 3 labs and your final quiz 4 days before last day of class”
CHEM100

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If . Her lectures are clear and easy to follow and tests reflect what we learned in class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews (3 online, 11 in-person), highlighting fair ochem teaching versus intro-chem concerns. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Fair Testing

68/100

“ and ; she doesn't try to trick you”

🔥 Hard But Doable

28/100

“Ochem2 is a hard course, so you will need to spend time studying & internalization knowledge”

💔 Intro Chem Risk

20/100

“Save your grade and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Adena is an awesome professor
  • she is a heart centered professor
  • she made it enjoyable

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This course is difficult, do not only rely on lecture
  • Not a
  • do textbook problems also

Theme 3

⚠️ About Weak Spots

  • You will be forced to teach yourself from the homeworks
  • I feel and we had a lot of typos
  • Majority of the class was lost and she put in minimal effort

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen detailed reviews across ochem and intro chem from 2021-2026 with mixed but coherent themes.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

CHEM2206 reviews
CHEM2214 reviews
CHEM1002 reviews
CHEM2001 review
CHEM220L1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

6

A 6

B range

3

B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1