AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Jamie Solorsa

CHEM110 · CHEM180 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
44/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Only take Solorsa if you will grind chemistry daily and ; avoid if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardExtra Credit HeavySlide-Reading LecturesPolarizing Chem ProfTest HeavyCaring but Uneven
  • Huge split between students who praise care and massive and those who say lectures are tangents and slide reading.
  • Chemistry remains hard; and occasional curves help, but and high-pressure.
  • ; self-teaching is a recurring survival strategy for struggling students.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

56/100

, partial credit, and , but chemistry exams still demand daily study and many land in the B/C range.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Students repeatedly call chem hard regardless of professor; .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and sometimes tied to .

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

About half would take her again; fans value kindness and while .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Extra credit and partial credit help, but tough-grader tags and .

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of in, and frequent test pressure.

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Teaching experience

Average

50/100

and caring; others report long tangents, slide reading, and answers that contradict the slides.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Exams and quizzes dominate stress and grades, with homework and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

some call her caring with tons of , others say she overexplains easy material, skips hard parts, and .

Main concern

Uneven lecture quality and .

What students said

“She offers a ton of !! It's chemistry, a hard science so make sure to study everyday!”
Chem180
“Genuinely the no exaggeration.”
Chem180
“If you ask questions during lecture, prepare .”
CHEM110

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

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/FRQ items; quality varies and mistakes on generated questions have been reported.

Timed ExamsHeavy MCQFree ResponseExtra CreditIn-Person Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students report packed timed exams, free-response grading, occasional exam-day issues, and .

Timed Heavy MCQFree ResponseExam CurvesExtra Credit
“we received 40 questions for 1 hour heavy MCQ but calc based for a lot of them with some FRQ.”
Chem180
“ , and she grades hard.”
Chem180
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Chem180

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Had to ”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 in-person reviews, highlighting lecture inconsistency, , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

50/100

“Reads straight off the slides for 3 hours, marks points off for the littlest things, doesn't prepare you well for tests”

🎁 Lifeline

70/100

“She offers a ton of !!”

📝

38/100

“we received 40 questions for 1 hour heavy MCQ but calc based for a lot of them with some FRQ.”

👍 Recommendation Split

50/100

“Prof. Solorsa makes a hard course easier:)”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Lectures

  • she constantly goes on long tangents and while skipping over harder material
  • Reads off a slideshow.

Theme 2

📈 About Grades and

  • She gives lots of partial credit, and if you can argue why something should be right, she'll give it to you.
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Theme 3

🧪 About Chem Difficulty

  • Chem is super hard no mater who your lecturer is.
  • Had to
  • The , and you can easily fall behind.

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

66/100

Evidence confidence

14 mostly recent in-person reviews are detailed and thematically consistent, but grade outcomes are incomplete and opinions are polarized.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 52

Course coverage

Chem18013 reviews
CHEM1101 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

3

C+ 2 · C 1

D range

0

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0

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No letter grade reported

5

Not sure yet 5