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Chemistry

Mandana Villena-Visi

CHEM108 · CHEM102 · CHEM1A · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you ; teaching and exams frustrate most students.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerConfusing lecturesTest-heavy chemDisorganized pacingTalks too fastBook-lecture mismatch
  • Many students say lectures are fast, verbal, and .
  • Tests are described as very hard, free-response, and poorly aligned with class.
  • A minority say she is genuine and doable if you pre-read and grind problems.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Even strong students report hard free-response exams and need heavy textbook grinding to pass.

The lone online review earned a C; in and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Chemistry content plus fast, unclear lectures makes an intro course feel much harder than needed.

Both formats report high difficulty; online is a single very hard review.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

, yet several say lectures waste time because tests diverge.

Online marks mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Would-take-again is effectively zero and multiple students .

; praise is limited to a few older CHEM102 comments.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

and alleged off-syllabus items make grades hard to protect.

Format shift

Online test-heavy tags; in person describes impossible multi-chapter free-response exams.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of homework and .

Format shift

In person mentions ton of ; online tags many papers.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Frequent complaints about disorganized, monotoned, too-fast lectures with limited clarity.

Format shift

One online 1-star; in .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

but grades and free-response tests.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize test-heavy assessment.

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

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

long verbal lectures, hard free-response tests, and .

Main concern

and lectures do not prepare students.

What students said

“One of the .”
CHEM108
“The . All Free response, 3-4 chapters each, no formulas given.”
CHEM1A
“She will .”
CHEM108

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Single online review says , and the class was very hard.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Didn't teach anything, confuses her classes and assignments.”
CHEM108

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

; quizzes may be open book from assigned problems.

Free-response examsNo formulas givenMulti-chapter testsOpen-book quizzesTest-heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as all free response, multi-chapter, no formulas; quizzes easier if you do book problems.

All free responseNo formulas given3-4 chapters per testOpen-book quizzes from homework
“The . All Free response, 3-4 chapters each, no formulas given and out of 120 points each.”
CHEM1A
“ if you do every assigned problem given because she takes the questions from there and are open book.”
CHEM1A

Online

Only one online review; tags lecture heavy and .

Test heavyLecture heavy
“Didn't teach anything, confuses her classes and assignments.”
CHEM108

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ !!!! and a torture to sit through.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 reviews (1 online, 9 in person), focusing on lecture clarity and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“Visi is a horrible teacher. She makes the class harder than it should be by her poor teaching skills.”

👎 Recommendation

22/100

“ !!!!”

📝

30/100

“The . All Free response, 3-4 chapters each, no formulas given.”

⚖️

35/100

“She will .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Talks fast for 2 hours straight
  • lectures are very monotoned
  • long lectures which are entirely verbal
  • didn't teach anything

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The
  • There's a ton of hmwk but
  • class is made harder than it needed to be

Theme 3

📚 About Study Strategy

  • read the chapter before lecture and do the problems
  • I only used the book & got an A
  • if you do every assigned problem

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Ten reviews with rich detail but most are old (2013-2015) plus one 2023 online review; opinions lean negative with some positives.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CHEM1086 reviews
CHEM1023 reviews
CHEM1A1 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

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

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