AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

David Conroy

CHEM12 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you must; pick a and plan to teach yourself.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-taught classTest heavyLecture heavyUnprepared lecturesTake someone else
  • Lectures are textbook copy-paste; .
  • and and high fail/drop rates.
  • Students repeatedly advise switching to a more experienced professor.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

As and high grades are possible but only with and a .

All evidence is from in-person CHEM12 reviews; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is hard and pace feels unsupported because lectures mostly restate the textbook.

All evidence is from in-person CHEM12 reviews; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

; others say it was not, so policy is mixed.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Students call him nice but urge taking a different, more prepared professor instead.

All recommendation signals are from in-person CHEM12 reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

Few , and a and unforgiving.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Little or no homework, but and .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students say he is caring but unorganized and relies on textbook copy-paste instead of teaching.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Only labs and tests count; grade.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person CHEM12 feels like a , and high early exam failure.

Main concern

, and opaque standing until a .

What students said

“VERY self taught class. The guard.”
CHEM12
“be prepared to learn literally everything on your own.”
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“His class felt like a self-taught course.”
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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

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Exams are high-stakes and catch students off guard with little formative practice.

Test heavyHigh fail rate on first examGraded by few thingsNo homework buffer

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person CHEM12 tests are central, unbuffered, and and drops.

Test heavyFirst exam high fail rateLate curveLabs and tests only
“12+ people failed the while only 1-2 got A's.”
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“ , but be prepared for and tests are graded.”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“VERY self taught class. The guard. if you can.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person CHEM12 , and avoid recommendations. Credibility rating: Medium.

📚

30/100

“be prepared to learn literally everything on your own.”

🧪 High-Stakes Testing

35/100

“12+ people failed the while only 1-2 got A's.”

👎 Skip If You Can

22/100

“ if you can.”

🙂 Nice But Unprepared

30/100

“He's a nice person but an inactive professor.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He essentially just copy n pastes from the textbook
  • His class felt like a self-taught course
  • Overall good guy but lacks teaching skills

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Around 65% of the class dropped
  • , and the
  • only labs and

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • he is an understanding guy
  • He's a nice person
  • Overall good guy

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Four recent detailed CHEM12 reviews agree on self-teaching and weak lecturing, but the sample is small and all one course.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 50

Course coverage

CHEM124 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

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

1

Not sure yet 1