Reviews of professor Fernando Bravo

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Awesome, active teacher in class and via email. You can always ask questions if steps are unclear and he will explain  well. Read uplabs before class, come prepared, put effort into reports and you will get a good grade. He prepares you super well for any labs you plan to go into to do stem research and helps you understand orgo related experiments

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Your effort means nothing in Bravo's class. This guy clearly doesn't know what he's doing. There are no grading criteria and he will heavily penalize you for a small error. There is no rubric provided before your assignment and after you see your graded works with the rubric provided afterward, you can tell he does not follow them. DON'T TAKE HIM!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Doesn't even give back lab reports, so you'll just have to memorize exactly what he wants, only to have him change his mind. Swap ASAP, if not -- drop the class and take it the next semester and pray he isn't the Lab TA, don't hurt your GPA. Quizzes are on irrelevant details, and did I mention his grading style changes every week.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If you want to spend an entire week writing your lab report, only to have the most minute details pull your grade down, look no further!!! Guess what, he won't give you your lab report back, and puts your EMPL ID on display! Study 100 days in advanced for the quizzes, because he himself is still learning the definition of "quiz".

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would say Fernando does not know what he is doing in that he is never clear on what he wants and takes points off for the littlest things. I would definitely recommend another TA unless you have a friend who took him who can show you their reports. It's going to be a rough semester with this one. I am praying for a B but God knows what I'll get.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
his grading makes no sense. Every week he changes what he wants and never even clearly says what he wants. One of the worst Ta's I've ever had.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
It was clear that professor Bravo has a love for organic chemistry, which made the lab much more enjoyable. He answered any questions I had during the lab and was clearly knowledgeable about all the procedures. Make sure to write thorough introductions and discussions in the lab reports, and definitely try to implement his feedback going forward.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
RUINED MY GPA FOREVER. DO NOT TAKE HIM!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't listen to the bad reviews. Bravo is a good TA in that he helps your writing become more professional. He is always willing to help during office hours, and he truly cares about his students. He is a relatively tough grader, but such grading is necessary for improvement.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Please dont take his lab. He grades hard and he will change your past grades. For a easy lab he makes it hard.