AI Rate Professor

Engineering

Phil Salomon

ENGR16 · ENGR17 · ENGR15A · ELTRN32 · CIS162163 · ENG16 · 15A1617 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

and engineering instruction if you practice HW carefully and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardClear lecturesHelpful on homeworkMultiple-choice examsNo partial creditOpen notes sometimes
  • Clear, friendly engineering teaching with strong problem walkthroughs
  • but can be all-or-nothing multiple choice
  • Open book or notes appear in some classes; difficulty varies by course

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

64/100

HW practice can yield strong scores, but no partial credit and tricky MC make an A require careful work.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Some sections feel very easy with open materials; circuits and trick questions raise difficulty for others.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

; older reviews often omit detail.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

82/100

, and ; a few dislike hard no-partial-credit exams.

; would-take-again is 100% where reported.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Often described as fair, but no partial credit or .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

60/100

yet time-consuming and essential because exams match those problems.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

80/100

, and friendly style with occasional fast pacing.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

85/100

Exams are about 90% of the grade in some reports; .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person engineering courses with , and .

Main concern

No partial credit on scantron exams can punish small calculation errors.

What students said

“He is a great instructor, I and one of the best instructors ever.”
ENGR16
“ . However, it is very easy to make mistakes in this class as there no partial credit or .”
ENGR16
“open book/notes/hw for quizes, test, and final”
ENGR17

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.

; some courses allow open book and notes.

Multiple choice ScantronNo partial creditExams like homeworkOpen book/notes (some courses)

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are often 10-question multiple choice with no partial credit; some courses allow open book, notes, and HW.

Multiple choiceNo partial creditHW-similar problemsOpen book/notes (varies)
“ . However, it is very easy to make mistakes in this class as there no partial credit or .”
ENGR16
“ .”
ENGR15A
“open book/notes/hw for quizes, test, and final”
ENGR17

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He is a great instructor, I and one of the best instructors ever.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews, highlighting lecture clarity and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

80/100

“ board. reviews before exams with similar problems”

📝

45/100

“It's all Scantron; all or nothing. Partial credit in a course like this would be a better idea.”

👍 Recommendation

82/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and one of the
  • His teachings are methodical
  • Will do every problem for you if you ask

Theme 2

📈

  • no partial credit or
  • open book/notes/hw for quizes, test, and final

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Very nice, personable professor

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

16 in-person reviews from 2004-2018 with but older sample and few reported grades.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

ENGR168 reviews
ENGR15A3 reviews
15A16171 review
CIS1621631 review
ELTRN321 review
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ENG161 review
ENGR171 review

Reported outcomes

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2 reported outcomes

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2

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B range

0

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C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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