AI Rate Professor

Physics

Rosa Alvis

4B · PHYS4B · L1L41464 · PHYSICS4A · PHYS10 · PHYS4A · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
23.53%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Only take if and grind exams; skip if and easy grading.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest HeavyTough GraderMonotone LecturesSelf-Study RequiredInconsistent Quality
  • Physics is hard and and little partial credit.
  • some praise fun board work while many .
  • Online and pandemic-era reviews are especially negative on office hours, wrong , and responsiveness.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Even students who earn As describe difficult tests, tough grading, and .

In-person and ; online quiz weighting feels especially unforgiving.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Calc-based physics content plus fast pacing and test mismatch make the course intellectually demanding.

Both formats rate difficulty high; online adds key errors and weaker lecture clarity.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and warn that skipping hurts because and reading.

In-person more often mandatory; but .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

and most detailed reviews warn against her despite a few glowing PHYS4B fans.

Recent in-person PHYS4B praise contrasts with older and .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough-grader tags, little , and reports of no .

Format shift

Online students especially cite no partial credit and wrong marked answers.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

, and textbook problem grinding for tests.

Format shift

Online is quiz-heavy; and book-problem heavy.

Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

A minority call lectures amazing and inspirational, but and confusion.

Format shift

Best in-person PHYS4B feedback; online teaching presence is weaker.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

, and labs with few assignment buffers.

Format shift

Online often 6 quizzes plus final and labs; .

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

a few students love inspiring lectures and fair exams, while and brutal tests.

Main concern

and lectures that often feel like reading notes.

What students said

“I took Physics 4B, E&M and she was just so much fun! ... .”
PHYS4B
“Hardest class Ive ever taken. Not because of the material, but because she confuses the heck out of students.”
PHYS4A
“Please do not take her. So disorganized! because she just reads it off the notes!”
PHYS4A

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online PHYS reviews slam , and lectures that feel recycled or unclear.

Main concern

and weak instructor presence.

What students said

“No show to office hours for a month. 3/5 tests administered so far either had Q's Canvas said wrong answers were correct or right answers weren't present.”
PHYS4B
“Honestly? if you can help it. ; and this class is on the brink of making me hate it.”
PHYS4A
“Youtube tutorials teach better tbh”
PHYS4B

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and high-weight quizzes are difficult, often conceptual or multi-choice, with and limited partial credit.

In-Person TestsQuiz HeavyMultiple Choice ConceptualTough GradingLittle Partial Credit

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and fair only if you keep up; practice tests are often not provided.

In-Person Difficult ExamsStudy Guides SometimesBook Problem Practice
“She does have the and they are very difficult.”
PHYS4A
“ (but not too easy), as long as you paid attention in class, and .”
PHYS4A

Online

Online and final; students report answer-key errors and no partial credit on most exams.

High-Weight QuizzesMultiple ChoiceNo Partial CreditCanvas Key Errors
“the class is 6 quizzes (60% of grade), a final (20%), and labs (20%).”
PHYS4A
“No partial credit on 5 out of 6 exams.”
PHYS4B

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Honestly? if you can help it. ; and this class is on the brink of making me hate it.”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 reviews (4 online, 15 in , and low recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Teaching Quality

35/100

“Lectures are 2 hours of her just copying some notes off a paper.”

🎯

32/100

“She does have the and they are very difficult.”

👍 Loyal Fans Exist

70/100

“She is the .”

⚠️ Recommendation

28/100

“ . So disorganized!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • monotone lecture because she just reads it off the notes
  • Youtube tutorials teach better tbh
  • She simplifies concepts perfectly

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and they are very difficult
  • No partial credit on 5 out of 6 exams
  • She's sort of a .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • and easy to approach
  • She's a nice person.
  • hilarious and has a cute accent.

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

19 reviews spanning 2016-2025 cover multiple PHYS courses with mixed but and lectures.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 510

Course coverage

PHYS4A10 reviews
PHYS4B5 reviews
4B1 review
L1L414641 review
PHYS101 review
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PHYSICS4A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 5

B range

4

B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1