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Very cool lady who has great stories to share about her work. Once you see beyond the accent, you can learn a bunch from her lessons. She puts the lecture material into layman's terms.
Great Teacher - Very Helpful - Almost always available to assist you. Some trouble understanding the accent but if you can get past it then you are set. Very interesting Teacher and lots of experience in chemistry
Shes a babe
I agree, if you can get passed the accent then you are going to do good... as long as you do your work! Great lady though, she really loves her students and tells us often!
When asked to use mike to be clearly heard- ignored us When asked ?s in class ignored us/responded w/ unhelpful/unrelated answer Txtbook unused OWL- unhelpful on tests Time WASTED on the site Sources beyond notes/txtbook [Wikipedia] NEEDED Notes provided helped understanding Bailey- seldom useful w/ HW Clicker= wasted $ Kids taught selves bett
Oh my God! The class was horrible. Don't take it at 8:00am if you can help it. She is barely understood through her accent and she rarely answers questions that are asked. One good thing is that she holds study sessions and gives a lot of extra credit.
Cannot understand what she is saying. Should not be teaching.
Wow her english might as well be russian her accent is so thick and do not ask a question because she will ramble on for hours about something not related to your question
The worst teacher ever!! The first day of class she took the mike into the bathroom when it was on. That is about the only thing I learned or learned not to do.
She's very hard to understand because of her accent. She tries to be helpful but unfortunately has a hard time understanding questions. Class itself is a bit on the hard side, but doable if you study. 3 tests, drops lowest, plus a final. OWL sucks, but the 10% of your grade makes a difference. I wouldn't take it again but it's really not bad.
She has a Russian accent that is challenging to understand at times but for the most part you get used to it. She does all her lectures as power points. the hardest part of the course was the online stuff. online tests were hard and hw online isnt much fun
can anyone understand her? and even if i can, its a 2 hour powerpoint presentation every day. terrible. slept almost every class. not a good teacher at all
I had Dr. Bailey for Gen Chem, Organic Chem & Biochem. She is a wonderful teacher and wants all of her students to succeed. She is smart, fun and a very hard worker. Her work ethic inspires you to work hard at Chemistry.
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I wish she would let us finish asking the question before she starts answering what she thinks we're asking.
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She has a heavy russian accent that you would get used to after one or two weeks. She will be very helpful if you go to her for help. However, she doesn't always wait until you finish your question to answer- so it's frustrating when she answers a question that you didn't mean to ask. Dont give up, make sure you don't get behind and you willbe fine
Nobody can understand her, and she can't understand any of our questions. She micromanages her students, constantly interrupting the lecture to wake people up, yell at them for talking, or tell people to put away their laptops. It feels like being back in middle school again. I didn't learn anything, material was easy. At least it's an easy A.
Anyone who wouldn't want a mad Russian scientist for a chemistry professor is obviously out of their mind. She's strict when it comes to attendance and paying attention in class, but she is a very helpful, sweet person if you put forth the effort. Basically, just don't be a slacker. It's that simple.
She has a heavy Russian accent and it can be difficult to understand her at times. Her lectures tend to be long and boring. However, she is very thorough at explaining things and is willing to help you if you need it. Her outside-of-class review sessions were a life-saver =]
Her Organic Chemistry class is very easy. Even gives you bonus points for homework. However, she is an extremely, extremely annoying person. She speaks Russian, not English. She can't say half of the words correctly. Worst of all, she takes away from her "A" students learning to talk about how her D and F students don't come to her lectures...
She is the most worst teacher I ever taken. I strongly recommend not to take her. She has a Russian accent which makes it harder to understand. She often does not help fully. Most likely test are every 2 weeks and exam is optional which is nice..
good professor and nice. it was a little hard to understand her Russian accent but you can just read along in the print outs she gives you. tests fairly easy. And if i can give one piece of advise it is to NOT SKIP CLASS! she takes attendance at every lecture and somehow memorizes every student and whether or not they have EVER missed her class.
