AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Anthony Hayford

CHEM25251 · CHEM51 · CHEM60 · 16130CHEM101 · CHEMISTRY60 · CHEM060 · CHEM101 · 51CHEM · CHEM102 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
41.18%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

unless and already know the content.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized lecturesTough graderHeavy accentLots of homeworkTeach yourself
  • Most CHEM60 students say and tech/disorganization adds stress.
  • As are possible if you already know the material or .
  • A minority of CHEM101/102 reviews call him caring and accessible, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students earn As by self-studying or prior knowledge, but and .

Almost ; one online review reported a B.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

and online homework make the course feel harder than it should.

In-person CHEM60 reviews drive the challenge rating; online sample is too small to shift it.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most reviews list attendance as .

Both the single online review and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Roughly two in , but recent CHEM60 comments strongly urge taking someone else.

In-person CHEM60 reviews are far more negative than a few older CHEM101 positives and one mild online yes.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

; several As still came with low quality scores and complaints of .

Format shift

Strict grading comments .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and test-heavy structure keep the load high.

Format shift

; the online review called weekly homework manageable.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students repeatedly cite , accent barriers, tech issues, and self-teaching via YouTube.

Format shift

In-person tone is largely poor; one online review was mixed but still noted weak tech skills.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Test-heavy and lecture-heavy tags plus .

Format shift

Evidence is mainly in-person; online also tagged test heavy.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

boring long , and .

Main concern

and disorganization leave students unprepared for higher chem.

What students said

“Hayford is a good guy but terrible professor.”
CHEM60
“ ”
CHEM060
“You sit through the 3 hour lecture, learn nothing, go watch a five minute video and it clicks.”
CHEM60

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

caring and , but weak tech skills hurt Zoom delivery.

Main concern

Technology struggles and hard-to-reach communication online.

What students said

“Not good with technology (this has been much harder to cope with since zoom lectures)”
CHEM60

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessments lean on timed online quizzes and camera exams.

Timed online quizzesOnline homework testsMultiple choice testsTest heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and frequent tests; few proctoring details.

Timed online quizzesOnline homeworkMultiple choice testsBiweekly online tests
“ and online.”
CHEM60
“ and tests are biweekly only open for one day on the website.”
CHEM25251
“ , and were fairly easy.”
CHEM60

Online

Single online review flags test-heavy grading with .

Test heavy
“ ”
CHEM60

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Hayford is a good guy but terrible professor.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 , and avoid recommendations. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

30/100

“He is not able t explain topics, in-class he showed us a video from youtube.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

28/100

“ .”

📚

28/100

“Be ready to teach yourself everything.”

⚖️

28/100

“Hayford means well but he should not be teaching.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures are impossible to sit through, as they couldn't be more boring.
  • .
  • His teaching method is very dry, monotonous, and stale.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Anyone can get an A as long as you understand the .
  • If I hadnt learned most of this in high school, then I wouldnt have passed.

Theme 3

💻 About Organization & Tech

  • Doesn't do well with technology and confuses himself sometimes
  • struggles with technology, which was difficult for in-person classes, but disastrous once we moved online
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen detailed reviews from 2017-2020 show consistent themes on teaching and workload despite a few older positive outliers.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 51
3 out of 53
2 out of 52
1 out of 58

Course coverage

CHEM608 reviews
CHEM0602 reviews
16130CHEM1011 review
51CHEM1 review
CHEM1011 review
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CHEM511 review
CHEMISTRY601 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

5

B+ 2 · B 3

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1