AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

James Ross

CHEM180 · CHEM100 · CHEM1OO · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
35%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

unless you are already and practice tests.

Best fit · Self Taught ProLectures Miss the TestsSelf Study RequiredOvercomplicates Gen ChemLab HelpfulTest Heavy
  • Most students say lectures derive equations and overcomplicate topics that .
  • and outlines more than from class.
  • A minority praise his care and lab help, but overall recommendation and teaching satisfaction are low.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Some students still earn As, but because lectures and .

Nearly ; online sample is too small and split.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Gen chem already hard, and students say he makes simple topics more complicated while .

In-person comments dominate this judgment.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

Many sections take attendance seriously even when students feel lectures do .

In-person attendance is often mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Only about one-third would take him again, and because lectures do not prepare you for exams.

; the two online reviews disagree with each other.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

Tests and lab quizzes are frequently called hard, and several students tag him as a .

Format shift

Strictness is clearest in recent in-person CHEM180 and CHEM100 comments.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students report , and exam-heavy grading.

Format shift

Both formats mention heavy assessment load; .

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

A few students find him caring and funny, but the dominant view is that lectures overcomplicate material and fail to prepare for tests.

Format shift

in in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grades lean on quizzes and a small number of credit.

Format shift

In-person and the harsher .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person CHEM100 and CHEM180 reviews repeatedly criticize lecture-test mismatch and .

Main concern

Lectures often feel useless for exams, so the class becomes a grind of , and self-teaching.

What students said

“his lectures don't cover ANYTHING that might be on a test.”
CHEM180
“Avoid James Ross at all costs. His notes and lectures do not correlate with the 3 exams worth 50% of your grade.”
CHEM1OO
“ lecturer.”
CHEM180

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The two online reviews split between one strong teaching experience and .

Main concern

One online section piled on many quizzes, exams, homework sources, and a .

What students said

“Chemistry wasn't my strongest subject in high school however .”
CHEM1OO
“We literally had 10 more small quizzes and 5 large quizzes. also 5 Exams which worth 50% percent of total grades.”
CHEM100

Exam style

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Exams and and often feel harder or less connected to lecture than students expect.

High Weight ExamsHard Lab QuizzesHomework Style Test QuestionsLecture Test MismatchPractice Tests Provided

Assessment risk

Strict

36/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and outlines, but lectures often do not match quizzes or exams and lab quizzes are harsh.

Three High Weight ExamsExam OutlinesLab Quizzes HardHomework Practice KeysLecture Test Mismatch
“ so its easy to study for, but watch out for the . They're notoriously hard to pass!”
CHEM180
“His quizzes and he gave us.”
CHEM180
“Derived a bunch of random ass equations that had no correlation to the test.”
CHEM100

Online

One online review describes a heavy stack of small quizzes, large quizzes, and .

Many QuizzesFive ExamsNo Makeup TestsHeavy Homework
“We literally had 10 more small quizzes and 5 large quizzes. also 5 Exams which worth 50% percent of total grades.”
CHEM100

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“his lectures don't cover ANYTHING that might be on a test. Way too detailed for Gen chem A but gives you all material needed . Will need sufficient self studying”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 chemistry reviews with a dominant lecture-mismatch theme and limited online evidence. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“Terrible lecturer, overcomplicates concepts and rarely goes over examples step by step.”

📚 Self Study Reality

30/100

“Take if .”

⚠️ Recommendation

32/100

“Avoid James Ross at all costs.”

🧪

55/100

“in and friendly, and I enjoyed getting to know him.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Lectures

  • his lectures don't cover ANYTHING that might be on a test.
  • hes a terrible lecturer.
  • Most of the lectures did not correlate to the .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • This was the most challenging class I have ever taken
  • if you don't want to fail.

Theme 3

📝 About Workload

  • He says that you need to dedicate 2-3 hrs. per day to learning the material.
  • HW a lot and weekly

Theme 4

❤️ Mixed Character Notes

  • Truthfully a nice guy
  • .
  • kinda rude in my opinion?

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty mostly detailed recent reviews form a , though a minority of positive outliers remain.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 52
3 out of 54
2 out of 53
1 out of 58

Course coverage

CHEM18013 reviews
CHEM1005 reviews
CHEM1OO2 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

8

A 6 · A- 2

B range

1

B 1

C range

3

C 2 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 5