AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Christian Vellandi

CHEM3A · CHEM1A · CHEMESTRY3A · 3A · CHEMI3A · 178 lifetime ratings

AI rating
17/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
21.43%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

Avoid Christian Vellandi unless you are comfortable self-teaching chemistry under a very heavy workload and frequent exams.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-taught chemistryOverwhelming workloadWeekly examsUnhelpful lecturesHeavy homework
  • Many students say they had to teach themselves chemistry because .
  • The workload is repeatedly described as overwhelming, with , and weekly exams.
  • A minority of students find him funny, helpful, and rewarding if they already have strong study habits and outside support.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Some students earn A grades, but comments show those grades often require extreme study time, outside help, and constant work.

Both formats describe heavy effort, with in-person reviews giving much stronger evidence of weekly exams and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

26/100

Chemistry is treated as difficult, fast, and often self-taught, especially for students without a strong prior background.

In-person reviews strongly describe difficult self-teaching, while online reviews also mention hard material and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Several reviews describe required , and penalties or concern around absences.

In-person reviews provide the , while online reviews do not clearly prove a .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

because the course feels stressful, self-taught, and overloaded despite occasional praise for humor or help.

, while online reviews are mixed but still include serious concerns.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

46/100

Curves, , and makeup work appear in some reviews, but delayed grades, tough exams, and .

Format shift

and alongside slow grading, while online reviews mostly mention late grading and heavy work.

Workload

Overwhelming

8/100

Workload is the clearest complaint, with , and long study hours repeatedly reported.

Format shift

Both formats mention heavy work, but and most repeated evidence.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Many students say lectures are unhelpful, off-topic, or require self-teaching, though a small group finds him helpful and funny.

Format shift

In-person reviews are overwhelmingly critical of teaching, while online and poor instruction.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Grades appear , and online assignments, with exams often described as central.

Format shift

, while online reviews mention test-heavy structure but less detail.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

45 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mostly negative, stressing overwhelming workload, weekly exams, weak lectures, poor responsiveness, and a need for outside resources.

Main concern

Students often feel unsupported and while and exams.

What students said

“you teach yourself everything, you will have NO life, no , takes FOREVER ”
CHEM3A
“The workload is overwhelming, with 40+ assignments weekly and frequent exams”
CHEM3A

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mixed, with some students finding him helpful but , and poor instruction.

Main concern

Online students most often complain about heavy work and having to teach themselves chemistry.

What students said

“There was so much HW.”
CHEM1A
“His zoom meeting are a waste of time!”
CHEM3A

Exam style

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Exams are frequent, timed, and stressful, with and practice overlap but .

Weekly ExamsTimed ExamsCurved TestsPractice ExamsExam Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

40/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews repeatedly mention weekly or , and .

Weekly ExamsTimed ExamsCurved TestsPractice Exams
“exams EVERY week (30 mins timed)”
CHEM3A
“ , and .”
CHEM3A

Online

Online reviews mention test-heavy structure but do not clearly .

Test Heavy
“It was a very hard class but in the .”
CHEM3A

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Do yourself a favor and stay away from this guy.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“You are teaching yourself.”

📚 Workload Pressure

8/100

“The workload is overwhelming, with 40+ assignments weekly and fully understand the material.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

24/100

“Just don't man.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • because you teach yourself everything.
  • He uses his lecture times and and not ACTUAL chemistry.
  • He's incredibly impatient and makes you feel like you're bothering him just by asking questions.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • unless you're ready for a heavy workload.
  • There was so much HW.
  • Spent every waking moment I had on this class and I'm not joking.

Theme 3

🧪

  • exams EVERY week (30 mins timed)
  • (because they don't translate and most fail) and worth 60% of overall grade.
  • you won't know your grade until after the .

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

178

Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over several years show highly consistent , and low recommendation.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 522
4 out of 520
3 out of 527
2 out of 524
1 out of 585

Course coverage

CHEM3A38 reviews
3A7 reviews
CHEM1A3 reviews
CHEMESTRY3A1 review
CHEMI3A1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

8

A 5 · A- 3

B range

14

B+ 2 · B 10 · B- 2

C range

7

C+ 2 · C 5

D range

1

D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

17

Drop/Withdrawal 10 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 4