AI Rate Professor

Physics

Ken Cheney

PHYS1A · PHYSICS1C · PHYS6966 · PHYS1B · PHY1A · PH10A · PHYS1D · PHYS31A · PHYS10 · PHYS10L · PHY31A · PHY1D · PHY10 · PHYS1ACD · PHYSICS1B · PHYS010 · PHYS1C · 110 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
24%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

plan to , and lean hard on and sample tests.

Best fit · Self Taught ProArbitrary GradingSelf-Taught RequiredUnorganizedExtra Credit HeavyPicky Labs
  • , and mood-based or hyper-picky grading.
  • and for self-directed students.
  • ; most .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

and , but picky zero-for-near-right grading can erase that path.

Online PHYS10 sometimes feels like an easy A via activities; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Material is not advanced, but self-teaching plus vague labs makes learning physics harder than it should be.

Both formats emphasize self-study; online .

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

and class meetings or real lectures barely exist.

Online is often asynchronous; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

Would-take-again is about 24% and comments overwhelmingly say stay away due to chaos and .

A minority online and older reviews like the easy A; most in-person and .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report zeros for , and almost no partial credit.

Format shift

Harsh pickiness appears in both online posts and .

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Load varies from joke posts and and .

Format shift

Online workload is busywork-heavy; and .

Teaching experience

Poor

25/100

; students repeatedly say they learn nothing useful from him.

Format shift

Online suffers from no teaching; in-person lectures and labs are still widely panned.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of quizzes, labs, homework, discussion posts, and .

Format shift

Online leans discussion and activities; and exams.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

38 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and tests that can be easy if you study his samples, not his teaching.

Main concern

and easy-test path.

What students said

“Labs and lectures are pointless, so get ready to learn everything on your own.”
PHYS1B
“ . Everything he included on his study guide is exactly in the test.”
PHYSICS1B
“Don't take this class, 77% of the class has an F.”
PHYS10

Remote format

Online

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are widely called unstructured google-it courses with and .

Main concern

, and decades-old notes make online especially risky.

What students said

“No assigned textbook, simply told us to "google" and "wikipedia." I didn't learn anything.”
PHYS010
“No instruction; very much "google it" and do it yourself class.”
PHY10
“Professor Cheney gives so much , you could pass with that alone.”
PHYS010

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are often easy if you study his guides and samples, while .

Study Guide Matches TestExtra Credit On ExamsFinal Can Replace QuizzesSelf-Paced Materials

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; labs and written work are graded pickily with little partial credit.

Study Guide Equals TestPicky Lab Sign-OffsExtra Credit Opportunities
“Everything he included on his study guide is exactly in the test.”
PHYSICS1B
“ the correct answer, and still get a ZERO.”
PHYS31A

Online

Reviews ; and replaceable quizzes dominate online assessment talk.

Final Replace QuizzesUnclear Quiz QuestionsExtra Credit
“He allowed the .”
PHYS010
“somehow I scored the average 60% on the first "quiz". Questions were very vague.”
PHYS1D

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do not do it. Your probably looking at the 8% would take again rating thinking can it really be that bad? YES.... Yes he is that bad”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting chaos, self-teaching, and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Collapse

24/100

“Anyone will be even better than him. he should retire now. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME”

📚

28/100

“No actual teaching is done.”

⚖️

22/100

“Grades arbitrarily with .”

🎁 Lifeline

70/100

“Professor Cheney gives so much , you could pass with that alone.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and
  • Lectures felt more like conversations between him and the people who already knew physics
  • , I studied the textbook

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • there is really no criteria for and depends on how he's feeling
  • '
  • He grades only on how he feels, beware!

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • organization that looks like it was done by a 2 year old with crayons
  • The online class instructions were the
  • lecture notes more than 3 decades old

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

110

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews over many years consistently describe poor organization and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 520
4 out of 55
3 out of 513
2 out of 518
1 out of 554

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

26 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 2 · A 10

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

11

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 4 · Not_Sure_Yet 2