Katherine Meyers-Canales

ASTRO20 · PHYS4B · PHYSICS4A · PHYS4A · PHS4A · ASTR20 · PHYS4C · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 2.9/5
Take again: 60%
Difficulty: 4.1

The decision

if and use office hours; many students warn to pick someone else.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerScatterbrained LecturesLots of HomeworkTypos on ExamsKind but ErraticTough Physics

some call her amazing and
Very hard physics with and tests unlike practice
Kind and , but errors on handouts and

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

As are possible but only with , and grinding a very hard course.

and astronomy reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Students call it one of the hardest classes with fast, abstract physics content.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

38/100

; some labs and study sessions are treated as mandatory.

All evidence is from in-person reviews with mixed but .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

About 60% would retake; fans praise her care while critics say find another professor.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

34/100

; and many report mistakes on exams.

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Workload

Heavy

24/100

and out-of-class work she sometimes falls behind grading.

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Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Kind and invested, but lectures are scattered with typos and .

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

and exams that often do not match notes or practice.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person physics and astronomy feel intense and uneven: and high standards clash with scattered lectures, typos, and .

Main concern

, and workload that .

What students said

“Stay away from this class. She is scatter brained and makes tons of mistakes.”
PHYS4A

“Her class is very difficult but it makes you realize what you're truly capable of if you survive.”
PHYS4B

“She has no idea what she is doing half the time and notes.”
PHYSICS4A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are hard and frequently full of mistakes, with .

Error-Prone ExamsQuizzes Unlike HomeworkIn-Person Tests

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams often contain typos and .

Error-Prone ExamsQuizzes Unlike Homework

“Her test and . Her exams alone have 10 + mistakes that you will have to proof read while testing.”
PHYS4A

“ notes.”
PHYSICS4A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Stay away from this class. She is scatter brained and makes tons of mistakes. She jumps from topic to topic erratically.”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 in-person reviews, highlighting polarizing teaching quality, heavy workload, and hard physics. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

36/100

“ .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

42/100

“I'm most likely going to take her again for the rest of the physics I need.”

📚 Workload Intensity

24/100

“Gives so much out of class work she cant keep up with it herself.”

🧠 Course Difficulty

22/100

“Being honest, her class was probably the hardest class I've ever taken in my life so far.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She is scatter brained and makes tons of mistakes.
Lectures are a little difficult to follow but makes up for in her office hours.
She was all over the board and was always giving out the wrong info.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

You have to work for a passing grade.
LOTS OF HOMEWORK
notes.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

and interested in her students.
and I've had and truly cares about her students.
She cares enough that she puts as much time as possible into helping her students get an A.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve reviews spanning 2013-2017 with rich detail and consistent polarizing themes on errors versus care.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54

4 out of 50

3 out of 52

2 out of 54

1 out of 52

Course coverage

PHYS4A4 reviews

ASTRO202 reviews

PHYSICS4A2 reviews

ASTR201 review

PHS4A1 review

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PHYS4B1 review

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

A 3

B range

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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Katherine Meyers-Canales

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

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In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

👍 Recommendation Rate

📚 Workload Intensity

🧠 Course Difficulty

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Character

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

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