AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Joseph Barnes

221A · CHEM2A · CHEM2 · CHEMISTRY2A · CHEM22 · CHEM1A · CHEMISTRY · CHEM · CHEM2B · 65 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.9

The decision

unless you can fully teach yourself chemistry from the textbook.

Best fit · Self Taught ProMocks StudentsDoes Not TeachSelf-Study RequiredUnfair GraderHard Unmatched Exams
  • Students and feel like independent study.
  • Many report he mocks questions and makes students feel stupid in front of class.
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Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A usually means heavy self-study, tutors, and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

26/100

Chemistry content is already tough and poor lecture coverage makes it feel even harder.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

, but at least one and students still feel forced to show up for little payoff.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Most students urge others to stay far away, calling him the worst chemistry teacher they had.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

, and report high fail rates.

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lecture value is low so students carry a and outside help.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

, and demeaning teaching with little real instruction.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

while lectures and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person chemistry classes are widely described as disorganized, unhelpful lectures with harsh interaction and .

Main concern

Rude classroom climate plus exams that do not match what is taught.

What students said

“ . This teacher is extremely confusing, disorganized and mean.”
CHEM2A
“The ONLY way plausible to PASS this class is if you treat it like a independent study class.”
CHEM22
“He makes you feel incredibly stupid for asking him questions and .”
CHEM2A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams are frequently described as extremely hard, poorly aligned with lectures, and unforgiving.

Hard ExamsLecture-Exam MismatchAll-or-Nothing ProblemsIn-Person Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

content, and can punish small mistakes harshly.

Hard ExamsLecture-Exam MismatchAll-or-Nothing Problems
“You're mainly teaching yourself the material and the or nothing problems.”
CHEM2A
“ and his lectures doesn't cover what is on the test.”
CHEM22
“Forget about skipping a single stupid answer on a sheet... he will give you a ZERO!”
CHEM2A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I received an A.... only because I taught myself, utilized tutors, had a great study group to depend on, read the text book word for word.... NOT because of this professor.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, , and hostile classroom tone. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

18/100

“Took his class years ago. Still, to this day, he stands out as the .”

😬 Classroom Climate

15/100

“He makes you feel incredibly stupid for asking him questions and that you have no common sense.”

📘

25/100

“The ONLY way plausible to PASS this class is if you treat it like a independent study class... wont learn sh*t from him.”

📉 Recommendation

12/100

“Don't even dare to be in his class, i think he is retired now ..good for you.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he doesn't go
  • He is not too hard but he just no direction on his lecture
  • All he does is sit on his chair, and literally read of the book.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • more then 1/2 have dropped by midterms
  • More than half the class fail or drop
  • so hard

Theme 3

😠 About Character

  • RUDE!! LAZY. ! !!
  • ! He makes you feel very dumb if you ask him a question
  • mocks you for not understanding

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

65

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed, highly consistent in-person reviews spanning many years strongly support the negative pattern.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 54
3 out of 55
2 out of 513
1 out of 541

Course coverage

CHEM2219 reviews
CHEM2A14 reviews
CHEM1A10 reviews
CHEM2 reviews
221A1 review
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CHEM21 review
CHEM2B1 review
CHEMISTRY1 review
CHEMISTRY2A1 review

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