AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Mike Fenton

CHEM101 · CHEM221 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.8

The decision

Avoid unless and tolerate a harsh, ego-driven classroom.

Best fit · Self Taught ProBig EgoTough GraderTest HeavyOff-Topic LecturesTeach Yourself
  • Students describe rude, arrogant lectures full of irrelevant tangents
  • and rarely match practice material
  • , but you must teach yourself the material

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Tough grading and feel nearly out of reach.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Students rate difficulty at the top and say lectures digress while .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

82/100

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; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Most students , and brutal tests.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Tags and comments call him a .

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lecture-heavy, test-heavy course that forces large amounts of independent study.

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Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students report off-topic lectures, arrogance, and the need to teach themselves.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Reviews emphasize hard tests and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person CHEM classes feel slow, off-topic, and and a hostile vibe.

Main concern

professor students call arrogant and unfair.

What students said

“Please don't waste your time/money taking this class. Fenton has probably the biggest ego on this planet.”
CHEM101
“The and are never similar to practice exams. Prepare to teach yourself.”
CHEM101
“One slide of our powerpoint will take him 30 mins to talk about and half of the time, he thinks of something else.”
CHEM101

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

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Exams are described as insanely difficult and unlike practice materials.

Test HeavyHard ExamsPractice Mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and poorly aligned with practice exams.

Test HeavyHard ExamsPractice Mismatch
“The and are never similar to practice exams.”
CHEM101
“Prepare to study big time, tests are really hard, he talks a lot and I mean A LOT.”
CHEM101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Please don't waste your time/money taking this class. Fenton has probably the biggest ego on this planet.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews, highlighting ego, off-topic lectures, and brutal tests. Credibility rating: Medium.

💥 Teaching Disaster

18/100

“The worst. super mean, rude, unfair and the most arrogant person you'll ever meet.”

📝 Brutal Exams

22/100

“The and are never similar to practice exams.”

🚫

12/100

“Please don't take chem 101 or 102 with this professor.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He constantly goes off topic whilst giving a lecture.
  • I've never been in a class that the professor talks so much irrelevant information.
  • One slide of our powerpoint will take him 30 mins to talk about.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • The
  • Prepare to teach yourself.

Theme 3

😤 About Attitude

  • biggest ego on this planet
  • super mean, rude, unfair
  • Horrible teacher.

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Five reviews span many years with consistent recent negativity, but sample size is small and one old positive review is sparse.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
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2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

CHEM1014 reviews
CHEM2211 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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