AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Dhruvkumar Joshi

CHEM31001 · CHEM1A · CHEM31 · OCHEM1 · CHEM1B · CHEMISTRY1A · 63 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
26.09%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid Joshi unless and use office hours heavily to compensate for .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCaring personDisorganized lecturesHeavy self-studyLots of homeworkTough tests
  • Students , and willing to help one-on-one.
  • Many reviews strongly criticize his lectures as confusing, tangent-heavy, , or .
  • Success , and already having chemistry confidence.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

An A is possible for strong or prepared students, but most comments , and weak lecture support.

Online reviews describe heavy workload and technology confusion, while well but others struggle.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

The chemistry content feels harder because , and often require students to learn from the book or outside resources.

Online reviews add technology barriers, while in-person , and self-study.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Students repeatedly and attention matter, and late arrivals are not viewed well.

Both formats suggest attendance or active participation is important, with online reviews especially warning that skipping class makes passing unlikely.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

He is often praised as kind, but because the and the workload-test balance is stressful.

Online reviews are more consistently negative, while and one-on-one support praise.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Many students report , and , though some mention curves or credit returned for errors.

Format shift

, while online reviews also call him a tough grader and mention Canvas grading problems.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students repeatedly mention lots of , and 12 to 20 hours of weekly chemistry work.

Format shift

Both formats describe heavy work, with and in-person reviews emphasizing guidebook work and frequent quizzes.

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

He is caring and helpful one-on-one, but many students , and not enough for exams.

Format shift

Online teaching is hurt by technology issues, while , and unclear lecture flow.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grades , and exams, with many comments stressing exam difficulty and frequent quizzes.

Format shift

Online reviews mention Canvas homework, tests, quizzes, and labs, while , and guidebook problems.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

45 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mixed but trend negative in recent years, with , and hard tests.

Main concern

The main because lectures and the guidebook often do not prepare students well.

What students said

“You'll .”
CHEM1A
“A lot of quizzes, long and .”
CHEM31
“If . If you NEED TO LEARN chem, dont.”
CHEM1A

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, citing technology problems, unclear writing on Zoom, heavy workload, and confusing course materials.

Main concern

The main concern is that online delivery makes already disorganized instruction harder to follow.

What students said

“He barely knows how to use a computer so following along with the lecture is rough.”
CHEM1A
“Overall mess, difficult to understand, lots of work, a lot expected”
CHEM1A
“His lectures are pretty easy to understand, but you have to be paying attention.”
CHEM31

Exam style

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with long, difficult tests, frequent quizzes, and limited time, while reviews do not clearly prove proctoring or open-book policy.

Long ExamsHard TestsFrequent QuizzesLimited TimeTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention long exams, multiple-choice and free-response portions, frequent quizzes, and , but do not clearly prove closed-book policy.

Long ExamsMCQ And FRQFrequent QuizzesLimited Time
“ and FRQ portion (4-5 pages).”
CHEM31
“A lot of quizzes, long and .”
CHEM31
“The , and doesn't give you enough time to do them.”
CHEM31

Online

Online , and multiple-choice quizzes, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or .

Canvas TestsQuizzesMultiple-Choice Quizzes
“Make sure you spend some time memorizing terms, because .”
CHEM31
“you always end up getting a and quizzes.”
CHEM31

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Truly a and is willing to help you if you ask but he isn't a good professor, lectures are tangents that don't follow the textbook and they don't give you enough info for .”

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

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“As a person, he is amazing... as a teacher he is bad.”

📚 Workload Pressure

22/100

“15-20hrs of chem work a week which you'll need todo to understand anything.”

⚠️

25/100

“The , and doesn't give you enough time to do them.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He goes off topic during lectures and his teaching style is messy.
  • You .
  • His lectures are not very good. I learned more from you tube.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • A lot of self study but most of his questions are from the and
  • A lot of quizzes, long and .
  • No .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's caring and wants you to succeed.
  • Joshi is amazing, you can tell he is truly passionate about chemistry and he doesn't mind if you don't understand.
  • He will sit down and help you with any questions you have.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

63

Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is high because 50 reviews span many years, include detailed recurring complaints, and separate personality praise from teaching problems.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 519
4 out of 512
3 out of 56
2 out of 510
1 out of 516

Course coverage

CHEM1A25 reviews
CHEM3121 reviews
CHEM1B1 review
CHEM310011 review
CHEMISTRY1A1 review
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OCHEM11 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

8

B+ 2 · B 6

C range

8

C+ 1 · C 1 · C- 6

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2