AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Maryam Y. Bazargan

CHEMM12 · CHEMM01A · CHEM11 · M12 · CHEM1A · CHEMMO1A · CHEM1271562 · CHEMM11 · INTROTOCHEM · CHEM12 · CHEM01 · M12CHEM · 94 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
42.86%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Only take her if and YouTube; .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTeach yourself via ALEKSUnclear lecturesTest heavyTough graderIndependent learning only
  • , so most students self-teach.
  • As are possible if you master ALEKS and ignore weak lectures.
  • Many call her irritated, unhelpful, or a teaching mismatch for first-timers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

As are reachable by grinding ALEKS and self-teaching, not by watching her lectures.

Online and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

and heavy ALEKS make the course hard without strong prior knowledge.

Both formats call chem a dragon; online adds more self-pace burden.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Most recent reviews list attendance as and hybrid meetings.

Online sometimes flexible on Zoom; in-person more often mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

and many first-time chem students are told to pick someone else.

A ; recent online and hybrid reviews are harsher.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

35/100

Clear criteria and , but and picky lab deductions.

Format shift

; in-person similar.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and tests.

Format shift

Both formats cite endless ALEKS; online adds more platform friction.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Lectures called dull, incomplete, or useless compared with ALEKS and YouTube.

Format shift

Online lecture videos especially panned; in-person accent and lab tone also criticized.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and ALEKS-aligned tests with labs secondary.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and success only through ALEKS and self-study.

Main concern

Students report she seems irritated by questions and .

What students said

“Avoid!!! She seems like she does not want to teach at all.”
CHEM01
“Get ready to teach yourself the entire class.”
CHEMM01A
“The entirely on the .”
CHEM1A

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online hybrid with weak , and self-teaching required.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Online lectures were SO bad, I used the chem txtbook + constant tutoring.”
CHEMM01A
“Getting an A or B is doable just be ready to teach yourself the entire system.”
CHEMM01A
“I basically taught myself the class via Aleks and the textbook.”
CHEMM01A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams largely copy ALEKS topics; some terms allow half-page notes or .

ALEKS-Based ExamsPartial Notes AllowedSkip Final With High HWTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; notecards or cheat sheets sometimes allowed.

ALEKS-Based ExamsNotecard AllowedTest Heavy
“all the questions are just copy/pasted from Aleks.”
CHEMM01A
“she allowed a notecard for every test.”
CHEMM12

Online

; some half-page notes; .

ALEKS-Based ExamsPartial NotesSkip Final Option
“your allowed 1/2p notes on Test.”
CHEMMO1A
“ if .”
CHEMM01A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Get ready to teach yourself the entire class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (11 online, 39 in-person); credibility High from large consistent sample.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“She doesn't know how to teach a class. You are cooked!!”

📚 Self-Teaching Required

30/100

“I basically taught myself the class via Aleks and the textbook.”

👎 Recommendation

35/100

“ if taking chem 1st time.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Online lectures were SO bad
  • She doesn't seem to enjoy teaching
  • Ask her a question? .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Getting an A or B is doable just be ready to teach yourself
  • The because they are based 100% on the
  • hw took hours and hours everyday

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

94

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across online and in-person from 2012-2025 show consistent self-teach and ALEKS themes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 522
3 out of 516
2 out of 524
1 out of 524

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

30 reported outcomes

A range

16

A+ 4 · A 8 · A- 4

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

2

C- 2

D range

3

D+ 1 · D 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1