She was a teacher with great interest in her subject which made her a much better teacher than most in her field.
She is one of the sweetest professors ever! She calls us " my friends" which is always nice. The way she uses her powerpoints ae=re helpful, if you have questions she really tries to answer it. Attendance and participation are important, she wants you to care and work hard. Gives a lot of bonuses and " gifts" on test. Accent- youll get used to it.
russian accent but you get used to it and you can just read along with the outlines. shes a really good teacher, grades easy, gives out bonus points and lets you have cheat sheets on the test.
A waste of time to show up to class. Helpful in that she handed out the powerpoint slides, but she just read you the slides. I went in, picked up the notes, read them in ten minutes, and slept the rest of the class. Tests were easy, homework frustrating, overall easy A...but the class was boring, and the accent could be a little crazy sometimes.
Pointless class. just show up to sign the sheet then leave. hard to understand her accent. tests are online with friends. final is hard if you dont do any work during the class. just bear with it and youll be fine
She put presentations and practice tests online and was often available for help. Lectures were easy to follow, but she sometimes switched slides too quickly for people to take notes. Her tests were tough but nothing you couldn't predict.
i like how she's easy but not her teaching style. it was easy but pointless. and not helpful
Too easy. This class is easier than my high school chemistry class, and my high school chemistry class was a joke! Don't expect to learn a lot of chemistry. Expect bonus galore to inflate your already inflated grade. Class lectures can be boring. Don't bother buying the book, just get the Mastering Chemistry access.
I was with her last quarter. She graded my so hard so that I have to got up 95 for my final to get an A. but eventually I got it since it's easy. well I would recommend her if this is not your required major course
She is really helpful and wants everyone to do well. There were clicker quizzes sometimes and the tests were online so you can use all of your notes, the book and of course the internet. The only problem I had was that she has a very strong accent, so it took a few weeks to understand her well.
well i had her last quarter, and she's not very nice to me, nor helpful. but easy A.
gives you all the formulas but is overly picky with lab reports and nearly impossible to understand. she also tends to have trouble understanding questions and gives an answer that has no bearing on the question then leaves before you can elaborate.
I had her for both Fundamentals of Organic Chem and Biochem. She was seemed to have a good knowledge of the organic chemistry concepts and did a decent job of teaching those. In Biochem however, she seemed like she had very little knowledge of the subject and did a TERRIBLE job teaching it. Personally, I think you get used to her accent quickly.
Very hard to understand, teaches material straight from slides. If asked a question about how she did something, she just spits back what she just said, clearly doesn't understand her students
She does not understand questions and just repeats what she has already said. She knows the material well but can't convey it to the students well. It is an easy A, but I went on to Chem II and hadn't learned some valuable information that I needed for the first test.
Absolutely miserable. She may know what she's trying to teach but she can't teach it. Reads off her slides, and is very very hard to understand. Drops the lowest test grade though.
Bailey is an awesome professor and really makes students work hard. I really wish she taught the third quarter.
Honestly, one of the worst teachers I have ever had to deal with. Very unhelpful and unclear. She gets angry when you don't understand the answer and is not nice to her students. She does not explain things thoroughly enough. Her lectures are boring and it is difficult to understand her accent. Homework counts for very little.
A little hard to listen too but very helpful. I think she makes chemistry easy... almost
Awful. Very hard to understand and she is very unhelpful. Does not explain her lectures properly and doesn't answer questions well. She is not very nice and the material she covers in lecture is nothing like the tests.
Dr. Bailey takes some getting used to. Her accent is thick, but after some time, you adjust quite easily. As long as you do your work, she's willing to work with you and give a couple of bonus points here or there. However, she doesn't enjoy when students ask questions in class...otherwise, she is wonderful at lecturing.
