AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Sam Foster

CHEMI112 · CHEM100 · CHEM103 · CHEM111A · CHEMISTRY · CHEM101 · CF · CHEM · CHEM100F · CHEM001 · 65 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

unless you can self-teach chemistry, tolerate disorganized lectures, and manage .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnorganized LecturesHeavy HomeworkTough ExamsSelf-Teaching RequiredLate Grades
  • Most students describe Foster as , and frequently off topic.
  • Many reviews , and doing all homework.
  • A minority appreciate his knowledge and humor, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Some students earned As, but , and major self-study.

.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Chemistry content , and inconsistent exam preparation.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

because students say class notes and participation matter and skipping hurts performance.

Only in-person reviews discuss attendance, and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

because they report poor organization, , delayed grades, and self-teaching.

and strongly negative overall.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

24/100

, and delayed grade updates despite a few reported As.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

20/100

Students repeatedly report lots of , and .

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Awful

24/100

The dominant pattern is , and late feedback.

Format shift

All teaching evidence is in-person and mostly negative, with a small minority praising his knowledge.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

and projects plus multiple exams, finals, and .

Format shift

, projects, exams, and finals.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews overwhelmingly , and difficult exams.

Main concern

Students often feel they must teach themselves while waiting too long for grades and feedback.

What students said

“ .”
CHEM111A
“run away fast.”
CHEM

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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Students describe exams as hard, lengthy, test-heavy, and sometimes poorly aligned with lecture preparation.

Hard ExamsTest HeavyCumulative FinalLong Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews , and an accumulative final, but do not clearly prove closed-book rules or proctoring.

Hard ExamsTest HeavyCumulative FinalLong Exams
“4 exams&final(accumulative)”
CHEM100
“And the .”
CHEM100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you want to teach yourself chemistry go for it.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“His lectures were because of his constant lack of focus on the subject and poor teaching ability.”

📚 Workload Pressure

20/100

“Lots lots lots of homework”

⚖️

24/100

“Will never let you know your .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He talks about stuff that does not relate to the class, he does not go over what students do not understand.
  • He is hard to understand, punctually late, unhelpful to struggling students, and generally scatterbrained.
  • Dr. Foster clearly knows his chemistry, but tends to get off subject and ramble more than teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • if you want an A you gotta self study and know the material in and out.
  • . IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS WITH AN A OR B.
  • .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Overall Experience

  • .
  • run away fast.
  • !

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

65

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years give a large, consistent, and detailed picture despite some mixed opinions.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 52
3 out of 59
2 out of 516
1 out of 531

Course coverage

CHEM10022 reviews
CHEM111A12 reviews
CHEM1036 reviews
CHEM1013 reviews
CHEM2 reviews
Show 5 more courses
CF1 review
CHEM0011 review
CHEM100F1 review
CHEMI1121 review
CHEMISTRY1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 4 · A- 1

B range

2

B+ 1 · B- 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1