dr. bakas is an incredibly kind person, but she has no idea how to teach apart from reading directly off slides. she frequently would make mistakes in her lectures that were then corrected by students. she has taught wrong info pertinent to tests on a few occasions. with how difficult the chem tests are, she fails to prepare you. take someone else.

She's very nice... but that is the only positive thing I can say. She makes so many mistakes during lectures and seems to just confuse herself. She did not explain the material well, was not engaging in lectures, and I did not feel she prepared me for the exams. Take literally any other instructor. If you get her, Science Guyz helps SO much

This professor is not highly experienced and it shows. Every day in class she will simply read the slides the whole time. She does not explain them, and when questions are asked, her answers leave us more confused. When the slides are actual problems, she works them out on the screen but often makes mistakes, which students then speak up to fix.

Dr. Bakas is a very kind person. However, 1211 is a hard class that needs to be taught extremely well for students to succeed. For chem 1211, I would strongly advise taking a more experienced professor who can teach effectively and clearly. Bakas obviously knew the content but was confusing and could not teach well.

I'll give it to her, she was new this year... However, I did not like her teaching style at all. She seemed like she didn't really understand what she was talking about and made a number of little mistakes that changed the meaning of the content. When students asked questions, it didn't sound like she was ever confident in what she said.

Dr. Bakas is the worst professor I have had. Her lectures are all over the place and she will get problems wrong on the board. She is a nice person, but terrible at teaching. I was supposed to get points back for two progress quizzes and I went to office hours 2 times to ask her to change it, but she never did.

She did not know the material well enough to teach. The lecture was pointless. Would not take her.

The lectures are extremely pointless, and she lacks the confidence required to teach this course.

She doesn't know the material. She doesn't answer questions. She is not helpful. Run! Take anyone but her

She does not know anything about chemistry or how to teach it. I had to learn everything on my own. Don't take her. If you do end up having to take her, get science guyz and go to other teachers office hours, you basically just have to teach yourself the content.

I could not stand this class. While Dr. Bakas is not a terrible professor on the whole, she definitely does not know much about the subject she is teaching. When accessed for office hours she can be generally snarky and unapproachable. Just be prepared to put in the work OUTSIDE of class and GET SCIENCE GUYZ EARLY ON!!

Lectures are pointless because she doesn't know what she's teaching and you don't learn anything from them, but they're mandatory anyways. I taught myself the entire class. Final is pretty easy though, I recommend getting the study guide for it but just note that its a physical book that has to be shipped to you so buy it ahead of time

Professor Bakas was a first year teacher and it showed in her teaching style. She often couldn't answer questions that students would ask regarding the lecture. She takes forever responding to emails, and isn't very clear when she responds to these emails. She is however a nice person, but would not recommend to take.

Required attendance and lectures are almost always wrong, requiring someone else to speak up and correct a mistake that she made. Mandatory recitation as well, a homework and a quiz due each week.

Not a good lecturer. Actually learned nothing in her class. Had to rely on Science Guyz.

After reading the reviews from last semester I was hoping she would improve this semester... sadly that is not the case. She is not confident in anything she says and you will be relying on outside sources like Science Guys to learn anything. Says "um" every other word. Just avoid... she makes a hard class even more difficult.

She was so bad at explaining concepts and her powerpoints were very disorganized. Be prepared to do a lot of work outside of class to understand the concepts along with the weekly reading checks and progress quizzes. Highly recommend getting Chegg or science guyz to get through this class

THIS IS THE WORST PROFESSOR I HAVE EVER HAD. Not only does she not understand what is taught and makes the content so much more confusing, but she is quite literally the most boring lecturer in the world. Please please avoid taking at all costs, she truly makes an already difficult class 100x harder.

She is the worst professor I have ever had. Her lectures are just her reading off of the powerpoints. Attendance is mandatory for the squarecap questions. She is awful at explaining, fails to answer questions, and often makes mistakes when working out problems in class. Her notes are not helpful at all. I had to rely solely on science guys.

