AI Rate Professor

Physical Sciences

Gary Strathearn

CHEMISTRY10 · CHEMISTRY · CHEM10 · 38 lifetime ratings

AI rating
79/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Strong pick for CHEM10 if you will use office hours and ; expect a real workload, not a free ride.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHelpful Office HoursPractice ExamsCares About StudentsFair GraderClear Chem Teaching
  • Most students call him the nicer twin who truly helps and explains chemistry clearly.
  • , and tutoring sessions are the path to solid grades.
  • A few report , so effort still matters.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

56/100

As , and attending help sessions rather than by showing up alone.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Chemistry is inherently demanding here, but and review make the material manageable for prepared students.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

and some terms list it mandatory, but policies are not uniformly strict across all reviews.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

82/100

Despite sparse formal take-again data, as a caring, clear chemistry professor.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

72/100

, and fair point policies appear often alongside tough individual tests.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

, and multiple exams create a solid but expected science workload.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

84/100

Students , and student-centered with abundant office-hour support.

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Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

, and exams all count, with practice tests that mirror real assessments.

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

38 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person CHEM10 reviews overwhelmingly praise clarity, fairness, and support, with .

Main concern

Timed quizzes and .

What students said

“ and assignments. Read all chapters, do home work problems and you should be fine.”
CHEM10
“He really cares about his students.”
CHEM10
“His exams are unnecessarily difficult. in class.”
CHEM10

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.

Exams are challenging and often math-focused, but practice materials and .

Practice ExamsTimed QuizzesCurvesExtra CreditMath-Heavy Problems

Assessment risk

Standard

56/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams are timed and can be hard, yet old exams and office-hour hints are common.

Practice ExamsTimed QuizzesCurves
“ and he is totally available to help.”
CHEM10
“Speed is essential as you are not given that much time to complete the quizzes and exams.”
CHEM10

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Prof. Strathearn is the really the best! He really cares about his students. If you're not getting the subject matter, he will make extra time to work with you one on one.”

Voice snapshots generated from 38 in-person reviews, highlighting support, fairness, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“Very intelligent, clear, humorous, patient, respectful communicator.”

👍 Recommendation

82/100

“If you need to take CHem 10, this is the .”

⚖️

72/100

“he is a and will give you the benefit of the doubt.”

📈 Effort Required

56/100

“hw every week, you need to put in some work if you want an A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and assignments
  • makes chem fun and interesting
  • Goes out of his way to help students succeed.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Class isn't easy, there is a lot of busy work
  • .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • The nicest teacher ever and really cares about his students
  • twin of
  • BEST CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR OUT THERE!

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

38

Recent reviews read by the AI

38

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-eight mostly detailed reviews over many years show strong agreement on supportiveness, with a minority of .

Inside 38 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 527
4 out of 54
3 out of 53
2 out of 52
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CHEM1035 reviews
CHEMISTRY102 reviews
CHEMISTRY1 review

Reported outcomes

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No letter grade reported

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