AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

John Covalt

CHEM100 · CHEM152 · CHEM200 · CHEM152L · CHEM130 · 152L · 30 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you have no other option; expect a hard, poorly supported chemistry class with .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderConfusing LecturesSelf-Written Reviews ClaimedExam MisalignmentHigh Drop Rate
  • Many and harsh grading.
  • Homework and lectures often do not match exams, leaving students unprepared.
  • Positive reviews are older or contested as possibly written by the professor.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Tough grading, high fail or , and .

Nearly all evidence is in person; the single online review only notes heavy work, not easy grades.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Chemistry content is paced hard, lectures confuse many students, and .

Difficulty complaints dominate in-person lecture .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

as mandatory and others as optional, with little consistent policy detail.

The ; several in-person reviews say it was not.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

and recent detailed comments .

Recommendation is strongly negative in person; online sample is too small to change that.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

16/100

Students report , and many failing free-response or lab write-ups.

Format shift

and fail stories .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and .

Format shift

and lab timing; in person stresses long exams and lab write-ups.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Many say lectures do not prepare them, emails go unanswered, and class-wide confusion is common.

Format shift

Older lab praise exists, but .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

High-stakes exams and critical lab write-ups .

Format shift

; online notes quizzes and labs.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

29 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and many sharp warnings about arrogance, failing rates, and exams that feel like novels.

Main concern

and exams, and claims that positive reviews are fake.

What students said

“ ! All the positive reviews are him writing them”
CHEM152L
“ . .”
CHEM152
“the online home work does not even correlate with the ”
CHEM152

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and labs, and lots of homework.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“the and then all the labs, be aware of what is due when”
CHEM152L

Exam style

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Exams are described as extremely long and hard, often poorly aligned with homework and lectures.

Long ExamsTough Free ResponseLittle Partial CreditHomework Exam Mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students describe novel-length exams, tough free response, and trick or uncovered topics.

Long Essay Style ExamsTough Free ResponseTrick Questions Reported
“ . .”
CHEM152
“He asks trick questions on exams that he never discussed in lecture!”
CHEM130

Online

Single online review .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ ! All the positive reviews are him writing them, just read them he is so arrogant.”

Voice snapshots generated from 30 reviews, emphasizing recent lecture warnings over older contested praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫

12/100

“ .”

📉 Teaching Disconnect

28/100

“the online home work does not even correlate with the ”

⚖️

16/100

“He is the and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and does not prepare you for the test
  • No one in my class knew what was going on at all
  • Arrogant, thinks he knows everything but cannot teach

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • 20 out of 25 students dropped his class

Theme 3

⚠️ About Review Trust

  • he literally told our class he writes the positive reviews on here
  • All the positive reviews are him writing them
  • I'll bet Mr. Covalt himself wrote those

Data context

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Analysis sample

30

Recent reviews read by the AI

30

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty reviews span many years with strong detail, but quality is polarized and some positive posts are contested as self-written.

Inside 30 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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