AI Rate Professor

Physics

Rob Chavez

PHY21 · PHYS21 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid unless you can teach yourself physics and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear LecturesUnorganizedHard PhysicsLimited Office HoursSelf-Study Required
  • and unclear
  • Hard class with limited office-hour help
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Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Students call it very hard, some dropped with a W, and few imply an easy A path.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Repeated as hardest class with and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

40/100

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In-person comments only.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Majority give low quality scores and warn others away despite one easy outlier.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

One student says tests are fair and standard; overall grades still hard to earn.

Format shift

In-person evidence only.

Workload

Moderate

45/100

Homework is standard; .

Format shift

In-person evidence only.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

and unclear; limited office hours and slow email help.

Format shift

In-person evidence only.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

; learning still falls on the student.

Format shift

In-person evidence only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Physics instructor with mostly poor lecture clarity, hard content, short office hours, and mixed notes on fairness of tests.

Main concern

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What students said

“ . Seriously, there's really no point of showing up to class unless its to turn in HW.”
PHYS21
“Hardest class I've ever took at the JC.”
PHYS21
“If you pass this class you are a genius. Good Luck”
PHYS21

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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Tests are described as fair with nothing unexpected, while the class remains hard.

Fair testsNothing unexpectedStandard homework

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Tests called fair and standard; .

Fair testsStandard homework
“However . Homework is also pretty standard.”
PHYS21

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Seriously, there's really no point of showing up to class unless its to turn in HW.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews, highlighting unclear lectures and high difficulty. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

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🔥 Course Difficulty

18/100

“Hardest class I've ever took at the JC”

🚫 Recommendation

25/100

“You'd be better off taking this class for ”

⏱️ Helpfulness

25/100

“NO OFFICE HOURS besides for 30mins before class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's not that great of a lecturer
  • Lectures are all over the , and unclear
  • so all the material on my own

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Hardest class I've ever took at the JC
  • If you pass this class you are a genius

Theme 3

💬 About Helpfulness

  • office hours are only 30mins before class starts

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

60/100

Evidence confidence

Seven in-person reviews from 2010-2011 with .

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

PHYS215 reviews
PHY212 reviews

Reported outcomes

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