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Chemistry

Premila Arasasingham

CHEMISTRYM12 · CHEMM12 · CHEMM01A · M12 · CHEM71643 · CHEMM11 · CHEMMO1A · CHEMM01B · CHEMMO1B · 30 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.2/5
Take again
5%
Difficulty
4.7

The decision

unless you can fully teach yourself chemistry and tolerate a harsh, unsupportive classroom.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough GraderUnapproachableTest HeavyRude InteractionsLecture From Slides
  • Overwhelming majority of reviews describe rude, dismissive, and demeaning interactions that deter questions.
  • Tests and taught in lecture.
  • ; students urge avoiding her to protect GPA and mental health.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Tough grading, closed-note hard finals, and little teaching support make .

Both online and and harsh tests; one outlier A+ appears misattributed to another instructor.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Fast slide lectures, skipped topics, and feel extremely hard.

In-person and online comments both call lectures unhelpful and tests brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that skipping makes passing unlikely.

and lectures; online is mixed but often strict.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

, and GPA risk with roughly 5 percent would-take-again.

Online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

; students report , and D/F outcomes despite full effort.

Format shift

and online lecture sections.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Frequent quizzes, labs, papers, midterms, and .

Format shift

and ; online still reports brutal exam pressure.

Teaching experience

Awful

10/100

Students describe monotone slide reading, demeaning answers, and an .

Format shift

Online lectures called useless; and lecture comments are overwhelmingly hostile.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Grade pressure centers on tough quizzes, midterms, and .

Format shift

; online focuses on failing test averages.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students repeatedly report rude demeanor, , and refusal to explain material.

Main concern

Hostile classroom climate and exams that .

What students said

“ !”
CHEMM01A
“A mid-term with no notes!! And a HARD 200 point final exam! closed notes MIND you.”
CHEMM12
“all she said was "look at the board" & yelled at me for not getting the equation right”
CHEMM11

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online lectures are called useless slide-reading with fast pace, clowning of questions, and .

Main concern

Useless online lectures plus hostile Q&A and .

What students said

“Her online lectures are useless. She goes too fast, just reads the slides, and doesn't elaborate on any topic covered.”
CHEMM01A
“By FAR the most unhelpful professor I have (and likely will ever) deal with in college.”
CHEM71643

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

closed-note midterms and and .

Closed NotesHard FinalPop QuizzesNo Test PhotosTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

18/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews explicitly describe no-notes midterms, hard 200-point closed-note finals, and pop quizzes.

Closed NotesHard FinalPop QuizzesNo Test Photos
“A mid-term with no notes!! And a HARD 200 point final exam! closed notes MIND you.”
CHEMM12
“ . and most of the problems are things that she has never gone over in class.”
CHEMMO1A

Online

Online reviews report useless lectures and chronically failing or .

Hard TestsLow Test Averages
“The .”
CHEMM01A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !”

Voice snapshots generated from 30 reviews with highly consistent negative themes on demeanor and exams. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Collapse

8/100

“ ! I usually ask teachers for help and questions and they would help me, she does not.”

🧊 Classroom Climate

10/100

“Her interactions with students were rude, dismissive, and unkind.”

📝

18/100

“A mid-term with no notes!! And a HARD 200 point final exam! closed notes MIND you.”

Theme 1

😠 About Character & Help

  • extremely rude, unwelcoming, and will make you feel bad for getting a question wrong
  • response was simply, "Look at the board" or "How do you not know this?"
  • She should .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • GPA will be ruined btw.
  • Unless you are a Wiz

Theme 3

📚 About Teaching Style

  • Her lectures are painful. They are dull and unhelpful
  • Monotonic & boring.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

30

Recent reviews read by the AI

30

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty reviews across many years show highly consistent negative themes on teaching, demeanor, and .

Inside 30 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 527

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 1 · A 5

B range

4

B 3 · B- 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

1

D 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 6