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Chemistry

Esther Taxon

CHEMV20 · 23 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
8.7%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you have no other chem option and and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerCondescendingTough GraderTest HeavyPop QuizzesFast-Paced Intro
  • Treats elementary chem like an advanced course with weekly quizzes and .
  • Widely described as condescending and demeaning when students ask questions.
  • and As rare.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Tough grading, decimal-level quiz precision, and for strong students.

All evidence is from in-person ChemV20 reviews; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

An elementary chemistry course is taught at advanced speed with constant quizzes and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Most students report punish absences.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Nearly every review warns students to run; take-again rate is under 10%.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

Students describe point-shaving on decimals, tough grading, and a .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

18/100

, and heavy note-taking create a relentless load for an intro course.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

14/100

, and students repeatedly call her condescending and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Assessment centers on weekly quizzes, multiple 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

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person ChemV20 is paced like a hard advanced course, with , and a condescending classroom tone that leaves many students stressed and confused.

Main concern

Condescending interactions plus brutal quizzes and .

What students said

“Run and never look back.She teaches the class as if it is an advance course but it is an elementary course.”
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“ care if you learn she does not show interest in anyone”
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“A class has never made me cry so much/stressed me out in my college career.”
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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.

Frequent closed-style quizzes and hard exams dominate the course, with .

Weekly quizzesPop quizzesMultiple examsTest corrections limitedNo late work

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Weekly chapter quizzes, pop quizzes, and several difficult exams; ; .

Weekly quizzesPop quizzes4 examsTest corrections limitedNitpicky grading
“ , but it was 10x harder.”
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“Weekly chapter quizzes, 3 homeworks a but she allows .”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Run and never look back.She teaches the class as if it is an advance course but it is an elementary course.”

Voice snapshots generated from 23 in-person , and test load. Credibility rating: High.

💀 Teaching Quality

14/100

“ care if you learn she does not show interest in anyone”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

8/100

“ ; Find another professor that cares and supports you learning the material.”

📉

12/100

“Her life's mission is to take points off of .”

⚡ Pace and Difficulty

12/100

“I have had 8-week courses go at a slower pace than this class.”

Theme 1

😤 About Teaching Style

  • She can be very passive aggressive and asking a question about something you're genuinely confused about might lead to her looking at you like you're an idiot.
  • Condescending and made me feel dumb bcs I constantly asked questions even though it's elementary chemistry.
  • She's extremely condescending.

Theme 2

📝 About Difficulty and Grades

  • the decimal place
  • Weekly quizzes & class feel less .
  • If you want to fail and if its at 8:00 am !!!

Theme 3

🏃

  • Run and never look back.
  • because I already was NOT gonna like her teaching style.

Data context

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Analysis sample

23

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

23 recent, detailed, highly consistent in-person reviews form a strong and coherent negative pattern.

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 55
1 out of 517

Course coverage

ChemV2023 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

3

D+ 2 · D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

12

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 9 · Rather not say 1