Reviews of professor Brian Ohta

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Bar is low for organic chemistry professors. He's not the best, but definitely not the worst. Be ready for ridiculously fast paced lectures and if you don't study you may as well not show up to class. Gives 5 exams and the final, which is nowhere near enough material to grade someone on. Take him, but only as the lesser of all evils. Be prepared.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Ohta is a good lecturer and he is very good at answering emails and questions. Orgo is just tough so you have to be prepared to put in work outside of class and recitation. He's very easy to talk to and has a great sense of humor!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Ohta is so underrated! Your grade is determined solely by tests, but there are many tests so you have the chance to do well despite a slip up. He cares about your grade and will do everything in his power to help you. He scales each test and that really helps. He is very reasonable and despite hard-ish tests, with scales, everything works out!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
fun but kinda nonchalant prof. orgo lab is tough (lots of writeups) and grading is sometimes at the mercy of your ta's, but Ohta doesn't have long pre-lab lectures and is very helpful when asking about steps in lab. does have pre-lab quizzes covering past lab and current lab concepts + steps - read over the prelab + do all postlab questions.