Reviews of professor Nathalie Busschaert

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Dr. Busschaert as a hopeful break from Zhang; however, this class was not Ochem 2 but rather Teach Myself 2.0. Her tests are fairly straightforward if you stick to the book. The only reason one goes to class is for the pop quizzes. Very monotone professor who does not add anything remotely interesting to lectures. Take with caution.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Busschaert has bad reviews from her first year teaching. Her class has changed a lot since then. She is a great professor, her lectures are clear, she is kind in office hours, and she does 2 hour weekly recitations where she does tons of practice problems. If you go to these and do the book problems, her exams are totally fair. Take her class!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID this professor at all costs. Can't understand a word she says during lecture because she is constantly mumbling to herself. Prepare to teach yourself all of the content because she goes through it so fast. Three exams with one drop. Final worth 40% of grade, exams worth 25%, and pop quizzes worth 10%.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She does a lot of practice problems and mechanisms in class. Exam questions are straight out of the textbook. Overall great professor, would recommend.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This professor was horrible. You could not hear or understand her in class most of the time. There are pop quizzes throughout the semester that are 10% of your grade but most people are not even caught up to the material because she goes so fast in class. 3 exams 1 dropped. each exam is worth 25% and the final is 40% with no curves!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Busschaert is not as bad as everybody says she is, in my opinion she is a better option than Zhang. She does mumble during lectures, and you will not learn a lot of material in class. However, the practice problems she assigns usually resemble the questions on tests so if you read the book and do the homework problems you will do fine.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Honestly, organic chemistry is going to be tough no matter who the professor is. However, Dr. Busschaert was extremely clear in her lectures and she made her own powerpoints with practice problems IN THEM! It is so helpful to do practice problems in class, and you don't see that much from orgo profs. Take Dr. Busschaert! Better than the others.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Busschaert really took the feedback from last year and has vastly improved based on my experience in her class this year. Her lectures are clear and you can study directly from the PowerPoints instead of using the book, though the book is needed for problems. She not only does problems in class, but gives packets of practice in recitation.