AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Dwayne Gergens

CHE231 · CHEM100 · CHEM231231L · 231AND231L · CHEM100100L · CHE231L · CHEM231 · CHEM200L · CHEM100LAB · CHEM231L · 231L · CHEM100L · CHEM130 · 186 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
15.05%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

Avoid if you have any alternative; if and handle heavy busywork.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDoes not teachOutdated materialsOverwhelming homeworkTough graderTeach yourself
  • Majority say he does not teach and dumps old videos and .
  • Course is high difficulty with and .
  • A small minority like his resources if .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Some students earn As only by fully self-teaching; and effort massive.

Both online and .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Organic and gen chem with him feel much harder due to outdated methods and .

High difficulty appears across online and in-person reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and warn that skipping hurts you.

; online varies.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Official take-again is about 15% and most comments say run to another professor.

; a few counter-reviews exist.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

and .

Format shift

and in-person comments.

Workload

Overwhelming

14/100

Students report , and endless papers.

Format shift

Overwhelming workload is reported in both formats.

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Dominant view is that he does not teach, rambles, and leaves students to self-study.

Format shift

Negative teaching experience is consistent online and in person.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Heavy mix of , and .

Format shift

Exam and .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students repeatedly call him burned out, condescending, and and weak lectures.

Main concern

, and feeling abandoned in lab and lecture.

What students said

“ .”
CHEM231
“He just directs you to videos and tells you to read. . No structure.”
CHEM100
“ ! He does not teach, you have to learn everything on your own.”
231AND231L

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews mostly slam confusing old materials, self-teaching, and ; .

Main concern

and heavy self-teaching load with little support.

What students said

“Prepare to teach yourself everything. He uses his own material from the 90’s and .”
CHEM100100L
“The ! He's unfair, doesn't really care if you pass.”
CHEM100
“he tells you what to study, and so you'll know what to expect.”
CHE231

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are often described as hard, outdated, or mismatched to lectures, with limited friendliness.

Tough testsTimed online examsPractice testsTake-home midterm

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams include tough cumulative tests; .

Tough testsTake-home midtermPractice examsOnline timed exams
“3 exams, 1st is .”
CHEM231
“ reviewed in class at all. They are online and timed.”
CHE231

Online

and tests plus self-teaching for exams.

Confusing testsSelf-taught exams
“I learned more from Kahn Academy than I did him.”
CHEM100100L
“he assumes that you know everything on the tests and quizzes.”
CHEM100

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ ! He does not teach, you have to learn everything on your own. His information is very outdated.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting self-teaching burden and harsh experience. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

20/100

“This is a man who simply should not be teaching. He is a poor communicator and general conveyer of information.”

📚 Self-Teaching Load

14/100

“YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN! He provides 12 minute youtube videos instead of interactive lectures.”

👎 Recommendation

15/100

“If DWAYNE GERGENS. DO NOT! DO NOT! DO NOT!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He does not teach, you have to learn everything on your own
  • posts old iPod videos and
  • burned out and unwilling to update his material from 30 years ago

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • I have NEVER worked so hard for an A in my life
  • Proud of his 70% class average

Theme 3

⚠️ About Character

  • disrespectful and condescending
  • does not care about students
  • narcissistic

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

186

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews over many years with strong negative consensus give high credibility.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 521
4 out of 517
3 out of 521
2 out of 527
1 out of 5100

Course coverage

CHEM10010 reviews
231AND231L6 reviews
CHEM100100L6 reviews
CHEM2315 reviews
CHEM231231L5 reviews
Show 8 more courses
CHE2314 reviews
CHEM100L4 reviews
231L3 reviews
CHEM231L3 reviews
CHE231L1 review
CHEM100LAB1 review
CHEM1301 review
CHEM200L1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

34 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 1 · A 11 · A- 2

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 5

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

12

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 4