AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Nicholas Brown

CS52 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
93/100
RMP rating
5.0/5
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Difficulty
2.7

The decision

Take Brown for CS52 if you want a fair, flexible teacher who cares about learning and industry connections.

Best fit · Effort For RewardUCLA-connected networkerFlexible final projectReasonable gradingWants learning not memorizingCS clubs access
  • All three reviews give a perfect 5 and call him awesome for CS52.
  • and focuses on real understanding.
  • Strong networking value through UCLA ties and programming clubs.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

80/100

Reasonable grading and grind.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

65/100

Students enjoy the class and report moderate difficulty, not a brain-burner.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews do not clearly state an .

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

94/100

Every review strongly recommends him as a great CS teacher and networker.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

82/100

Students call grading very reasonable and .

Format shift

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Workload

Light

70/100

Comments emphasize fun and flexibility more than heavy homework, with project freedom reducing friction.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Excellent

92/100

He is praised as knowledgeable, fun, and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Assessment includes tests plus a .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person CS52 students , and networking opportunities through his clubs and UCLA ties.

Main concern

Very few reviews make it hard to judge workload consistency across terms.

What students said

“Even let us do our Final project in any programming language we wanted. Great teacher, great class A+++++++”
CS52
“ . He wants you to learn, not to memorize, which is good for the tests.”
CS52
“Great teacher, good to network with, teaches at UCLA and has a bunch of clubs he's apart of.”
CS52

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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, and the final project can use any language.

Understanding-Focused TestsFlexible Final ProjectAny Programming Language

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

75/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tests emphasize learning over memorization.

Flexible Final ProjectUnderstanding-Focused Tests
“Even let us do our Final project in any programming language we wanted.”
CS52
“He wants you to learn, not to memorize, which is good for the tests.”
CS52

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Great teacher, good to network with, teaches at UCLA and has a bunch of clubs he's apart of. Even let us do our Final project in any programming language we wanted.”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person reviews, highlighting flexibility, fairness, and networking. Credibility rating: Low.

🌟 Teaching Quality

92/100

“Awesome teacher knows his stuff, also has some cool clubs to network with other programmers.”

🧰 Flexible Projects

85/100

“Even let us do our Final project in any programming language we wanted.”

⚖️

82/100

“ . He wants you to learn, not to memorize”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Awesome teacher knows his stuff
  • Great class!!

Theme 2

🔗 About Networking

  • good to network with, teaches at UCLA
  • has some cool clubs to network with other programmers

Theme 3

📈 About Grades & Assessment

  • He wants you to learn, not to memorize, which is good for the tests

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only three short older reviews, all positive, so the but thin.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

CS523 reviews

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