Sean Thai

COMST1A · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 62/100
RMP rating: 3.6/5
Take again: 62.5%
Difficulty: 3.1

The decision

if you will meet speech days and ; be cautious with online or summer sections due to organization and response-time issues.

Best fit · Effort For RewardSpeech-focused gradingClear rubrics when presentCommunication lag riskExtra credit generousChill in person

In-person public speaking students often call him chill, funny, and easy to pass if speeches follow the rubric.
Online and summer reviews frequently cite poor organization, slow topic approvals, and hard-to-reach communication.
Grade hinges on speeches and participation more than daily busywork.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

late work and , but speeches and topic rules can tank grades when communication fails.

In person leans easy A with effort; , and tough-grader tags tied to organization failures.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Public speaking workload is light outside speeches, but preparing unique approved topics and meeting strict speech criteria is the real challenge.

Online summer pace feels harder; in person more often called easy if speeches are done.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

and Zoom speech days; others say he does not care if as long as speeches are submitted.

Online ; in person reports split between mandatory participation and optional presence.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About 62% would take again: strong for structured in-person help, weak when students hit response delays or online disorganization.

In-person recent reviews skew positive; online and .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

70/100

Lenient late work, , and clear rubrics appear often, offset by tough-grader tags when speeches miss rules.

Format shift

In person more lenient overall; and speech compliance.

Workload

Light

72/100

Outside speeches and topic prep, assignments are few and the free online textbook keeps cost and busywork low.

Format shift

Both formats speech-heavy with light non-speech work; online summer feels denser.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Helpful, funny, and , but and structure hurt the overall teaching experience.

Format shift

In person stronger on enthusiasm and feedback; online weaker on structure and accessibility.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Speeches and presentations dominate the grade with relatively few other scored items.

Format shift

Both formats speech-centric; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

on speech criteria, and hard to fail if you show up and do the speeches.

Main concern

Strict speech rules, few graded items, occasional absence or , and .

What students said

“This class is literally impossible to fail.”
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“He is a great professor he helpful and lets you work at your pace.”
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“ . From my experience, he was absent on important days and .”
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Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online and summer COMST1A reviews are polarized: some praise kind Zoom speech support, many report chaos, late topic approvals, and withdrawals.

Main concern

Topic approval by DM, slow or , and speech requirements without enough structure.

What students said

“Besides the actual speeches/ presentations, the work load is very light. The textbook was free/ online.”
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“This professor doesn't have any organization or structure to his class.”
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“he didn't have a syllabus prepared until a week after the course began”
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Exam style

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Assessment is speech performance and .

Live speechesTopic approvalClear rubricsExtra credit

Assessment risk

Standard

60/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person grading centers on speeches with , and generous for some students.

In-class speechesClear criteriaExtra credit

“a majority of your speeches will be what makes or breaks your grade.”
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“you just have to bare-minimum follow the rubric for assignments to get a 100.”
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Online

Online students give live Zoom speeches weekly-ish and need topic approval; work outside speeches is light when structure works.

Zoom speechesTopic approvalLight non-speech work

“We had ZOOM meetings pretty much once a week (with multiple time/ day options per availability) for live speeches.”
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“He requires Topic Approval through DMs and .”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice
“This class is literally impossible to fail. You can turn in stuff on the last day of the semester and ”
Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews, highlighting speech ease in person versus online organization risk. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

62/100

“Professor Thai was a great teacher for public speaking. and helped me whenever I had questions.”

🅰️ Easy When Structured

75/100

“It's impossible to fail if you try”

⚠️ Organization Risk

30/100

“This professor doesn't have any organization or structure to his class.”

👍 Recommendation Split

58/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He's pretty chilled
HE LOVES CHAOS LOWKEY (quiet chaos)
Very entertaining professor during lectures

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

easy to get an A in his class
He is a and asks for a lot in the speech's so be prepared
end up with a 150% from all the he gives out

Theme 3

📡 About Communication

His response time could be way better
I was unable to get a hold of the professor therefore causing me to fall behind
Topics need to be approved for speeches and his response time was very late

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

16 mostly recent reviews with ; sample is smaller and opinions polarize by online versus in person.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58

4 out of 50

3 out of 54

2 out of 52

1 out of 52

Course coverage

COMST1A16 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

15 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 5 · A 1 · A- 3

B range

B- 1

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

F 1

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Rather not say 1

Sean Thai

x x x x if you will meet speech days and x x; be cautious with online or summer sections due to organization and response-time issues.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Varies

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

🅰️ Easy When Structured

⚠️ Organization Risk

👍 Recommendation Split

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

📡 About Communication

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you will meet speech days and ; be cautious with online or summer sections due to organization and response-time issues.