AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Alan Szeto

CHEM106 · CHEM3 · CHM101 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
71/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
2.2

The decision

if you will use his mock exams and ask questions; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardMock Exams MatchThorough LecturesDad JokesHelpful When AskedMixed Lecture Quality
  • and reduce stress for prepared students
  • Many praise thorough, inspiring teaching and humor; one major review says lectures are unusable
  • Attendance and textbooks vary by section;

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Students can earn A or B+ with study, but success and recitation help rather than coasting.

All evidence is in person; .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

64/100

Reported difficulty is low to moderate for intro chemistry when students engage with his prep materials.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

58/100

; reviews emphasize showing up for help more than harsh attendance policing.

Only in-person data; comments .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

70/100

Most reviewers praise him and would take him again, .

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

60/100

balanced by achievable As for prepared students.

Format shift

In-person only; .

Workload

Moderate

58/100

Standard chem load with lectures, labs or recitation, and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Good

74/100

Several call him thorough, funny, and inspiring; one detailed review says lectures are bad and only IAs help.

Format shift

All teaching comments are in person and somewhat polarized.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Mock exams, real exams, and assignments.

Format shift

In-person chemistry testing pattern only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

strong praise for thorough teaching and lectures.

Main concern

Lecture quality is inconsistent by student; self-teaching may be needed.

What students said

“ and you will be set it's the same as the .”
CHM101
“His lectures are so bad and I literally had no motivation to go.”
CHM101
“I've never liked chemistry but the way he taught it helped me so much! .”
CHEM106

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.

students find fair and less stressful than other chem options.

Mock Exams Match Real ExamsTest HeavyClear Grading Criteria

Assessment risk

Standard

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; reviews do not mention Lockdown Browser or webcam proctoring.

Mock Exams Match Real ExamsTest Heavy
“ and you will be set it's the same as the .”
CHM101
“Trust his class is less stressful compared to the other professors.”
CHM101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ and you will be set it's the same as the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person chemistry reviews with no online sample. Credibility rating: Medium.

📝

78/100

“ and you will be set it's the same as the .”

😄 Thorough & Funny Teaching

80/100

“He makes a lot of dad jokes that people didn't understand but I thought it was great.”

⚠️ Lecture Quality Split

35/100

“His lectures are so bad and I literally had no motivation to go.”

👍 Recommendation Tone

70/100

“Szeto is always open to explaining anything and he is a great professor.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Inspirational
  • Hilarious
  • he not only likes Chemistry, he likes teaching Chemistry
  • Gives lots of help, if you ask for it

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Test heavy
  • less stressful compared to the other professors

Theme 3

🧪 About Support Structure

  • The IA's in recitation and
  • always open to explaining anything
  • I was able to

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Only 5 in-person reviews with a long time span and one sharp outlier; but sample is small.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

CHEM32 reviews
CHM1012 reviews
CHEM1061 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

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