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Chemistry

Renu Sarin

CHEM30A · CHE30A · 1A · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
20/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
12.5%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

unless you can teach yourself chemistry and tolerate poor organization.

Best fit · Self Taught ProReads SlidesPoor OrganizationTough GraderFast PaceUnresponsive
  • Most students describe confusing, slide-heavy teaching with weak support.
  • Several reviews say she gets upset when students ask questions or fall behind.
  • Grading reports conflict, but many students felt grades were stressful and poorly communicated.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Some exams may be easy with strong studying, but poor teaching, limited grade items, and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

The chemistry content feels harder because lectures , and provide little guided practice.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

Reviews mention participation and class timing issues, but they do not clearly prove a .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

because they describe poor teaching, poor communication, and .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

26/100

One student calls her forgiving, but , or unclear grade posting.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Assignments are not described as huge, but , and limited grade items make the workload stressful.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Most reviews say she reads slides, moves too fast, answers questions poorly, and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Grades appear to rely heavily on exams and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mostly negative, , and stressful grading.

Main concern

Students repeatedly because lectures lacked clarity.

What students said

“All she does is read off the slides and expect you to understand everything.”
CHEM30A
“I learned more about chemistry from a student than I ever did from her.”
CHEM30A
“She was not engaging and literally read off the home.”
1A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews discuss exams and quizzes but do not clearly prove proctoring, open-book rules, or closed-book rules.

Tests and QuizzesLowest Exam DroppedFree Exam PointsExam Policy Not Fully Clear

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention exams and , but proctoring and book rules are not clearly proven.

Tests and QuizzesLowest Exam DroppedFree Exam Points
“10 for and she drops your lowest score out of 4 (they're all easy).”
1A
“The tests and but only if you study well for it.”
CHEM30A
“Hard to study for her exams.”
1A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I learned more about chemistry from a student than I ever did from her.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

20/100

“All she does is read off the slides and expect you to understand everything.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

18/100

“ !”

⚖️

26/100

“You can show work and get the answer wrong and get not a .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She moves on FAST and and wouldn't start off practice problems (we had to figure them out on our own).
  • Reads strictly off the slides.
  • She was not engaging and literally read off the home.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • but a .
  • Limited assignments so your grade can easily fall.
  • The tests and but only if you study well for it.

Theme 3

💬 About Support & Organization

  • If you want to be left on read take her since she won't answer your emails.
  • Always late and will prolong class.
  • Grades moderately, but does not post grades at all so you have to personally request them.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

negative pattern despite one positive outlier.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 56

Course coverage

CHEM30A4 reviews
1A3 reviews
CHE30A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1