AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Catherine Benson

CHEM101 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
0/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

unless you are prepared to teach yourself chemistry with outside support from the start.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-teaching requiredTest heavyDisorganizedTough graderAvoid strongly
  • Students unanimously describe the teaching experience as extremely poor and recommend avoiding the class.
  • High grades were possible for some students, but mainly through tutors, textbooks, YouTube, and study groups rather than instruction.
  • Both online and , and heavy independent learning.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even though several students earned A grades, they say it required ignoring lectures, self-teaching, tutors, and heavy outside study.

Online and online review especially stressing independent learning.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Chemistry is described as already hard, and students say her instruction made it much harder.

Both formats describe the material as extremely hard and poorly supported.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

because in-person tags say skipping class means you will not pass, though comments do not say attendance is useful.

Attendance evidence comes from in-person tags, while the online .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

0/100

Students because , and ineffective at teaching.

Both online and giving more detail.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

Students repeatedly tag her as tough and describe tests as incredibly .

Format shift

, while the online review also describes the course as extremely hard.

Workload

Overwhelming

8/100

The workload feels overwhelming because students report lots of , and outside learning.

Format shift

explicitly citing two tutors and outside resources.

Teaching experience

Awful

3/100

Every review gives the lowest quality rating and says she does not teach effectively or support students well.

Format shift

Both online and in-person reviews describe poor teaching, but and communication.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

90/100

The course is clearly test-heavy, with and poorly prepared for.

Format shift

Both formats include test-heavy evidence, while .

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are uniformly negative, citing , and a need for tutors or self-study.

Main concern

The main concern is that lectures do not prepare students and .

What students said

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“Dont expect her to teach you anything”
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Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The online review describes the class as extremely hard, with little direction and a need for outside resources.

Main concern

The main concern is having to learn mostly alone with tutors, YouTube, and the textbook.

What students said

“Hardest class ever!”
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“Must be determined to learn on your own since there is little direction.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, but they do not clearly prove proctoring, open-book rules, Lockdown Browser, or closed-book format.

Test HeavyDifficult ExamsExam Reviews Not Helpful

Assessment risk

Strict

20/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and , but do not clearly prove closed-book rules, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policy.

Difficult ExamsTest HeavyWeak Exam Reviews
“The ”
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Online

The online review says the class is test-heavy and hard, but does not clearly prove .

Test Heavy
“Hardest class ever!”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If .”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

3/100

“does NOT know how to teach.”

⚠️ Recommendation Risk

0/100

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📚 Effort Required

8/100

“Learned the majority of the material on YouTube, textbook, and with two tutors!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Dont expect her to teach you anything
  • She does not provide alot of help outside class
  • she never responded to her emails and .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • Chemistry material is already hard enough but she made the class 10x harder.
  • .
  • The only reason I got an A is because I ignored all her lectures, read the book and learned by myself!

Theme 3

🚫 About Recommendation

  • 0/10 would not recommend.
  • .
  • Do yourself a favor and .

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Six recent reviews across both formats are highly consistent, detailed, and unanimously negative.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 56

Course coverage

CHEM1016 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

2

B+ 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