AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Andrey Balakin

CHEM305 · CHEM60 · CHEM400 · 28 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you already know chemistry well and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerSelf Taught RequiredUnpredictable ExamsTough GraderTest HeavyPolarizing Personality
  • Many students say and self-teaching is required.
  • A minority praise deep learning and preparation for university-level chemistry.
  • most students.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A , and luck with exams that many say do not match lectures.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Chemistry content plus fast, dense lectures and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

little flexibility described.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Would-take-again is effectively zero, and .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough-grader tags and stories of .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Hours of homework, worksheets, textbook reading, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Some call him passionate and clear; many say lectures are useless and exams are inconsistent.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests, quizzes, and lab performance dominate; as .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

dedicated self-starters may learn a lot, but , and .

Main concern

and study guides.

What students said

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CHEM400
“Lot of self learning and you still had to attend zoom meetings”
CHEM60
“ . a class with balakin is way tougher than the ones at sac state”
CHEM400

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams are frequently described as hard, specific, and poorly aligned with lectures or study guides.

Test HeavyStudy Guides UnreliableEssay Style QuestionsLecture Mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

differ from practice and study guides.

Random TestsStrict WordingHard Quizzes
“ in class & hw”
CHEM400
“the material on the he wrote on the study guides”
CHEM400

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Awful professor! Hard to understand, all material must be self taught, lectures are useless! ”

Voice snapshots generated from 28 , and self-study burden. Credibility rating: High.

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15/100

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📘 Self-Teaching Required

35/100

“all material must be self taught, lectures are useless!”

🧪

28/100

“ in class & hw”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he knows his stuff but cannot teach or
  • .
  • Stay away from this guy. Smart but is never prepared for ANYTHING

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • you have to be a certified genius to do well in his class
  • do the but IT WILL PAY OFF
  • academic career suicide.

Theme 3

😤 About Classroom Climate

  • insults students in front of class
  • he humiliates his students in front of other students
  • His mode changes with in seconds

Data context

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Analysis sample

28

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-eight detailed, long-span reviews with consistent major themes give solid confidence despite polarization.

Inside 28 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 55
1 out of 510

Course coverage

CHEM40026 reviews
CHEM3051 review
CHEM601 review

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