Reviews of professor Brandi West

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Really disappointed with this prof. Her lectures barely reflect what will be on her tests and she's so awful at explaining concepts that you're better off teaching yourself. Attending her lectures only confused me more and she handled the whole Covid situation extremely poorly. Switch out if you get her.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
"haha don't worry class, this difficult question would never be present on a test" *proceeds to put the difficult question on test*. her examples are not too hard but can get stupidly complicated sometimes... just like her test questions. I feel like she thinks that we all have the same amount of knowledge as her with chemistry. don't take her.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Shes a good teacher, chill and gives good demonstrations. Is very helpful with students.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Easily one of the worst and useless profs. She doesn't prepare her students enough for the tests. Just reads off the slides and is very vague about what to study. Choose another prof.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Dr. West is a great professor for chemistry. She made it the topics easy to understand and was a great professor.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof is super into chemistry and teaches the class in a way that an absolute beginner could understand. With that being said, If you don't initially understand the topic her re-explanations are often rehashing her first attempt which doesn't really help. She goes through many practise questions which are VERY similar to what she puts on exams.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very organized, very helpful. Tells you what you need to know and exactly how to do well in her class. Dr Brandi has very clear and easy to follow lectures. Expect test questions to be harder than the examples covered in class, but she still gives good examples. Listen to her tips, practice, and you will do well.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
She is easily accessible for help (hour after each lecture+office hours) HOWEVER, her lectures are a mess. Only reason I passed is b/c I used notes from high school to study. Her explanations are weak. (class made me more confused so I didnt go). She gives past midterms to study from so exams aren't too bad. (lowkey can just memorize the questions)

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She was very engaging and did a great job at simplifying difficult concepts and explaining them in a clear and effective manner. It was her first time teaching this class so she wasn't very clear about what would be on the first midterm but after that she did a good job of integrating practice midterm questions into the lectures.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. West was the nicest person ever and such a good teacher. She made weekly videos to watch before the lectures to make sure you understood theories/concepts before working through problems. Marking was super fair and there was weekly homework that wasn't hard or long. Would definitely recommend her to someone who's a bit scared of university chem