AI Rate Professor

Physics

Robert Duffin

PHYS4A · 4A · PHYSICS4A · PHYS114 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

unless you can teach yourself physics from the textbook.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHorrible teacherDisorganized lecturesTough graderSelf-study requiredHard tests
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  • Nearly every

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

24/100

Even hardworking students , and .

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

and class averages around D.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and tags warn that skipping means failing.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Students say run the opposite direction and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Tagged as a and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

26/100

Lots of homework, lab reports, cheat sheets, and heavy self-study outside class.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Nearly all reviews call lectures unclear, disorganized, or useless despite him being nice.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

74/100

Hard midterms and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

as confusing, hard, and poorly taught.

Main concern

because lectures leave strong students lost.

What students said

“The .”
PHYS4A
“ . He gave no framework for any of his lectures”
PHYS114
“His lectures are useless and his office hours.”
PHYS4A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, though limited cheat sheets are allowed.

Very hard testsCheat sheet allowedHomework unlike tests

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; students rely on strong cheat sheets and .

Hard examsOne-page midterm cheat sheetTwo-page final cheat sheet
“The .”
PHYS4A
“write a good cheat sheet (you are aloud one page on a )”
PHYSICS4A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“The . ... RUN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews, highlighting unclear teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

💥 Teaching Disaster

16/100

“He is a nice person, but a horrible teacher.”

🧠 Confusion Level

14/100

“I LOVE math and science and I had NO idea what he was talking about most of the time.”

🏃

8/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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  • His lectures are useless

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The .
  • No one knows what .

Theme 3

📚

  • Had to study the book in order to get the grade that I got.
  • do not expect to learn much in class and be prepared to study on your own
  • You must prepare for

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Nine consistent in-person reviews across 2014-2016 with detailed complaints strongly agree he is a poor teacher.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

PHYS4A5 reviews
PHYSICS4A2 reviews
4A1 review
PHYS1141 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

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