Bret Wood

CHEM2A · CHEM4A · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 88/100
RMP rating: 4.4/5
Take again: 91.3%
Difficulty: 3.4

The decision

if you will attend, read, and use office hours; expect real chemistry difficulty with strong support.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring chemistry mentorAmazing lecturesClear grading criteriaTest heavyWilling to help

Students overwhelmingly recommend him for CHEM2A and CHEM4A when they put in study time.
Chemistry stays hard, but , and fair criteria soften the pain.
A few critics say he under-lectures or leans on RealChem, so .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

As are common with , and study guides, but and chemistry content is not free.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews to compare.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

Students repeatedly say chemistry is hard and .

Evidence comes only from in-person CHEM2A and CHEM4A reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

as mandatory or say skipping hurts performance, though a few mark it optional.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

91/100

About 91 percent would take him again and comments call him one of the .

Recommendation strength is consistent across the in-person sample.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

as clear and sometimes flexible on cutoffs, not free, with partial help for students who try.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Homework and labs are steady but usually manageable; reading and .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

, and genuine care dominate, with rare outliers about weak 4A lecturing.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Exams and by homework and labs.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person chemistry with Wood is demanding but , and exams that reward preparation.

Main concern

and required textbook or RealChem reading can overwhelm underprepared students.

What students said

“ .”
CHEM4A

“he will be fully willing to work with you.”
CHEM2A

“He gives study guides for all the , but you have to actually put in the time to study!”
CHEM2A

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

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Exams are a major grade component and can be hard, but study guides and .

Multiple unit examsComprehensive finalLab examsStudy guides provided

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students report several unit exams, lab exams, and a and practice.

3-4 examsLab examsComprehensive finalStudy guides

“2 Lab Exams and 4 Exams. Exams are worth 40% of your grade which gets overwhelming.”
CHEM4A

“There are 3 exams and there is a .”
CHEM2A

“The professor gives you a study guide which lists everything one needs to know for the tests.”
CHEM2A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ . Chem is difficult (in general), but if you simply show up and demonstrate that you're trying your best with the material, he will be fully willing to work with you.”
Voice snapshots generated from 23 in-person chemistry reviews with High credibility from strong consistency and detail.

🧪 Teaching Quality

88/100

“Mr. Wood will do his very best to make sure you understand the content.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

91/100

“ .”

📚

48/100

“Exams are 30% of your grade, labs are 35%, homework is 20%, and the final is 15%.”

❤️ Student Support

90/100

“ and will put time aside for his student's struggling.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He is very knowledgeable about what he teaches and you can tell he truly does care about every individual student in his classes.
he looks like if paul rudd and ryan reynolds had a baby
Honestly, one of the .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

First and foremost this class is no walk in the park, it is difficult.
Pretty easy course... the course
Getting a good grade is very likely as long as you stay on pace with the class.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Self Study Needs

There's some material he doesn't cover and expects us to have read it on RealChem
if you have a hard time in chemistry.
HE IS NO HELP!!!!

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

23 recent detailed chemistry reviews with , and recommendation.

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514

4 out of 57

3 out of 50

2 out of 51

1 out of 51

Course coverage

CHEM2A19 reviews

CHEM4A4 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

A 9

B range

B+ 1 · B 4

C range

C+ 2 · C 3

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1

Bret Wood

x x if you will attend, read, and use office hours; expect real chemistry difficulty with strong support.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Challenging

Mandatory

MustTake

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❤️ Student Support

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

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Course coverage

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A range

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F

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if you will attend, read, and use office hours; expect real chemistry difficulty with strong support.

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