After the first class with Bailey, you may leave thinking that its going to be a long quarter, but then you'd be wrong. You get used to the accent overtime. Her lectures are pretty dull, but if you use the book you'll be fine. She's funny and actually really helpful, if you make the question clear. But shes the best because its so easy to get an A
Besides her accent, Dr.Bailey is very straight forward and her powerpoints are super helpful(no need to read the book).MasteringChem HW due every sunday which are easy.4 exams(drops lowest),additional 2points to overall grade for iClicker. Be in class, and do your studying and you'll get an A. Dr.Bailey is very cheerful and nice to all students.
loves to challenge her students, wants to them to do well also. Attendance is mandatory.the weekly mastering chem homework follows questions from the back of the book and her slides pretty closely. Her tests are difficult if you don't study but her finals are the easiest tests she gives. also gives bonus points on your grade for clicker questions
Dr. Bailey knows her stuff, but has trouble communicating it. She is very nice and understanding however, and gives up to 2% of a bonus curve at the end. Not awful, but not great either.
Dr.Bailey is awful. She knows what she's talking about but she can't communicate it well. She won't look at you while she's talking to you, she never answers questions, believes your life should revolve around her class, and tests are often not what she tells you they are. She is unclear, not helpful, and not easy to understand. Avoid if possible.
If you don't likecare about Chem, it doesn't matter who you take it with. Bailey gets a bad rap but she really knows her stuff and presents it in a orderly manner. You will get use to her accent in a week if that. Tests aren't easy A's but she tests you on what she teaches, straight forward.
Her lectures are ridiculously monotone and slow-paced. She spends far more time on any given topic than necessary and recitation is just painful. That said, if you get the mastering chemistry, you'll do fine on tests. And you get "bonus points" for clickers, participation, and handing in recitation packets.
Dr. Bailey has a russian accent so it is hard most of the time to understand her, and she doesnt present the material very well during her lectures she has a tendency to mutter under her breath, and her tests are nothing like her study guide so basically just study everything she taught and hope for the best.
Alla Bailey is no dream professor, but shes no hard ass old grump either. Her lectures are not the most engaging experiences and her accent makes comprehension and attention difficult for most. She is clear with her expectations, attendance is graded but not a huge part of the grade. If you go out of your way to ask questions she'll help you out.
Really rough having this class at 8:00am. I couldn't understand her at all because she has such a thick Russian accent, I thought she was speaking in tongues. Luckily she posts the lecture slides online, study those and pay attention in recitation.
I had trouble getting up for this class at 8 AM as well. The homework was fairly easy for the most part, and recitation sessions were also pretty simple. Her accent did cause me to go on a tangent sometimes and I was bored from time to time. She offered help to people and had plenty of review worksheets online to go over for tests. Decent teacher!
Dr. Bailey was amazing about reaching out to the class via email with weekly updates/reminders. She is very approachable outside of class and will happily take the time to give you one-on-one help. If you show you're consistently putting a good effort into her class, she will be more than happy to meet you half way to help you succeed.
She's a really nice person and tries to be accessible for students outside of class but I can't understand her. She has an unusually thick Russian accent and also speaks in weird sentence structures so I have no idea what she's saying, also she doesn't understand student questions. If you didn't take chem in hs good luck, u gotta teach urself.
A little hard to understand the Ukrainian accent and a little condescending at times but in general a very helpful and very passionate chem teacher. always ready t lend a hand
Best of the general chemistry teachers, but not great. Has a strong accent making her hard to understand. Subject matter is rough and many times it seems the lecture is unhelpful for the homework. Gives a review session and extra credit if you attend, but out of luck if you have class at that time. Read the textbook for clarity!!
Took her for chem 141, she was okay but 142 she was not as clear. Taught orgo at the end when other classes did not, laughed at me when I asked for help.
Awful Professor. Never take her. Heavy material and teaches higher level material to beginners Chemistry. Uses Aleks, takes forever to finish a subject.
She is so hard to understand. Most of the time, she is muttering things under her breath. She also speaks in broken sentences, so you don't know what she is saying. Most of the time, she expects you to know things and disentangle explain them, so make sure you have an understanding before going into the class. Make sure to get a textbook...
