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Physical Science

Shahriar Abachi

STATMATH · ASTR1 · ASTRONOMY1 · STAT1 · PHYS2A · PHYS3A · STATS7105 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
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Difficulty
3.8

The decision

unless you only need an easy Astronomy A and can teach yourself everything.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganizedBoring lecturesFrequent mistakesSelf-teach requiredAvoid if possible
  • Most students call him confusing, unprepared, and one of the .
  • Astronomy can be an easy A via busy work and , but little learning happens.
  • Study guides and tests often mismatch, and he makes nontrivial teaching errors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

Astronomy can be a near free A with , but physics and stats reviews say desired grades are unlikely.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content becomes hard because , and full of errors rather than because material is advanced.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Attendance is not clearly enforced, and some students did homework in class, but iClicker and .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Overwhelming majority and confusion.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

62/100

Curves and easy busy work help grades, especially in Astronomy.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

58/100

Busy work and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Students repeatedly describe him as , and ineffective.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Exams, iClicker quizzes, and study guides drive outcomes more than deep assignments.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person physics, astronomy, and stats classes dominated by disorganization, monotone lectures, and self-teaching.

Main concern

Wrong answers on guides and .

What students said

“This guy is easily the . He is extremely disorganized, boring, and confusing.”
PHYS2A
“Easiest A ever but your patience will be tested.”
ASTR1
“ of you getting an A is = finding a snowball in hell.”
STATMATH

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

reviews, and some students report answers being handed out.

Multiple choiceExam reviews nearly identical to examsAnswers sometimes providediClicker quizzes

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

answers or near-identical online reviews, though study guides are inconsistent.

Multiple choiceNear-identical exam reviewsAnswers providedInconsistent study guides
“He gave us the answers to the and I literally would just memorize the answers.”
ASTR1
“The exams.”
ASTRONOMY1

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . ABACHI'S class! He shows up late, he will bore you, he doesn't , and midterms hard.”

Voice snapshots generated from 12 in-person reviews with highly consistent negative themes on teaching quality. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

22/100

“This guy is easily the . He is extremely disorganized, boring, and confusing.”

😴 Boring and Unprepared

20/100

“ and very unprepared.”

🎯 Easy A Paradox

48/100

“Easiest A ever but your patience will be tested.”

📉 Recommendation Rate

18/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Very good teacher!
  • .
  • you have to correct him multiple times while he is teaching

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Easiest A ever but your patience will be tested.
  • but otherwise you'll have to learn on your own.
  • the probability of you getting an A is = finding a snowball in hell

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • His study guides don't match up with the
  • He put the wrong answers on the test!
  • one day are due earlier.

Data context

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Analysis sample

12

Recent reviews read by the AI

12

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve mostly detailed and highly consistent negative reviews from 2012-2014 provide a .

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 56

Course coverage

ASTR14 reviews
PHYS3A2 reviews
STAT12 reviews
ASTRONOMY11 review
PHYS2A1 review
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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather_Not_Say 1