AI Rate Professor

Geology

Kevin Nguyen

GEOL1 · ENVGEO23 · EVN23 · GEOL20 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.6

The decision

; expect , and a hostile classroom.

Best fit · Self Taught ProRude and degradingTough graderInexperiencedLecture-heavyAvoid at all costs
  • Students describe him as rude, sarcastic, and demeaning in class and labs.
  • and extremely hard to pass.
  • Nearly all reviews urge avoiding him despite occasional nicer scale notes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Students report , and little chance at a strong grade.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

16/100

Pace and expectations feel advanced for intro geology, with heavy identification and .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that skipping tanks your chance to pass.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Every detailed review is strongly negative and .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and stories of brutal free-response scoring dominate despite one note of an 80-plus A scale.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

, and self-taught rock identification add up.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

, and often unhelpful when asked basic questions.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Hard tests and quizzes drive .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person geology and , long lectures, and tests that punish detail missers.

Main concern

, and demeaning behavior toward beginners.

What students said

“ .”
GEOL20
“ , and he grades very hard.”
GEOL1
“If and makes fun of you.”
ENVGEO23

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 described as nearly impossible, overly detailed, and poorly aligned with lectures.

Extremely hard testsNo study guidesDetail-heavy free responseLecture-test mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and hard to prepare for without study guides.

Tough testsNo study guidesDetail-heavy free response
“ . No study guides provided”
GEOL1
“if you are missing one word on the free response you get a 6/10”
GEOL1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person reviews, , and student hostility. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Overall Recommendation

8/100

“ .”

📉 Teaching Quality

12/100

“Inexperienced, uncaring, boring.”

⚖️

18/100

“unfair and ”

🗣️ Classroom Climate

15/100

“he degrades you and makes fun of you... And still doesn't give you any answers.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • every class was an uninterrupted, boring lecture
  • About as clear as mud when asking what is expected

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He made sure it was nearly impossible to get a decent grade

Theme 3

😤 About Character

  • He's a very rude professor
  • Kevin is extremely mean, degrading, and inpatient
  • he degrades you and makes fun of you

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eight consistently negative in-person reviews from 2015-2016 give a , though the sample is older and modest in size.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 54
1 out of 54

Course coverage

GEOL13 reviews
ENVGEO232 reviews
GEOL202 reviews
EVN231 review

Reported outcomes

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4 reported outcomes

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B range

1

B- 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

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Not sure yet 2