She's super hard to understand! But she definitely knows her stuff
She does not give formula sheets, she is the only professor who does not give formula sheets, and no the "cheat-sheet" does not make up for the lack of a formula sheet.
She is ok, but gives too many assignments. Out of all of the classes I've taken, her's takes up far more time than any of my other classes because of all the homework. A lot of it is busywork! Having 4 assignments due each week for the same class is not helpful at all, given the amount of additional time needed to fully read and digest concepts.
Good professor, but harsh grader. Zero partial credit on anything. If you don't get it 100% right, you will loose all points. Organic chemistry isn't easy, and Dr. Bailey doesn't make it any better. She is far too intelligent to be teaching easier level classes, and should be lecturing phd PhD students and doing research instead. Find another one
Course material seems challenging / overwhelming in lectures but she prepares you very well for the exams, and exams are very fair. extremely caring about students and if you make the effort to get help, she will for sure provide it. very generous, approachable, and knowledgable. clicker questions during lecture can bring your grade up 3%.
I loved Dr Bailey, took her for both semesters of Gen Chem - she WANTS you to pass the class and cares about every student. She is easily accessible outside of class, if a very fair grader and gives many opportunities to get more credit.
Dr. Bailey knows her material but cannot communicate it adequately during lecture. However, she posts all of there powerpoint online and attending class to take notes at your own pace will allow for the material to be learned at an individual's pace while collecting the attendance and clicker credit.
Professor Bailey is very kind, caring and sweet. Please don't let the thick Russian accent fool you! She will teach you how to do your chem problems well. If you do your work you will easily pass the class with an A.
Awful professor. She gives students heavy assignment homework due before her class a week even more. Her teaching is slow pace but gives students heavy duty to learn by themselves. Only can get help just go ahead call her Dean's office.
Not wanting to be rude but she should just not teach. Her recorded lecture videos are just as dry and boring as can possibly be. Relies way to much on the crap cengage software which does not even give any partial points when working on homework modules. All or nothing. Multiple questions! Miss one? Retake everything again! AVOID!
I had Bailey for a full year. Of all the gen chem professors, Bailey had the clearest expectations for receiving a good grade in class and the best lecture slides of the material. Her accent is hard to understand, but her online communication is excellent and she genuinely wants you to succeed as long as you're willing to work for it.
Chemistry savage. Will destroy you. Periodt.
Seriously made me hate chemistry. I feel like I'm being bullied almost every lecture. If she's still using iClicker when you're reading this: don't bother paying for it. She goes way too fast. I learn more from doing the homework and taking my own notes from the slides than I do from being in lecture. It's like reverse therapy.
If you pay attention to her lectures this class is easy. She puts the power points on mycourses. You can download the power points before class and you can follow along and work through the practice problems. If you don't look for these the class will seem insufferable but it's really not. Some students expect everything to be handed to them.
Dr. Bailey is a nice person, but her lectures aren't very helpful. It's pretty easy to do well in her class if you do all the homework. She drops the lowest exam grade, lowest quiz grade, and lowest homework grade, and gives bonus.
Dr. Bailey is an alright teacher. Her powerpoints are fine, but I often find it difficult to understand her in class due to her thick accent (no fault of her own, it's just sometimes hard to focus when you're trying to make out the words, you know?) Honestly, the OWL homework program taught me the most in that class.
Her lectures are not very helpful. 80% of this class was just grinding OWL assignments, but there's always another thing you forgot about. Overall this class is a lot of work but I haven't learned anything- it's either difficult-to-parse review or learning by googling the answers to homework. Gets 1 point for leniency on exam grades.
idk how she is outside of covid, but i will say that you basically have to teach the class to yourself. the only annoying part of her class is that she uses cengage, which is probably the worst thing ever to assign for homework. the problems are long, annoying, and meticulous. if you do good on the recitations, quizzes, and exams, you should be fin
Overall, Professor Bailey is a solid professor. While she can be condescending and her accent can be hard to understand, she's very knowledgable on chemistry, and is willing to help out if needed. The course is difficult and work-intensive, but she provides enough resources to help you succeed, and helps students correct commonly made mistakes.