She had never taught before last year. I don't know why she didn't start with high school cause she has no clue what she's doing. If you aren't worried about graduating late, wait a semester and take a better professor. Having her teach you chem puts you at a complete disadvantage.

All chem professors aren't very good but this is probably the worst. She seems lost most of the time and likes to just stare at the ceiling while rambling about nothing. If you don't have success with teaching yourself every piece of material in the class you're probably cooked.

She seems afraid of the class and isn't good at speaking to the large lecture. She is obviously really smart but she just presents the information and doesn't explain how or why. You're better off going to another professor's office hours and utilizing resources like ScienceGuyz. Chem is difficult overall but she just makes it so much harder.

nikki, I know it's your first year, but that can't be an excuse as to why you do not have a teaching style and cannot answer half the questions we ask.

This was the worst class I've ever taken. I came into college not having the best base in chemistry since I took the class during the pandemic. Bakas was zero help. Lectures were chaotic and unhelpful, it seemed like she barely knew the information she was teaching herself. The in class practice questions were nothing like the exam. DO NOT TAKE!!

She's a very sweet person but it's difficult to understand the topics she's discussing because she moves so fast through the lectures. There's lots of homework thats always due on the weekends, and little preparation before exams. You'll definitely need to dedicate a lot of time to tutoring and teaching yourself the material.

Although her lectures are pretty organized, she can't explain the concepts well. There's a lot of homework and due on weekends. When I asked her questions, her answer just made me more confused. I could not recommend that you don't take her class enough. I did well in class, but had to teach myself the content outside of class.

She reads off of slides and dodges questions. Unless you excel at chemistry, do not take her class.

teacher did not teach material for test very socially awkward

Class is beyond boring. She speaks quietly almost like she's scared and reads off the PowerPoint. There is SO much homework and weekly readings AND they overlap her own assignments. Homework was 10x as hard as the questions from lecture. Recitation periods have mandatory attendance she won't let you leave for anything. She's also a little rude

She is not a good teacher, doesn't explain things (like most things are just because they are in her class, not WHY), is very awkward, and has annoying/rigorous explanations for teaching problems. Wouldn't take again.

She is nice but that is the only positive thing I will say about Dr. Bakas as a teacher. After seeing how Science Guyz and other instructors (specifically Jensen) would explain things it made me realize how bad she is explaining literally anything. Don't expect a coherent response when you ask her a question or to elaborate. The worst 1211 teacher.

She just reads off the slides and goes so fast. I never knew what was going on because she was always 3 slides ahead when I finished writing the notes from one slide. I learned absolutely nothing from her and had to teach myself everything. She just is not a good teacher at all.

Badddddd at teaching please avoid…. I was failing the class with her, dropped, and retook with Begley this semester with SG tutoring and literally made an A. Take any other option besides her; she doesn't know what she's doing and just seems unsure at all times. Incompetent and a shame to be teaching students who want to learn Chemistry at UGA

As I begin this next semester, I am reminded of what an awful teacher she was. I don't believe in having to purchase external support for a class, but if I had not had not had Science Guyz, I would have done significantly worse in this class. She is a horrible lecturer (um every other word) and she does not prepare you for the departmental exams.

Does not spend time explaining anything, so if you haven't taken AP Chem and are unfamiliar with the concepts do not take her class. She just flies through the content. Seems very disoriented/disorganized, but does practice questions in class which is somewhat helpful? Does not answer questions very well either.

You will not learn anything in this class and will have to teach it all to yourself. All she does is lecture and put up practice problems. I feel so unprepared for the tests and had to buy science guys. BEWARE!! If you get this professor I advise switching out. If you didn't take AP chem you will know nothing.

I think a rock could teach you chemistry better. She can't answer questions or explain anything, lectures move a mile a minute. One time it took her over half the class to solve one problem because she kept getting it wrong and the girl behind me started crying.

Literally mumbles the entire lecture, doesn't know the answer to literally any question that isn't on a lecture slide, and does not care that her class averages are always