AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Shawn Sirossian

CHEM3 · CHEM4 · CHEM1B · CHEM1A · 28 lifetime ratings

AI rating
84/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
86.96%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you can self-study chemistry and want a .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCaring and lenientSelf-study heavyPractice exams match testsCurves generouslyEasy labs
  • Most students say lectures are weak but kindness, curves, and .
  • Chemistry is largely self-taught from the textbook with and completion-style labs.
  • lecturing poor.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

, and near-identical practice exams make A grades common with steady study.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is standard intro chem made manageable, but self-study and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

as mandatory while others report optional; .

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Roughly 87 percent would take again; most praise kindness, fairness, and grade support despite lecture complaints.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

88/100

, and grade rounding make him one of the more generous chem graders.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

58/100

and repetitive, but labs are easy and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Highly caring and accessible, though several students say lectures are weak and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Mix of , and a cumulative final with strong exam review support.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person chem courses reward textbook reading, sample exams, and labs; lectures vary but and curved.

Main concern

You will not learn much from lectures alone and .

What students said

“YOU WILL NOT LEARN FROM THE LECTURES! ... He WILL round your grade up and that is all that matters.”
CHEM1A
“ on the exams.”
CHEM1A

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.

but highly predictable when and reviews.

Practice exams nearly identicalMultiple choice examsCumulative finalExam review sessions

Assessment risk

Standard

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; reviews before tests and fair multiple-choice formats are common.

Sample midterms nearly identicalIn-person exam review4 exams plus cumulative finalMultiple choice
“ on the exams.”
CHEM1A
“ and online homeworks”
CHEM4

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He WILL round your grade up and that is all that matters.”

Voice snapshots generated from 28 in-person chemistry reviews across multiple courses and years. Credibility rating: High.

❤️

88/100

“ and will really work with you to get to the A you need”

📚

68/100

“ ... it's more like a self-study class”

🎯

82/100

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👍 Strong Recommendation

88/100

“ if you get the chance!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • YOU WILL NOT LEARN FROM THE LECTURES!
  • very kind and understanding
  • He is really care about students!!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He WILL round your grade up
  • and super nice
  • Easy A class. The content is as easy as HS chem

Theme 3

🧪

  • There's a lot of and
  • The online homeworks are really the pain, and are absurdly long

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

28

Recent reviews read by the AI

28

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

28 reviews across CHEM1A/1B/3/4 from 2015-2024 with detailed, and self-study.

Inside 28 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 59
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

CHEM1A12 reviews
CHEM412 reviews
CHEM1B2 reviews
CHEM32 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

25 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 1 · A 11

B range

11

B+ 5 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1