Terrible lectures but great mycourses catalog. I just never went to class and that worked out really well as long as I stayed on top of the work.
your life will just be OWL assignments. taking HOURS AND HOURS to complete. I spent more time doing OWL than attending her lectures. People had to learn the material on their own.
So much homework, you'll get behind in lecture and end up teaching yourself. Lectures are "required" with clicker questions. She doesn't teach well, or understand emails and accommodate unrealistic expectations. Had an online exam in our own time over weekend, instead of replacing one of the lectures. Bad class, but also not a good professor.
Barely understandable especially with a mask... haven't been to class since week 1 because of that. Lots of homework I recommend chegg. 4 big tests including the final she drops the lowest grade (that isn't the final). 2/3 of my droppable tests were online, the one in person was a 74. Hard class in general even for kids who show up. Good Luck
By get ready to read, I mean get ready to use every resource available except for her because one of two things happens: a) she likes to give questions on exams which won't ever be covered in class or the notes, or b) she tends to give incorrect lectures and expect correct answers on exams. You see her as your professor, get out immediately.
Dr. Bailey is very knowledgeable in the field of chemistry. However, as a person she is very condescending and will not hesitate to speak her mind. She gives a ton of homework but if you do a majority of the work and learn the content, you will do fine. Compared to other Chem professors, I have heard Dr. Bailey's tests are a LOT more manageable.
Very smart woman, not a good teacher. The only reason I went to class was for the extra credit but spent the entire class playing Papa's Burgeria. You could teach yourself the class since she posts her lectures online. There's a lot of homework. She speaks very quietly so sit very close if you'd like to remotely understand her.
Dr. Bailey is underrated. She is very smart and offers so many opportunities to raise your grade. Her course is homework heavy, but she reopens OWL assignments at the end of the semester and offers extra credit opportunities that can raise your grade by 4 points. From what I've heard her exams are much easier than other professors.
awful, avoid at all cost
If you have an online, asynchronous section with Professor Bailey available, take it. While there are a sizeable number of OWL review assignments, everything else is smooth sailing. If you have an in person section, avoid. You are essentially expected to pay-to-win a $15 app for extra credit and attendance. (on top of the Cengage costs)
The only way I did decent in this class was because I took AP chem in high school. She is not a bad person just awful at teaching. OWL homework will run your life. You will hate every week because you have 20 OWL homework's due
Dr. Bailey is a good, a frequently funny professor. She is very open with her expectations. She often reopens the OWL homework if you need, and will usually do it at the end of the semester for everyone to catch up. Tests and quizzes are not too difficult. Quizzes are open note, online. Doesn't deserve the hate she gets. Overall good professor.
Only uses Cengage OWL for Homework which includes 5-10 different assignments per week. Each homework assignment has anywhere from 3-10 questions with most questions being 4-12 parts that you need to get everything right or it's no credit for that question. An upwards of 10 hours per week with slides being useless. Take this class anywhere else.
-One of the most condescending teachers -Not a single person had their answers answered during class. -Every time a student would raise their hand, she would call on them, then cut them off a few words in and tell them they weren't listening. She mumbles when she talks and you wont be able to understand her. -7 hours on the homework/week -200 ppl
If you've taken any kind of chemistry course before you should be fine. Quizzes are all online and the exams are pretty easy if you know how to make a solid study guide (she lets you have one whole page, handwritten, per exam). Honestly the most annoying part of the class is just the homework. Always takes forever even if you know the content.
She is amazing will help you out whenever you need. Will drop lowest exam grade and exams are very easy. Owls are long, but she gives a lot of time to complete. Quizzes are online and one is dropped. She is available outside and is great during office hours.
Dr. Bailey was a fairly solid instructor. Many other reviews complain that her accent is impossible to understand but in my experience only a few words every became confusing. If you do the homework and attend lectures the exams are incredibly easy. She is a read-from-powerpoint style lecturer but adds on a few details. A bit dull but you learn.
