AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Shawn McDonald

CHEM101 · CHEM100 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you will put in real work and use tutoring; expect .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough TestsHelpful CurveApproachableHeavy HomeworkFast Lectures
  • Chemistry is genuinely hard with and .
  • , and tutoring make grades fairer.
  • Students love his approachability but some say he lectures too fast for intro level.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Curves and help, but and heavy work mean As still require serious effort.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Students call chemistry hard, math-heavy, and more demanding than a typical intro course.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Attendance reports mix mandatory and and tutoring help.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Most students recommend him for fairness and help despite difficulty, with a .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

68/100

Hard grader overall, but , and improve outcomes.

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and heavy study load for tests.

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Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Approachable and helpful with practice materials, though some say he talks over intro students.

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Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

and occasional notecards.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Hard chem content with and a very helpful professor; and tutoring.

Main concern

Fast lectures and heavy workload overwhelm some intro students.

What students said

“The and tough, so make sure you study in advance.”
CHEM101
“ but don't be discouraged because the !”
100
“Great teacher but .”
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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests are hard and long but and sometimes notecards allowed.

Tough TestsCurveNotecards AllowedPractice Tests

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person chem exams are tough and , and occasional notecards.

Tough TestsCurveNotecards AllowedPractice Tests
“The and tough, so make sure you study in advance.”
CHEM101
“Allows notes for tests and final! Hard class, but fair”
100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Tough class but if you do the work, study for tests, and go to tutoring you will be ok.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 in-person reviews, , and helpfulness. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

76/100

“He is an ”

📈 Course Challenge

32/100

“Chemistry is a difficult science course with a lot of math.”

⚖️

68/100

“Yes the but .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • very easy to approach and obviously likes chemistry
  • does go through lecture really fast

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The and tough

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Mcdonald is such a nice professor

Data context

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Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifteen detailed in-person reviews from 2011-2016 show consistent themes of , and helpfulness.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

CHEM10010 reviews
1003 reviews
CHEM1012 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 3 · A- 1

B range

3

B+ 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values