Paula Bruice

221 reviews
Get ready to read Tough grader Test heavy Clear grading criteria Lots of homework Graded by few things Would take again Respected Skip class? You won't pass. Tests are tough Hilarious Amazing lectures Gives good feedback Inspirational So many papers Lecture heavy
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CHEM109A . 4 Years Ago

The worst prof I've ever had. Gives zero partial credit on tests and makes them extremely long. Goes twice as fast as the other ochem classes, leaving you 2 chapters ahead of everyone else. Her textbook is full of errors and forces you to teach yourself. Was super rude to me in OH and basically made me feel even worse about a bad midterm grade

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109A . 4 Years Ago

She's definitely the greatest professor in UCSB.

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CHEM109A . 4 Years Ago

I got a 3.8 my 1st year and got a C. Don't have the time to devote my life to ochem but that's what you'll be doing in this class. Say goodbye to die and the DP dream, sell those die on ebay boys. Terrible prof

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CHEM109A . 5 Years Ago

She should be ashamed of herself. You're basically in charge of learning all the material yourself while she just stands up there. Textbook shouldn't be super necessary but it IS because she doesn't teach and you'll be depending on that thing for your life. I just wouldn't recommend taking her. Not exactly a point in showing up to class

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CHEM109AC . 5 Years Ago

Basically you are teaching yourself everything. Literally everything. If you teach yourself and understand all the book problems and memorize them you will do fine, but it is a lot of stuff. The final was way harder than her midterms. If she asks a question that was not a book problem you are screwed. If you want to actually learn don't take her.

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CHEM109A109C . 5 Years Ago

Dr. Bruice has been lecturing at UCSB for decades, and her exhaustion with undergrads shows -- her lectures are fast-paced reviews of the textbook figures and are useful as a way to keep up with the material as one studies from her textbook at their own pace. Her exams are either verbatim book problems or slightly modified ones, easy to succeed on!

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CHEM109A109C . 5 Years Ago

This class taught me how to self study. easy test. If you don't do the work you will fail. if you do the work you will get an A.

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109A . 5 Years Ago

She's extremely rude and lazy. She just sits in the front of her class and reads off her powerpoint. Theres truly no point in showing up to her class. Stay home, read her book, and memorize all the book problems because she uses exact questions out of the book on her midterms and finals. Again, lazy.

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109A . 5 Years Ago

Honestly her lecture was boring and basically she was just reading off her book. But her test was easy

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CHEM109AC . 5 Years Ago

My advice is to do well in this class read the book and go to her lectures (if you already read the section) and use that time as a review session. Her tests are super easy (based off book problems).She is actually pretty nice in OH despite her being cold in lecture. Mastering Chem HW was cheggable. Bruice taught me how to effectively self-study

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CHEM109A . 5 Years Ago

Worst professor I've ever had. Clicked through powerpoints so quickly and expected students to do every single book problem. I did not learn the material well and would NOT recommend her at all.

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CHEM109A . 5 Years Ago

Well a lot of people dislike Bruice, so did I in the first couple of lectures since she is so quiet, I had to stare at the ppt and the blackboard the entire time while taking notes. Then I decided to move right next to the podium to hear her better. I stopped taking notes because her lectures were actually great and I learnt than memorize.

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