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Chemistry

Homer Tong

CHEM1B · 30A · CHEM1A · 1A · CHEM50 · CHEM12A · CHEM25 · CHEMD025 · D0025 · 185 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
7.69%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

unless you are already strong in chemistry and can teach yourself from the primer and textbook.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-study requiredDisorganized lecturesPrimer-dependent examsTough testsLow recommendation
  • Students overwhelmingly say lectures are unclear, disorganized, or not useful for learning chemistry.
  • The primer can make exams more predictable, but many and .
  • Recommendation sentiment is extremely low, with if another option exists.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Some students report easy A outcomes through the primer, but , and .

All Easy A .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

25/100

Chemistry , and the need to learn material independently.

All course-difficulty evidence comes from in-person reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

as mandatory or warn that skipping hurts, even though several students say lectures are not useful.

Only in-person reviews discuss attendance, and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Students overwhelmingly advise avoiding him because they feel they learned little and .

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

Reviews often call him a tough or , although some say the primer or partial patterns can make grades possible.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

20/100

Students repeatedly mention lots of homework, labs, primer study, textbook reading, and .

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Awful

10/100

The comments consistently describe lectures as , and dependent on self-teaching.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grades are repeatedly described as , and primer-based test preparation.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and strongly warn that students must self-teach because .

Main concern

The dominant concern is poor teaching quality combined with difficult or .

What students said

“ .”
CHEM25
“You need to self teach yourself the whole course.”
CHEM50
“Expect to teach yourself everything.”
CHEM1A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews describe difficult or primer-based exams and lab tests, but .

Test HeavyPrimer-Based ExamsLabs And ExamsPast ExamsMultiple Choice

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and lab tests that often depend on the primer, past exams, and .

Test HeavyPrimer-Based ExamsLabs And ExamsPast ExamsMultiple Choice
“2 lab test, 3 exam in total, half of .”
CHEM1A
“tests and .”
1A
“ and notes in primer.”
42693

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Expect to teach yourself everything.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

10/100

“Expect to teach yourself everything.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

8/100

“ .”

🧪

32/100

“His primer is the only chance of passing the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are useless, just him mumbling the whole time and mocking students.
  • You need to self teach yourself the whole course.
  • Lectures are and .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • .
  • Does he even know how to grade?
  • He is a .

Theme 3

🧾 About Primer And Exams

  • His primer is the only chance of passing the class.
  • EASY A if you buy his primer.
  • All of his tests and as the ones on his primer.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

185

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is high because 50 in-person reviews provide detailed and highly consistent complaints across chemistry courses, despite being older.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 511
3 out of 515
2 out of 534
1 out of 5119

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

40 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 1 · A 5 · A- 3

B range

11

B+ 1 · B 5 · B- 5

C range

5

C+ 2 · C 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

14

Drop/Withdrawal 6 · Not sure yet 8