AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Sarah Toews Keating

CHEM1234 · CHEM101 · CHEM1010 · CHEM16200 · 64 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
36.92%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

if you can treat Chem 101 like a full-time job with daily office hours; .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOverwhelming ALEKS workloadTough lab graderHard examsCaring but intenseSelf-teach required
  • , and exams is the dominant complaint and often feels unsustainable with a job.
  • Some students who use office hours and follow rubrics still succeed and call her caring and clear.
  • Lectures frequently described as too fast, overcomplicated, or .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A is possible with heavy daily study and , but most describe grinding for B-level or worse.

Both formats require major effort; online A earners still call the class painful and self-taught.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Chemistry content is already hard and her pace, volume, and .

In-person and online reviews agree the material and structure are extremely challenging.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

Many sections require attendance or warn that skipping leaves you behind in a fast cumulative course.

In ; online is more deadline-driven with optional Zoom that many call useless.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

34/100

and the dominant advice is to pick any other Chem professor if possible.

Online ; in person is polarized with a strong negative majority.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

Lab reports and exams are graded nitpicky; curves and resubmissions help some, but .

Format shift

Both formats report picky lab grading; .

Workload

Overwhelming

14/100

ALEKS every few days, long labs, worksheets, discussions, and .

Format shift

Online and in person both report crushing volume; .

Teaching experience

Average

44/100

Personality and office-hour care earn praise, but many say lectures overcomplicate chemistry and exams do not match teaching.

Format shift

In person has more positive teaching gems; online quality complaints about video noise and self-teaching are harsher.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

and multi-part lab reports dominate grades; worksheets and discussions add constant smaller hits.

Format shift

, and multi-file labs; in person adds long live labs and timed tests.

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

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In person she is often described as nice and accessible, yet still drowning students with , and .

Main concern

Huge weekly workload and multi-class students.

What students said

“Save your life and ! Anyone!”
CHEM101
“If you want a ”
CHEM101
“She is a ”
CHEM101

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections feel asynchronous self-teach with heavy , and frustrating labs.

Main concern

You mostly teach yourself while and .

What students said

“she and over complicates things”
CHEM101
“ if you are willing to teach yourself and learn on your own”
CHEM101
“ ”
CHEM101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are frequently called very hard, memorization-heavy, and poorly matched to lectures, though practice exams and .

Hard memorization examsPractice exams sometimes providedALEKS prepNo notecards in some termsExam resubmissions occasional

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

or resubmittable, and heavily based on lecture plus ALEKS.

Difficult examsPractice examsCurves or resubmissionsNo notecards sometimes
“ on memorization”
CHEM101
“ but only cover things talked about in lecture”
CHEM101

Online

for many students, with self-taught prep and heavy ALEKS dependence.

Difficult examsWeak lecture matchALEKS-heavy prepTake-home style stress
“the teaching in the lectures”
CHEM101
“ practice exams or worksheets she provides or lectures”
CHEM101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you want a . While I can tell she spends all her time doing this, she expects us to do the same.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (8 online, 42 in , and polarized care vs teaching clarity. Credibility rating: High.

🔥 Overwhelming Workload

14/100

“Study 24 hrs/day, 7 days a week... forget about other classes”

🧪

30/100

“ practice exams or worksheets she provides or lectures”

💗 Caring But Intense

55/100

“I loved Dr. TK! She is a super caring professor and wants you to succeed”

Theme 1

⚠️ About Workload

  • SO MUCH WORK!
  • never ever gives you a break

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Save your time and
  • She is a
  • Put in the work and you can do it

Theme 3

❤️ About Support

  • office hours...

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

64

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews with strong consistency on overwhelming workload and hard exams, plus a durable minority of caring-office-hours defenders.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 521
4 out of 56
3 out of 53
2 out of 511
1 out of 524

Course coverage

CHEM10147 reviews
CHEM10101 review
CHEM12341 review
CHEM162001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

41 reported outcomes

A range

17

A+ 2 · A 11 · A- 4

B range

9

B+ 3 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

2

D 2

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

11

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