AI Rate Professor

Science

William Schramm

ASTRO20 · ASTR25 · ASTRONOMY25 · AST20 · AST25 · ASTRONOMY · ASTRONOMY20 · PHYS4A · ASTR20 · AS25 · ASTROMLAB · 39 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

unless you must; plan to teach yourself from the book because lectures rarely prepare you for hard quizzes.

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring lecturesTough graderHard confusing testsBelittling toneSelf-teach required
  • Most students say he cannot teach clearly and lectures are long, monotone, and .
  • Quizzes and and poorly aligned with what is emphasized in class.
  • A minority and grinding, but overall recommendation is strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even strong students struggle for average grades because tests are tough and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Math-heavy worksheets and poorly explained concepts make a general-education science class feel much harder than expected.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

Some sections mark attendance as a large grade share while and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Roughly three-quarters of students and testing failures.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

24/100

and students say grades feel subjective, sparse, or impossible to raise.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

58/100

, but , and a final create real pressure.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Most , and unhelpful despite subject knowledge and occasional niceness.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Courses run largely on quizzes and a .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person astronomy and science courses , and a demeaning classroom tone.

Main concern

and frequent reports of belittling comments.

What students said

“ and .”
AST20
“He does ZERO teaching. You show up to class which is 45% of your grade alone.”
ASTRONOMY20
“Absolutely the . He's condescending, rude, belittling, and obnoxious.”
ASTR25

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

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Exams are quiz-heavy, often tricky, and frequently said to mismatch lectures or the book.

Hard quizzesLecture-based questionsMultiple-choice finalsPoor exam alignment

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals are repeatedly called very hard, sometimes open-book still, with weak lecture alignment.

Hard quizzesMultiple-choiceDrop lowest quiz sometimesPoor alignment
“ and .”
AST20
“He has a total of 4 quizes that are very difficult even after studying for hours.”
ASTR20

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 39 predominantly negative in-person astronomy reviews. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

22/100

“he's a ..he just cant teach!”

📉 Recommendation Rate

18/100

“ !”

⚖️

24/100

“It's a terrible class. There are .”

😴 Lecture Experience

20/100

“Take this class if you have trouble sleeping, it might help.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Talks a lot but does not really lecture
  • very boring
  • Jumps from one subject to another and back again

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • You will never know your actual grade

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Tone

  • He belittles the class constantly
  • calls students dumb
  • condescending, rude, belittling

Data context

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Analysis sample

39

Recent reviews read by the AI

39

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-nine reviews over many years show strong consistency around poor teaching and hard testing, supporting high confidence.

Inside 39 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 52
3 out of 55
2 out of 57
1 out of 524

Course coverage

AST209 reviews
ASTRO209 reviews
ASTRONOMY207 reviews
ASTR205 reviews
ASTR252 reviews
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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

5

B+ 1 · B 2 · B- 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1