AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Mark Victor

CHEM2A · CHE1A · CHE2A · CHEM3 · CHE3 · CHEM42112 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
12.5%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

if you can; only take him if .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCannot TeachSelf-Taught ClassTough GraderUnclear LecturesAvoid If Possible
  • Most students say he knows chemistry but cannot teach it clearly.
  • You largely teach yourself while and low averages.
  • and in-person sections.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

A few students mention generous curves, but , and heavy self-study for mediocre grades.

Online and in-person both describe hard exams; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Chemistry content plus fast lectures and brain-burner for most students.

Difficulty is high in both formats, with online comments stressing self-teaching even more.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

68/100

and some students stopped showing up to teach themselves instead.

A , but overall practice is loose and optional-feeling.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

14/100

Nearly every recent because lectures do not teach and exams punish students.

and in person; only rare older reviews are positive.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

26/100

, though one summer section reported an .

Format shift

Strict grading appears in both formats; the .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of , and constant self-study leave little free time.

Format shift

Online summer students especially stress no free time; .

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Students repeatedly say he loves chemistry but cannot teach, confuses lectures, and .

Format shift

Teaching quality is rated poorly in both online and in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Comments center on difficult exams, pop quizzes, and .

Format shift

; online notes exams that barely match lectures.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and slide-heavy; many students stop attending, self-teach, and still struggle on poorly written exams.

Main concern

, and exams that cover untaught material.

What students said

“ . nice guy and he loves chemistry, but he does not teach!”
CHEM2A
“ . Doesn't know anything about Chemistry, sucks at teaching and explaining you will end up teaching yourself.”
CHE2A
“ . He enjoys making this class so difficult that he finds pleasure when only ONE person got a question correct on an exam.”
CHEM3
“I felt like I would sit in class all day, then have to go home and .”
CHE2A

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ; students report teaching themselves and .

Main concern

Lectures fail to prepare you for and free .

What students said

“It's like he wants his students to fail, his lectures make no sense and barely connect to the tests.”
CHE3
“Most of my time is spent attempting to work he didn't cover in his 'lectures'.”
CHEM3
“He enjoys making the class difficult while not providing the background knowledge to complete the class.”
CHEM42112

Exam style

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, and disconnected from lectures, with frequent pop quizzes.

Tough ExamsPop QuizzesUnclear WordingLow Class AveragesSelf-Taught Content

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams include confusing wording, untaught content, math mistakes, and pop quizzes.

Pop QuizzesUnclear ExamsTough GraderTest Heavy
“He makes a BUNCH of test answers because he was watching football while writing them.”
CHE2A
“ content we never went over.”
CHEM3
“exam averages were consistently under 60%.”
CHEM3

Online

and remain very difficult even when students can use the internet.

Hard ExamsLecture-Test Mismatch
“his lectures make no sense and barely connect to the tests. I had to because he never taught most of the stuff.”
CHE3
“He has mentioned several times how he is proud that hardly .”
CHEM3

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . nice guy and he loves chemistry, but he does not teach!”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews (3 online, 13 in and harsh exams. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

16/100

“ . Doesn't know anything about Chemistry, sucks at teaching and explaining you will end up teaching yourself.”

📉 Recommendation Rate

14/100

“ if possible. He loves chemistry but doesn't know how to teach.”

📝

24/100

“He enjoys making this class so difficult that he finds pleasure when only ONE person got a question correct on an exam.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he does not teach!
  • You will end up teaching yourself.
  • , and confusing.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • because he never taught most of the stuff.
  • exam averages were consistently under 60%.

Theme 3

🧪

  • I taught myself the material the entire semester.
  • Most of my time is spent attempting to work he didn't cover in his 'lectures'.
  • This class is pretty much a self taugh class

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen detailed reviews across online and in-person formats show strong consistency on weak teaching and .

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

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