AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Ashok Sinha

CHEM · CHEM1B · CHEM12C · CHEM15 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you can teach yourself chemistry from the book and ; do not rely on lectures.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest HeavySelf-Study RequiredPolarizing LecturesPractice Tests MatterRead the Book
  • so success depends on textbook self-study.
  • and often feel mismatched with what was covered in class.
  • Experiences split hard between easy-if-you-read and stay-away disasters.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some call it super easy with practice tests while others need word-by-word .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

Chemistry content plus test-heavy design and most.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

while another says it was required, so policy is inconsistent in reports.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

45/100

Recommendations polarize between funny-and-fair with .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

and a test-replacement policy help some students, but others call testing strict and unpredictable.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Homework can be skippable if , but .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Students split between calling him funny and , and useless as a lecturer.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

; tags and comments repeatedly mark the course as test heavy.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person Chem sections feel lecture-weak and exam-heavy; students who self-study and , while others report failing and urge dropping.

Main concern

lecture.

What students said

“Super easy professor. His lectures are pretty terrible, but if you read the book you'll be fine.”
CHEM15
“Stay. Away. I can not stress this enough.”
CHEM15
“ AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.”
CHEM12C

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, but several students say exam items go beyond lectures.

Three Exams Plus FinalPractice TestsLecture-Test Mismatch Risk

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person Chem uses several exams and a final; practice tests help when aligned, but .

Three Exams Plus FinalPractice TestsTest Heavy
“He gives and you'll be more than prepared.”
CHEM15
“ and but test 3 is 2 chapters ahead.”
CHEM15

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Super easy professor. His lectures are pretty terrible, but if you read the book you'll be fine.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person reviews spanning 2007-2018, highlighting polarized teaching quality and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📚

42/100

“Everything I learned in this class was through the textbook.”

📝

48/100

“Many questions on the test are not even from his lectures even though he states that .”

⚠️ Polarizing Outcomes

45/100

“he is a . AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are pretty terrible, but if you read the book you'll be fine.
  • Boring and useless lectures.
  • His lecture is so messy and unclear.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Super easy professor.
  • Stay. Away. I can not stress this enough.
  • if you want to get a C, you have to read through the book word by word

Theme 3

🧪 About Exams

  • TEST HEAVY
  • test 3 is 2 chapters ahead

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

but polarized opinions and limited recent grade data.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 52

Course coverage

CHEM156 reviews
CHEM2 reviews
CHEM12C1 review
CHEM1B1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

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B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

1

Rather_Not_Say 1