My recommendation for both gen chem courses is to take notes on the slides the night before the lecture, that way you can simply follow what she's saying, and ask questions if need be. Homework is a pain sometimes, and there's a lot of it. If you do the homework and take notes, you will likely do well. Some quiz questions are tricks, watch for them
Her accent is very thick making things hard to hear sometimes, and she dumps an obscene amount of online homework on you all the time. If you are not a chem student do not take her class as there's so much work for a forced class. Her lectures are also mostly useless and a lot of the time behind her homework she throws at you online.
Her lectures are difficult to understand. Her thick accent, the overload of information in the each PowerPoint slide, and the how fast she passes each slide makes learning overwhelming and processing information hard. The amount of OWL homework she hands out each week also doesn't help. On a plus note, she does have TAs and office hours available.
Incredibly condescending teacher. She acts like the material she teaches is easy and blames the students if they don't understand. Also sends out a ton of homework every week, with most of it not even taught in the lecture. Constantly repeats herself when teaching basic topics but quickly passes by any harder problems or topics heavy on math.
Workload is obscene for an elective class. Also commits the cardinal sin of professorship - frequent typos on quiz / exam questions. "Discussions" are completely unnecessary - this course is a joke, and RIT knows it, which is why Bailey "teaches" the students who are foolish enough to take an async class.
Dr. Bailey gets a bad wrap. She expects a lot from her students, but it is reasonable. She gives ample opportunity to make up missed homework. If you go to class and participate, she is more likely to help you out if you slip up somewhere. Lowest quiz and exam are dropped. May adjust grade if you participate well and need it.
Dr. Bailey really isn't that bad. There is a lot of homework, but it was more time consuming than difficult. There also are a ton of opportunities for help outside of class. The exams and online quizzes usually were super easy. She clearly wants her students to succeed and you can do well if you put in the work.
Dr. Bailey has a superiority complex in which she always assumes that any difficulty with the material, keeping up, or any other problem (minor or not) is the fault of the student. However, if you stay current on your work and do your best you will be fine. She does give bonus points for attendance and participation. She also extended HW deadlines.
Doctor Bailey is underrated, if you approach her outside of class and will help. There is homework but you can repeat it as much as you want until you get it perfect. Online quizzes and one online exam is very easy, the other two in-person and the final are also easy. She gives +4 bonus points for clickers, use it.
Gets too much hate. The OWL HW is a bit off-topic but very manageable, maybe 3-4 hours/week at most if you pay attention to the slides. Her quizzes and tests are all pretty easy, too. She can be harsh in lecture but she really just wants everyone to succeed. She did change the final to the ACS exam on short notice, but even that wasn't bad at all.
Lots of homework, but typical of a science course. She posts the ppts in advance, and drops the lowest exam grade (class has 3 exams + a final). Her Russian accent isn't a problem for me, and most info is written on slides if you have difficulty hearing. Overall, I think the bad reviews on here stem from the challenge of chem itself, not the prof.
Professor Bailey was frequently difficult to understand, went over topics that weren't relevant to the course material on occasion, glossed through incredibly important subject matter more than once, and most annoyingly, forced us to pay for OWL do, and turn in our homework, in addition to purchasing iclicker, so we could answer questions in class.
Dr. Bailey cares about her students. She offers extra credit for doing iClicker questions and also for having good attendance. Her tests are very fair as well. The only issue in my opinion is the copious amounts of owl homeworks per week that take a while to finish.
Uses OWLv2 (way more difficult than any test/quiz). Allows crib sheet on tests. Can seem cold at times, but is very smart and has fun anecdotes. Hard to understand due to accent and quiet talking, but fine when you pay attention. Material uploaded online (slides, questions, recordings of this course and previous). +5% for iClicker and attendance.
Didn't learn much from the lectures, but was able to learn the material from the ridiculous amounts of homework she gives. She is very accessible and helpful outside of class, and offers tons of opportunities for extra credit. Her tests are also extremely easy. As long as you do the homework and somewhat understand the material you will get an A.
