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Daniel Szeto

CHEM102 · GENCHEM102 · GENCHEM101 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
15.79%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you are ready to teach yourself Gen Chem with almost no useful lecture support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough graderTest heavyHostile classroomSelf-teach requiredRude to questions
  • Most students say lectures do not teach the material and .
  • Classroom tone is often described as dismissive, embarrassing, or hostile when students ask questions.
  • Grades cluster in the C range with , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A is possible for strong self-studiers, but most reported grades are C-range and .

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Students describe complex chem and , and lectures that .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

as mandatory and several tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

and most students explicitly tell others to pick another professor.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

and many students report Cs despite heavy study time.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students report , and 40-plus hour study weeks for .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Lectures are called useless, questions are dismissed, and students say they must learn from the book alone.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tags and and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person Gen Chem is widely called poorly taught, test-heavy, and unfriendly, with many students .

Main concern

Hostile questioning, weak lectures, and .

What students said

“By far the . I had to through videos I found online.”
GENCHEM101
“If you ask a question, he tends to not answer and laugh in your face.”
GENCHEM101
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GENCHEM101

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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Exams are hard and central to the grade, with limited evidence of student-friendly formats.

Test heavyPop quizzesHard examsMultiple choice in older reviewsStudy guides sometimes provided

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams; a few older reviews mention multiple-choice tests and study guides.

Test heavyPop quizzesHard examsMultiple choiceStudy guides
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GENCHEM101
“His test are not bad if you do the study guide and .”
CHEM102

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“By far the . I had to through videos I found online.”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 in-person reviews, highlighting teaching failure, harsh climate, and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

20/100

“The professor is not good at teaching, you will have to depend on the textbook rather than the lectures.”

🚫 Recommendation

16/100

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🧪 Difficulty and Grades

28/100

“It is possible to learn chemistry in his class as long as you work hard, but .”

😤 Classroom Climate

15/100

“Professor Szeto often puts students in uncomfortable situations by openly questioning why they don't know everything in front of the entire class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • you will have to depend on the textbook rather than the lectures
  • He stays at his desk in labs and doesn't interact with any of his students
  • He needs .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • I would recommend studying over 40 hours a week in his class.
  • .
  • An A may be hard to get, but it's still possible.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • quite rude and disrespectful when students ask questions
  • told me I don't
  • dismissed it by saying it was common sense.

Data context

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Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

22 detailed in-person reviews across several years show a consistent negative teaching and difficulty pattern.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 54
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 515

Course coverage

GENCHEM10114 reviews
CHEM1027 reviews
GENCHEM1021 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 1 · A 2

B range

5

B+ 1 · B 4

C range

11

C+ 6 · C 3 · C- 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1