AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Frank Hoang

CHEM1C · CHEM1A1C · CHEM1A · CHEMA1 · CHEM30A · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
20/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
—
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you are very strong at self-teaching chemistry and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-Teaching RequiredHard ExamsImpatientHigh Drop RiskAvoid Warnings
  • and needing to teach themselves from the book.
  • as long, hard, and harshly graded.
  • A few positive reviews exist, but the dominant pattern is avoidance.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

A few students earned A grades, but and high grades require heavy independent study.

All evidence is from in-person chemistry courses, with no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

25/100

The content is made harder by unclear lectures, fast pacing near the end, and .

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

comments.

The , and there are no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Most students recommend avoiding him because , and exam-heavy.

The recommendation evidence is entirely in person and strongly negative overall.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

20/100

Students repeatedly , and large numbers of low or .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students say they must study a lot and teach themselves from the book to pass.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Most reviews describe him as .

Format shift

outlier reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

85/100

Reviews focus , and .

Format shift

Assessment .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mostly negative, emphasizing unclear lectures, impatience, self-teaching, and difficult exams.

Main concern

Students may need to teach themselves and .

What students said

“Be prepared to completely teach yourself out of the book.”
CHEM1A
“lectures are hard to understandOn our first exam, a little more than half the class got a D.”
CHEM1A
“80% of this class dropped/withdrew/or failed.STAYYYY AWAY!”
CHEM30A

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

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Exams are repeatedly described as long, hard, and harsh, but reviews .

Hard ExamsTough GradingLong ExamsHigh Failure Rates

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and , but do not clearly prove proctoring, open-book, or closed-book policy.

Hard ExamsTough GradingLong ExamsHigh Failure Rates
“ and hard.”
CHEM1A
“only ONE person got an A (91%) on his first test”
CHEM30A
“ !”
CHEM1A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Be prepared to completely teach yourself out of the book.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 reviews, highlighting teaching, exams, workload, and recommendation patterns. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“he doesn't know how to teach the material well.”

⚖️

20/100

“ and hard.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

25/100

“ .”

📚 Workload Cost

25/100

“You will need to have very good study habits for this class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • . Impatient
  • he doesn't know how to teach the material well.
  • Be prepared to completely teach yourself out of the book.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Half the class failed (D and below) the .
  • only ONE person got an A (91%) on his first test
  • !

Theme 3

🚫 About Student Warnings

  • Avoid if possible!
  • STAYYYY AWAY!
  • BIG NO!!!

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

65/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is medium because 10 reviews are detailed and consistent, but they are old and .

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 55
1 out of 51

Course coverage

CHEM1A5 reviews
CHEM30A2 reviews
CHEM1A1C1 review
CHEM1C1 review
CHEMA11 review

Reported outcomes

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D range

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