AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

J Ryan McKeachie

CHEM1AB · CHEM1B · CHEM1A · 108 lifetime ratings

AI rating
61/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Take him if and enroll in Chem 106; skip him if .

Best fit · Self Taught ProHilarious LecturerTest HeavyTake Chem 106Partial CreditLong Lectures
  • Students repeatedly say Chem 106 and exams.
  • Many love his humor, office hours, and and tests.
  • Others call lectures unhelpful or too fast and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Partial credit and labs help, but most of the .

; the single online review gives no grade detail.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Students call Chem 1A a weeder with , and heavy conceptual load.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Most reviews mark attendance mandatory, and as essential.

In-person reviews dominate; a but still critical.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

67/100

About two-thirds would take him again for humor, help, and fair .

Recommendation pattern is almost entirely from in-person students.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

56/100

Many report generous partial credit and easy labs, while others call him a harsh or .

Format shift

In-person reviews show the split; .

Workload

Heavy

36/100

, and often Chem 106 create a large time demand.

Format shift

Workload complaints are concentrated in in-person Chem 1A.

Teaching experience

Good

66/100

He is widely seen as funny, approachable, and , though lectures are polarizing.

Format shift

Nearly all .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

Exams and the ; homework and labs are lighter by comparison.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

49 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

- and exam-heavy: funny and approachable for many, unmanageable and weeder-like for others.

Main concern

Exams can feel far harder than lectures or supplemental problems, and .

What students said

“my biggest advice? TAKE HIS 106 CLASS.”
CHEM1A
“Lectures are unhelpful, 106 is useless and harsh”
CHEM1A
“Exams are easy, I finished both CHEM1A and CHEM1B with above a 98%.”
CHEM1AB

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Only one brief online review calls him a great professor with lecture- and test-heavy tags.

Main concern

Too little .

What students said

“Great professor”
CHEM1A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are frequent and hard, often tougher than lecture problems, but partial credit softens the blow for prepared students.

Non-multiple-choice examsHeavy partial creditChem 106 practiceTrick or wordy questions

Assessment risk

Standard

40/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and frequent, with no drops in several reports and lots of partial credit.

5 exams plus finalPartial creditUnpredictable difficulty106 exam previews
“ and pretty hard but he gives a lot of .”
CHEM1A
“ and hard and his supplemental questions do not reflect that.”
CHEM1A

Online

The single online .

Test heavy
“Great professor”
CHEM1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“TAKE HIS 106 CLASS.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting humor, exam weight, and Chem 106 dependence. Credibility rating: High.

😂 Humor And Approachability

78/100

“great guy! funny, friendly, and always willing to help.”

📝

35/100

“ and his supplemental questions are not good enough prep.”

🧭 Chem 106 Lifeline

85/100

“i swear i passed because i took 106 and went to office hours!!”

📚 Self-Teaching Need

40/100

“ if ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's a hilarious dude and pretty chill.
  • Lectures terrible he would nonstop talk for hours
  • His lectures are so funny and informative at the same time.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • Effort will be reliably rewarded, but you'll need chem 106 for .
  • Tests and finals are worth a total of 75% of your grade and none are dropped.
  • There is almost too much partial credit.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's so easy to talk to/ask questions.
  • He is very rude towards his students
  • genuinely wants you to do good in chem!

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

108

Lifetime ratings

87/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews with and lecture comments, almost all in-person, show a consistent tough-but-funny pattern.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 561
4 out of 515
3 out of 511
2 out of 56
1 out of 515

Course coverage

CHEM1A40 reviews
CHEM1B6 reviews
CHEM1AB4 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

23

A+ 3 · A 15 · A- 5

B range

11

B+ 3 · B 7 · B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

12

Drop/Withdrawal 6 · Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 2