AI Rate Professor

Physics

Alireza Azizi

PHYS1A · PHYS2B · 1A · PHYSC2B · PHY2A · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
42.86%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Avoid unless you already know physics or ; kindness does not fix weak lectures.

Best fit · Self Taught ProKind But Weak TeachingSelf Teach RequiredTest Heavy PhysicsEnd Of Semester CurveConfusing Grade Tracking
  • Students repeatedly call him a from in lecture.
  • Exams and grade weighting drive stress; many report teaching themselves from YouTube or the book.
  • A , but you often do not know your real grade until the end.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

Some get As with HW and office hours plus a , but and opaque grades keep an A far from automatic.

All evidence is in person; no online review set to compare.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Physics content plus weak lecture breakdown makes the material feel hard for many students.

All difficulty comments come from in-person physics sections.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

Multiple reviews say lecture is optional while , though .

Evidence is entirely in person and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

Take-again is low and many students as a person.

and consistently mixed to negative on teaching.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

, but and some call exams harsh.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

, and group work add up, but several students still call the load manageable.

Format shift

Workload notes are all in person across PHY and PHYS courses.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Students widely say he cares and is approachable, yet lectures rarely break problems down well enough to learn from.

Format shift

No online teaching sample; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Multiple tests, chapter quizzes, and test-heavy comments outweigh homework and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

All analyzed reviews are in person and split between nice accessible instructor praise and .

Main concern

Lectures often fail to prepare students for , so independent study is required.

What students said

“Be prepared to teach yourself EVERYTHING.”
PHYS2B
“Really great person, can't say the same about his teaching.”
PHYS2B
“A lot of youtube teaching to understand 98% of this course.”
PHY2A

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 demanding and central to the grade, with .

Multiple ExamsDifficult TestsHomework Aligned When PreparedEnd Curve

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as hard and sometimes disconnected from lecture clarity, though HW practice helps some students.

Test HeavyDifficult ExamsHW Practice HelpsFinal Curve
“Labs and HW were easy, but !”
PHYS2B
“If you do the examples from the slides and .”
PHYS2B
“ .”
PHYS2B

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Great person but he is not good at teaching at all. Be prepared to teach yourself EVERYTHING.”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 in-person , and personality praise. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

38/100

“He doesn't know how to break it down for you to understand it.”

❤️ Personality Versus Pedagogy

70/100

“Prof. Azizi is a and wants you to succeed in class!”

📉 Recommendation Risk

38/100

“ .”

📊 Grade Opacity

45/100

“You just won't know your grade until the very end.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • type of and just read off the PowerPoints from the book.
  • A lot of youtube teaching to understand 98% of this course.
  • Get ready to teach yourself.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • .
  • semester.
  • Whole class had no idea what their grade was until the end of the semester.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's a nice professor and seems to really care about his students.
  • He genuinely wants his students to succeed.
  • Absolute unit of a professor.

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty detailed in-person reviews spanning many years show a stable pattern of .

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 54
3 out of 53
2 out of 55
1 out of 53

Course coverage

PHYS2B11 reviews
1A3 reviews
PHY2A3 reviews
PHYS1A2 reviews
PHYSC2B1 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

3

B 3

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 4

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1