AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Nicolai Kalisch

CS52 · CS81 · CS50 · CS55 · CS20B · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
92/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
86.67%
Difficulty
2.1

The decision

Great pick for an easy online CS A if you can self-pace; weaker if you need deep live instruction.

Best fit · Easy A HunterEasy AFully AsyncOnline SavvyClear GradingQuiz Heavy
  • Most students report an As
  • and courses are often fully async with short video lectures
  • A few students say and that older or

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

88/100

Repeated easiest-A comments, high A grades, and low difficulty make an A common with modest effort.

Online reviews drive the easy-A story; one older in-person CS20B review says As were hard.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

84/100

Content is beginner-friendly with short lectures and .

Online CS50/CS55 feel very light; some in-person CS20B felt harder.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

90/100

and courses run fully async with no zooms.

Online ; only a couple of older or listed-mandatory cases exist.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

and students repeatedly call him great for easygoing CS credit.

Recommendation is strongest online; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

86/100

, and many As make grading student-friendly.

Format shift

fair grading.

Workload

Light

82/100

Weekly quizzes and ; workload is usually manageable even in short terms.

Format shift

Online sections feel lightest; denser CS20B had more tests.

Teaching experience

Good

80/100

, and responsiveness; a minority say the class is mostly self-taught YouTube content.

Format shift

Online quality is high overall with one strong laziness critique.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

Many small quizzes plus exams drive grades, with and limited projects.

Format shift

Online emphasizes multi-attempt quizzes; older in-person CS20B stressed many tests.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and fair feedback, with one older note that too many tests made an A hard.

Main concern

Older CS20B .

What students said

“His lectures are short and easy to follow. .”
CS50
“ and quiz, even though u studied hard... still really hard to got an A.”
CS20B
“Great teacher. I asked a lot of off-topic questions and he always answered clearly.”
CS81

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online classes are mostly chill async Canvas courses with , and easy As, though one review calls the setup lazy YouTube content.

Main concern

Learning depth can be thin if you rely only on the assigned videos.

What students said

“Easiest A of my life.”
Cs55
“Class was very chill, just consisting of 10min video lectures from the CS Hero YouTube channel and ”
Cs55
“The material is very easy and the and underwhelming.”
CS50

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and exams are generally called not bad or easy to prepare for.

Untimed QuizzesMultiple Quiz AttemptsSearchable Lecture MaterialExams Not Too Hard

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

88/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; one CS20B review warns of many tests and harder A odds.

Lecture-Based QuizzesProgramming Questions on ExamsMany Tests
“ .”
CS50
“there will and final but will be easy if you did the project.”
CS20B

Online

, and answers are often findable in lectures; no Lockdown or webcam policy is clearly proven.

Untimed QuizzesMultiple AttemptsFully Async
“the . You could easily search for the answer in his lecture.”
Cs55
“Provides many .”
Cs55
“ , but does affect your grade quite a bit if you score < A.”
CS52

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Easiest A of my life.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 reviews with online-majority evidence on ease, async design, and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Easy A Factor

88/100

“Easiest A of my life.”

💻 Async Course Design

90/100

“Fully async, no zooms. Teacher is responsive.”

📚

55/100

“If you are trying to LEARN, you better do it on your own while taking this.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are short and easy to follow.
  • he gave out well-detailed hints for .
  • lazily set up Canvas page that makes you watch videos from a random youtuber

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • most get an a
  • still really hard to got an A.

Theme 3

🛠️ About Workload Format

  • and underwhelming.
  • Decent amt of work per week, nothing is too crazy.
  • Provides many .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

Fifteen fairly recent reviews with strong online volume, consistent easy-async themes, and only limited contradiction.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

Cs556 reviews
CS20B3 reviews
CS503 reviews
CS522 reviews
CS811 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 2 · A 9

B range

3

B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values