AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Maria Penalosa

CHEM152L · CHEM233 · 100L · CHEM100L · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
28.57%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

unless no other section exists; expect tough quizzes and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear explanationsTough graderWeekly quizzesSelf-teach heavyAvoid if possible
  • Most students call her confusing, unprepared, and a .
  • Attendance and as mandatory to survive.
  • A few students found her caring, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Some students earned As, but and and self-teaching.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Lab content is fast and before class.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and warn that skipping means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

26/100

About seven in and urge students to switch labs if possible.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

and no curve comments dominate; .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

30/100

Weekly entrance quizzes and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

, and weak on mechanisms; a few say she is sweet and caring.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Weekly quizzes and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

on material she barely teaches; a minority praise her care and life lessons.

Main concern

, and no reliable office hours support.

What students said

“Stay FAR away!!!!!! I mean awayyyyyy as posssible from this professor. She DOES NOT want you to succeed.”
CHEM100L
“So !”
100L
“She's like the grandma of the , and has a fun personality.”
CHEM100L

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.

Expect frequent in-lab quizzes on unread chapters with strict expectations and little teaching support.

Weekly pop quizzesLab manual quizzesNo curve

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Weekly quizzes hit as soon as you walk in; organic exams feel copied and poorly explained.

Weekly quizzesPop quizzesTest heavy
“You have a as soon as you walk in on the .”
100L
“She struggles to explain questions on the and pastes from online.”
CHEM233

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Where do I start? Let me say this. If there is . Stay FAR away!!!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 , and rare praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Quality

28/100

“So ! Everyone at my table will look at each other so confused because she doesn't know how to explain anything”

📉 Recommendation

26/100

“Dont repeat my same mistake. No office hours, smh!”

📝 Quiz Load

30/100

“ ensure that you have read ahead... she basically expects you to memorize the .”

❤️ Minority Care

70/100

“She's like the grandma of the , and has a fun personality.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she and will start rambling
  • Her "lectures" are unprepared and incoherent ramblings
  • she does not know any Organic Chemistry and never draws out the mechanisms

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • she gives you a not teach

Theme 3

⚠️ About Survival Tips

  • MAKE SURE YOU READ YOUR MANUAL BEFORE CLASS!
  • you cant rely on other people to succeed
  • Study beforehand, and come to class prepared

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Seven detailed in-person reviews from 2017-2019 are consistent on confusion and tough quizzes, though sample size is modest.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

CHEM100L3 reviews
CHEM152L2 reviews
100L1 review
CHEM2331 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

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B range

0

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C range

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D range

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

2

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