AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Tuan Nguyen

CIS25B · CIS27 · CIS6252627 · CIS6 · CIS96F · CPROGRAMING · CIS1 · CIS25 · 152 lifetime ratings

AI rating
26/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
30%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Avoid unless you , and will strictly follow his attendance and style rules.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough GraderMandatory AttendanceLecture HeavyCoding Convention SticklerUnclear Feedback
  • Most students describe , and mandatory camera-on attendance.
  • A minority report deep learning and career impact if and follow every rule.
  • Grades often arrive late or with , and many .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students earn As, but , and surviving tough quizzes and finals.

Online students more often say grades are late or opaque; A.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and test pressure make the course feel hard especially for beginners.

Both formats rate high difficulty; online adds long Zoom hours and camera stress.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Attendance is consistently required, with cameras enforced online and skip-class warnings common.

Online reviews ; in-person also treats attendance as non-negotiable.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

About 30% would take again, and most comments bluntly tell students to pick someone else.

Negative chorus is strongest online; a small loyal in-person minority still recommends him for serious learners.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

24/100

spacing, style, and submission rules rather than pure correctness.

Format shift

Online students emphasize convention-based deductions and end-of-term grade dumps more often.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lecture-heavy multi-hour sessions, pop quizzes, tests, and .

Format shift

Online workload feels heavier due to long Zoom blocks; some courses have few graded items but high stakes.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Most reviews , and mean classroom tone despite a few inspired fans.

Format shift

Online comments are more uniformly negative; in-person includes both career-changing praise and scathing criticism.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Tags and comments highlight tests, pop quizzes, and few high-stakes graded items over steady low-stakes practice.

Format shift

Both formats report test-heavy or .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews split between students who found him inspiring and rigorous and many , and unhelpful.

Main concern

, and unclear instructions still dominate even for engaged students.

What students said

“Don't believe reviews and . He's the only prof in the CIS dept at Laney who actually teaches.”
CIS27
“Tuan Nguyen is an example of a professor who does everything wrong as a professor.”
CIS25
“Really great professor, but you have to follow the class rules and .”
CPROGRAMING

Remote format

Online

33 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

forced cameras, , and strict coding conventions with .

Main concern

and unclear homework make online especially draining.

What students said

“Avoid if possible. Long, draining, unhelpful lectures with .”
CIS6
“ and made a huge deal about it. 6/40 people remained towards the end of the semester.”
CIS25
“All the horror stories in the reviews are true. Your answer to taking his class is very simple; Don't.”
CIS25

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are high-stakes, often harder than expected, with resources.

Pop QuizzesTest HeavyDifficult FinalStrict Coding Convention Grading

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and strict return of work that breaks his rules.

Pop QuizzesTest HeavyTough Grader
“ ”
CIS27
“He has his own set of STRICT rules and you have to go with it.”
CIS25

Online

Online students report tough finals almost nobody can finish and .

Difficult FinalTest HeavyLate Grading
“ and frustrating -- basically no one was able to solve it.”
CIS6
“ ”
CIS25

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“All the horror stories in the reviews are true. Your answer to taking his class is very simple; Don't.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and , and attendance themes. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

30/100

“I seriously do not understand why he is allowed to teach. Wastes time when he yells at people to turn their cameras on.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

28/100

“ ! Seriously I never had such a bad professor.”

⚖️

24/100

“grading us BASED ON SPACING CODE which = -19 points marked.”

📷

12/100

“ and made a huge deal about it.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Unresponsive to emails, pedagogy skills lacking, and long-winded
  • His lectures were unhelpful and own
  • He's the only prof in the CIS dept at Laney who actually teaches.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • This class is an easy A. We had 3 assignment's the whole semester and .
  • You will get good grade if and understand thought it.
  • .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Rules and Atmosphere

  • Will yell at students for not having their camera on and just be overall a mean guy.
  • He expects everything to be done a certain way but
  • Tenure has to be some sort of mistake in their system

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

152

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across years with , and lecture quality support high confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 530
4 out of 510
3 out of 59
2 out of 528
1 out of 576

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

19

A+ 1 · A 17 · A- 1

B range

13

B+ 1 · B 12

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

16

Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Incomplete 3 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 4