AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Marla Richardson

CHEM101 · CHEM100 · CHEMCHEM · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Take her only if and use her office help; .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCaring but ConfusingSelf Teach RequiredTough Chem ContentAccessible Outside ClassPolarizing Lecturer
  • Students agree she is kind and available, but .
  • Chemistry content is hard; expect heavy home study and self-teaching.
  • curve, yet not an easy A.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

Hard material and , though curves and worksheets help some students.

All evidence is in person.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Students describe dense chem material, fast pacing, and heavy at-home hours.

In-person CHEM100/101 reviews only.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

42/100

and skip-you-will-not-pass, but many older reviews do not emphasize strict policy.

In-person comments vary; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

About half love her support and half urge taking anyone else due to lecture quality.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Often tough but fair, with and .

Format shift

but lean fair.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Syllabus-level home hours and .

Format shift

and lab prep.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Caring and accessible personality clashes with frequent reports of .

Format shift

and highly split.

Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

, and .

Format shift

and test-prep worksheets.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

caring support and helpful worksheets versus rushed, error-prone lectures that force self-teaching.

Main concern

harder.

What students said

“be prepared to teach yourself most if not all of the material.”
CHEM101
“Super kind professor. Always willing to help. Puts aside her own time to help students.”
CHEM101
“She knows her chemistry she's just a terrible teacher.”
CHEM100

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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Tests often mirror provided worksheets; reviews .

Worksheet Aligned TestsCurve PossibleLab Component

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and are described as fair, with .

Worksheet Based PrepFair TestingCurve
“Provides worksheets with nearly all .”
CHEM101
“She does grade on a curve so everyone does ok.”
CHEM100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ , but be prepared to teach yourself most if not all of the material.”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 in-person reviews, highlighting care, self-teaching, and hard chem load. Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Caring Access

75/100

“Super kind professor. Always willing to help. Puts aside her own time to help students.”

📖 Self Teach Reality

28/100

“be prepared to teach yourself most if not all of the material.”

⚠️ Lecture Clarity Issues

40/100

“can't lecture/teach to save her life. She tries to help but ends ”

Theme 1

❤️ About Character & Help

  • Super kind professor. Always willing to help
  • accessible outside class so that helped
  • the

Theme 2

📘 About Teaching Clarity

  • teach yourself most if not all of the material
  • lectures are outdated and contain mistakes
  • TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TEACHER

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • but fair
  • Provides worksheets with nearly all
  • grade on a curve so everyone does ok

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen in-person reviews spanning 2005-2018 with rich detail; opinions polarize but themes on care vs lecture clarity stay consistent.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 54
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CHEM1007 reviews
CHEM1016 reviews
CHEMCHEM1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

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A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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