AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Peter Olds

GEOL10 · CHEM3A · CHEM001A · CHEMISTRY1B · CHEM1A · CHEM1BSUMMER · CHEM101 · CHEM1B · CHEM001 · 47 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
27.59%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid unless and fight for .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderLots of homeworkTest heavyConfusing lecturesPearson heavy
  • and say they must teach themselves from Pearson or the textbook.
  • Workload is very heavy with , and .
  • A few students say he cares if you put in serious effort, but the majority strongly advise avoiding him.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

22/100

Getting an A , and ; many students drop or land far below A.

Both online and grade; evidence is stronger in person.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Chemistry content plus fast or than a typical intro chem course.

Online and in-person both call the material very hard; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and some call lectures low value or skip-at-your-peril.

; in-person comments more often call it useless.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Roughly one in four would take him again, and the dominant .

Online reviews are almost all avoid; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

and stories of , and failing curves dominate.

Format shift

; online also calls him a .

Workload

Overwhelming

15/100

Students report hours of Pearson or , and .

Format shift

; online students especially say it consumes most of their week.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

A few praise office hours and care, but most say lectures confuse them and force self-teaching from the book.

Format shift

; online leans more strongly negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Homework is heavy but often low weight; quizzes and .

Format shift

; online also stresses hard tests.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

40 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and test heavy, with frequent complaints that lectures confuse students and but low value.

Main concern

, and exams that do not match what was taught.

What students said

“ if he's the only professor. His lectures are hard to understand, and HEAVILY relies on Pearson+.”
CHEM1A
“ . Not helpful and will brush you off when you ask for help.”
CHEM1A
“ though it was very useless. he doesn't teach.”
CHEM1B

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online CHEM1A is widely described as , and demoralizing, with several students calling it a mistake or death warrant.

Main concern

and hard tests make online sections especially punishing.

What students said

“THIS CLASS IS A DEATH WARRANT. .”
CHEM1A
“ , unless you want 90% of your life to be dedicated to this course.”
CHEM1A
“I would not recommend him for an online class. ”
CHEM1A

Exam style

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Exams are hard, often unpredictable, and high stakes, with .

Test heavyHard examsACS finalClosed notesUnpredictable tests

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, closed-note exams, and material that may not match the syllabus.

Test heavyACS finalClosed notesUnpredictable testsExam heavy
“ .”
CHEM1A
“ACS isfinal.”
CHEM1B
“Tests are 100 questions and closed notes. No study guide.”
GEOL10

Online

Online and heavy quiz load without describing open-book or no-proctor policies.

Hard testsTest heavyHomework heavy
“ .”
CHEM1A
“The unreasonable amount of and quizzes stresses students.”
CHEM1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if he's the only professor. His lectures are hard to understand, and HEAVILY relies on Pearson+.”

Voice snapshots generated from 47 reviews, highlighting teaching, workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“He could be super smart and passionate about Chemistry but he is not a good teacher.”

📚 Workload Overload

15/100

“ .”

🚫 Recommendation

25/100

“Please. .”

⚖️

22/100

“ if you want to pass with an easy A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are hard to understand, and HEAVILY relies on Pearson+.
  • Lectures make the
  • nice guy bad teacher.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • You really have to work for your grade.
  • His Chem 1A class starts out with 30 kids, and drops down to about 7
  • class average for tests was always around 60%

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Olds cares about his students and often pushes back hw deadlines if you ask
  • Extremely unhelpful/rude.
  • INCREDIBLY SPITEFUL!

Data context

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Analysis sample

47

Recent reviews read by the AI

47

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

47 reviews across many years with rich, , and teaching quality.

Inside 47 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 54
3 out of 56
2 out of 59
1 out of 522

Course coverage

CHEM1A26 reviews
CHEM1B11 reviews
CHEM001A3 reviews
CHEM0012 reviews
CHEM1011 review
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CHEM1BSUMMER1 review
CHEM3A1 review
CHEMISTRY1B1 review
GEOL101 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

26 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 3 · A 2 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

3

C+ 2 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

13

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 6 · Rather not say 2