AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Darcy Mack

CHEM22 · CHEM1A · 113 lifetime ratings

AI rating
62/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
62.79%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you want to truly learn chem and will put in serious weekly hours; skip if you need an easy A.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerCaring Chem MentorHard ExamsALEKS HeavyClear When In PersonPartial Credit Helps
  • Strong, kind lecturer who wants students to succeed and offers real partial credit.
  • Chemistry workload is heavy—especially ALEKS and frequent deadlines—and exams are tough.
  • sections with webcam proctoring and video lectures.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

As and high grades happen, but only with heavy study; many say do not expect an easy A in chem.

Online pandemic terms felt especially unrewarding; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

General chemistry concepts, labs, and conceptual exams keep .

Both formats call content hard; online adds self-teaching friction.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

38/100

success, and skip-class warnings appear frequently.

; in-person usually expects presence.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

64/100

About 63% would take again—strong for learners who want mastery, weaker for grade-chasers burned by workload.

In-person recommendations dominate positives; online reviews pull the rate down.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Known for partial credit and fairness when criteria and .

Format shift

In-person often praises partial credit; online felt harsher and .

Workload

Heavy

26/100

ALEKS sections, multiple weekly deadlines, labs, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online remote terms were overwhelming daily; in-person still heavy but more structured.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

, and genuine care shine in person; remote video-based terms hurt scores.

Format shift

In-person teaching is highly praised; online teaching quality is much weaker.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and a and homework as practice.

Format shift

In-person and online both emphasize exams; online adds frequent quiz deadlines.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students often call her the , and caring—while still warning about hard tests and .

Main concern

ALEKS or .

What students said

“Professor .”
CHEM1A
“Prof Mack is one of the . She genuinely cares about her students”
CHEM22
“Don't expect an easy grade from her. Her exams and the studied material.”
CHEM1A

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online and remote terms drew heavy criticism for overwhelming daily work, , and .

Main concern

Excessive daily assignments and .

What students said

“ lesson plans for lecture. Multiple exams that watch you through live webcam while .”
CHEM1A
“ low res recorded videos, labs are virtual and not helpful.”
CHEM1A
“The first three weeks were hell .”
CHEM1A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard and conceptual with partial credit in person; some online terms used live webcam monitoring.

Hard conceptual examsSample exams availablePartial creditWeekly quizzesLive webcam proctoring (online era)

Assessment risk

Standard

44/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and conceptual, sometimes harder than samples, but partial credit and clearer criteria help.

3 exams plus finalPartial creditSample examsFinal sometimes multiple choice
“All the but the and all multiple choice. She also gives a big amount of partial credit on tests and quizzes.”
CHEM1A
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CHEM1A

Online

Online reviews explicitly and heavy weekly work.

Live webcam proctoringHard quizzes every weekMultiple exams
“ while .”
CHEM1A
“Her exams and .”
CHEM1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Professor . You gotta work for your grade but she makes the and provides stepping stones so you can really understand the material.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, weighting in-person teaching praise against heavy workload and online-era pain. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“She is a solid choice and is understanding. Pay GOOD attention to the video lectures, they .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

64/100

“THE .”

📚 Workload Intensity

26/100

“Gives a crap ton of .”

📝

36/100

“Don't expect an easy grade from her. Her exams and the studied material.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • kind and understanding

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • just don't expect an easy A
  • You gotta work for your grade
  • but if you know the concept you'll be fine

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

113

Lifetime ratings

87/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews across years with and consistent workload and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 566
4 out of 518
3 out of 513
2 out of 57
1 out of 510

Course coverage

CHEM1A40 reviews
CHEM229 reviews
303451 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

41 reported outcomes

A range

18

A+ 3 · A 13 · A- 2

B range

10

B+ 3 · B 6 · B- 1

C range

5

C+ 2 · C 2 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1 · Rather_Not_Say 1