Takes a bit to get used to the accent. Lectures are long and boring, learn most things through the online homework. Quizzes and Tests aren't very hard at all. Content is not that hard, sometimes makes it seem more complicated than it is.
The most deserving 3 I can give. Hard to understand lectures and crazy amounts of homework with a participation incentive, balanced by very easy tests and quizzes with all lectures posted online. If I could've chosen a different prof I would, but she isn't terrible if you took high school chem.
Her lectures were practically useless. I ended up just skipping all of them after the second exam. The exams are short and pretty easy (except the final), if you do the homework you'll do fine. You also get a cheat sheet. The homework is so long and tedious though... seriously drove me insane.
Very nice, caring professor. Lots of homework, but doable. She gives extra credit for being in lecture and participation using Clicker. Tests are very fair and allow a cheat sheet (expect Final). She has an accent so it was a little hard to understand, but she explains things very well. I did not need to pay attention since I took the class in HS.
Dr. Bailey is very fair and clearly cares about her students. Online resources are very in-depth. Exams are pretty easy(and you're allowed a cheat sheet and quizzes are reasonable as well. The only drawback is that lecture is not too engaging and the homeworks(OWL) are excessive. Overall a reasonable class.
Skipped class often b/c I didn't learn anything there. Got by from just doing the homework and high school chem knowledge. Lots of homework. Online quizzes are easy. Tests are easy and you get a cheat sheet. She's nice and wants students to succeed, so she provides a lot of resources. She's just not engaging when lecturing and has a heavy accent.
The lectures are basically useless. Nearly every topic covered in the homework isn't taught in class until 2 weeks after the homework's due date. The only way to get a decent grade on the homework is to teach yourself the material and hope you did good enough. The one positive thing I will say is that her extra credit policy with iclicker is decent
Doesn't teach how to do any of the homework in class, expects you to know the content before she teaches it
She is passionate and offers plenty resources outside of class, but her lectures are poor. She is very difficult to understand due to her heavy accent, and her homework is excessive. She falls behind in lectures which makes HW hard to complete as it is ahead of what we have learned in class. Overall, pretty easy class made difficult unfortunately.
LOTS OF HOMEWORK. I spend 11 hours average a week on the online HW. One group of HW took me 20hrs. People who say she's "nice" are probably 1st years, what made her nice was that she reopened late homework once for partial credit. She also has extra credit that you can pay $15 for, which significantly impacts your grade. Basically pay to win.
Do not take this class bruh
Very heavy accent but I got used to it. Lectures are beyond boring, she just reads from the slides. LOTS of online homework, takes many hours each week but almost impossible not to get a 100%. Quizzes are so easy and all online. Tests are also easy and you get to make a one page cheat sheet. iClicker extra credit but must pay $15. Good Luck.
She is difficult to understand as her accent is very thick. All of her slides and notes are already posted. Her exams and quizzes straight forward and are easier than the homework. Be prepared to do a lot of homework. She wants you to do well in the class so she has many opportunities for bonus points as well . If you do them homework, you're fine.
Terrible lectures, easy exams. Two of three exams in the class were in person and you have a cheat sheet, last exam is online and the final exam is a standardized acs (American chem society) exam. Do the OWL homework and teach yourself through them. Attend lecture for attendance but don't bother paying attention. Finished with 100% in the course.
Dr. Bailey may have a bit of an accent, but she's a caring professor who wants students to succeed. The workload is manageable with the help of tools like unstuck study. Definitely take advantage of the extra credit opportunities.
Dr Bailey is a very blunt prof. Her thick Russian accent is something you have to quickly adapt to bc her lectures move very fast. She gives you an insane amount which doesn't correlate with the lectures but it's easy to get a 100 on all hws. You're better off teaching yourself the material, but her tests and final are all multiple choice.
