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Physical Sciences

Rebekah Hermsmeier

PHYSICS195 · PHYS181A · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.8

The decision

Avoid if possible; only stay if and exams with almost no instructor help.

Best fit · Self Taught ProPoor lecturerBroken labsHarsh gradingDoesn't teachDrop warning
  • weak lectures and error-filled lab manuals
  • Labs and
  • Little support; emails ignored and concepts poorly explained

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

and weak teaching make high grades rare even when one A appears.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

and no instruction make the course extremely hard.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

Attendance is mandatory in some sections and .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Every ; .

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

One review says lenient overall, but and few perfect scores.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

with little instructional support.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students say , and ignores emails.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Weekly labs and ; and confusing.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and lecture sections are widely described as , and drop-worthy.

Main concern

Error-filled labs and no real teaching tank learning and grades.

What students said

“ ! if you so happen to get her as a .”
Physics-195
“grades so harsh, no one ever gets 100% on labs (they are out of 6 points), everyone has a B or less”
PHYS181A
“ , reads from slides ripped from openstax with errors.”
Physics-195

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.

Assessment centers on weekly labs and four exams; one section notes an .

Weekly labs4 examsOptional finalHarsh lab points

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Graded mainly on weekly labs and four exams; ; harsh lab scoring.

Weekly labs4 examsOptional finalHarsh lab grading
“ and 4 exams. as well.”
Physics-195
“grades so harsh, no one ever gets 100% on labs (they are out of 6 points)”
PHYS181A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ ! if you so happen to get her as a .”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person physics reviews, highlighting poor teaching and harsh labs. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Disaster

12/100

“ , reads from slides ripped from openstax with errors.”

🔬 Broken Labs

15/100

“Labs have bunch of errors that she and your grade will pay the price.”

🚫 Recommendation

8/100

“If you want to ”

⚖️

22/100

“grades so harsh, no one ever gets 100% on labs (they are out of 6 points), everyone has a B or less”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Really bad at lecturing and explaining concepts
  • , reads from slides ripped from openstax with errors.
  • Ends class early, never checks if we understand.

Theme 2

🔬 About Labs

  • and gives us an old lab manual to follow w/errors.
  • Labs have bunch of errors that she
  • Make sure you finish the so lost doing them.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Outcomes

  • !
  • So many people dropped the course
  • 1/2 class dropped.

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Only 4 recent reviews but highly consistent negative detail on teaching and labs.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

Physics-1953 reviews
PHYS181A1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

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B range

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C range

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D range

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1