Bailey is the currently the best prof for this class at RIT (relative). During lecture, she just reads off the slides, which are already posted, but she usually gets behind in lecture. Homework takes too long to do (~10 hours a week), but there's an attendance bonus (
Overall the lectures are hard to pay attention too especially at 8am. There is up to 5% added to your grade worth of extra credit if you go to class every day and do her iclicker questions. Her exams are pretty easy if you study her slides well and try to get a good grade. Lots of cengage homework, but if you do it and study her slides well,easy A
Dr. Bailey's class is tough. She's hard to understand, her slideshow presentations are unclear, and lectures often leave you more confused than when you started. The weekly homework load is heavy, and without clear instruction, it feels overwhelming. Be prepared to teach yourself most of the material.
Confusing lectures, but good bonus (up to 3% from iclicker, 2% for missing
Dr. Bailey is probably the best professor for this class. We are usually behind on lectures pretty much every class, even though we don't goof off or anything. LOTS of OWLV2 homework due per week. 3 midterms, lowest exam grade gets dropped entirely, 3rd midterm was online. If you actually care about learning chemistry, then choose her.
WAY too much owl homework, decent extra credit opportunities. But the lectures are quite hard to follow and her accent can be tricky to understand at times.
The lectures unbelievably boring. All she does is go through powerpoint presentations during lectures. Will talk down to students who get iClicker questions wrong. Assigns a lot of online OWL homework. 3 exams, 1 online and the lowest gets dropped. If you put in the work, you're fine, but a lot of that work is going to be done on your own.
I have mixed feelings about this woman. She is an ok grader and will allow homework extensions. However, her lectures are very dry and her accent is EXTREMELY heavy so if you have trouble with that kind of thing (I couldn't understand her a lot of the time) I suggest a different prof.
She's not a great lecturer because they're boring, and has a heavy accent making it hard to understand. The notes on the board are very clear showing how to do problems. There are 3 tests but the lowest gets dropped, and you get a handwritten one page cheat sheet. You don't get the cheat sheet on the final. Tons of Owl Hw and quizzes are take home
She has a very thick accent, but she does post the lecture powerpoints. Additionally, attendance isn't mandatory. She allows the use of cheat sheets during exams and drops the lowest exam grade. Quizzes are online as well. Overall, Dr. Bailey is a good professor if you're able to teach yourself.
Bailey, despite what is often cited as an accent making her impossible to understand, has very thorough and informative lectures that excellently cover the content necessary to do well on exams. There is a lot of homework, but that homework, for me, has only augmented my understanding of course concepts and served me well on tests.
if you already have a good knowledge of chemistry, you will be fine. multiple choice tests (lowest gets dropped), a million homeworks, online quizzes, and her lectures don't have much in them. but, if you struggle with chem, i'd highly suggest avoiding her if possible because it will be incredibly hard to truly understand and learn the content.
If you have a basic understanding of chem you will do just fine. Lectures are long, but if you pay attention the material that you need to know for the exams are all included, plus the slides are all posted. Her accent is hard to understand at first but you get used to it after a while. Lots of homework, but she gave large extensions.
Difficult to understand, but reads from slides: all materials accessible. Gives attendance bonus. Have to buy extra credit, textbook, hw (lots of hw). Gives students every chance to pass. 3 exams, 1 page cheat sheet on 1st 2, 3rd is online (lowest is dropped). Final exam curved. Even if u don't know what's going on, u can pass, no reason to fail.
Pros: a lot of assignments so a pretty cushioned grade, a lot of bonus, final exam curved heavy, she lets you use a cheat sheet for her exams except for the final, flexible, fun stories Cons: lecture heavy and sometimes boring, a lot of homework like schedule a good three hours to do some of the assignments
The worst part about this class is the amount of OWL homework due every week, it was ridiculous at points. Quizzes and tests are exceptionally easy, and tests were curved. Add in extra credit, and this class becomes the freest A ever as long as you lock in on the exams.
In the beginning, I had a difficult time due to the professor's accent. However, you do get used to it. The homework assignments for this class will take up a lot of your time but it is doable. There is extra credit for iclicker questions and attendance. Up to 5 points total. Overall, if you study and put in the work, you can get an A.
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