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Arts & Sciences

Trevor Gonzalinajec

ASTR020 · ASTR030 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
16.67%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

; the workload and communication failure outweigh any grade you might still scrape.

Best fit · Self Taught ProExtremely Late GradingUnresponsiveOverwhelming LabsNo TransparencyAvoid
  • Chronic late posting and after the course ends.
  • , and often 10-plus pages with heavy math and no scaffolding.
  • Contact is nearly impossible and announcements frequently apologize for .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some students report completion-style grading and still finish with A or B, but the and .

Online reviews drive the late-grade and ; in-person sample is small and mixed.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Labs demand multi-hour complex math and long writeups with .

; online comments add unresponsiveness and late modules.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

82/100

Most reviews say attendance is not mandatory, with only one online report of .

Nearly all online and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Roughly one in , and comments repeatedly say run or pick someone else.

Online reviews are overwhelmingly negative; the lone strong yes is an in-person ASTR030 comment.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

and harsh finals, yet several students still report A grades under slow completion-style marking.

Format shift

Online reviews stress harsh finals and opaque grades; .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Students describe multi-hour 10-20 page labs, constant papers, and .

Format shift

Workload complaints dominate online reviews and appear in in-person ASTR020 comments too.

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Students cite missing explanations, wrong due dates, unresponsiveness, and chronic late posting as a full communication collapse.

Format shift

Online reviews are almost uniformly disastrous; one in-person ASTR030 review is strongly positive.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

Grade hinges on frequent long labs and .

Format shift

Both formats center labs; online comments also note chaotic or delayed finals.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and wasted time, with one rare positive ASTR030 outlier.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Terrible . .”
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“labs are long, and very time consuming, and .”
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Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ASTR labs are described as , and poorly supported, with , and chaotic finals.

Main concern

You may finish the term without knowing your grade because most work is graded extremely late or not at all.

What students said

“Do you enjoy your mental health? RUN.”
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“He never grades your stuff until like months after the due date.”
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“ . MIA for a month.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews rarely describe proctoring tools, but , and sometimes posted late or changed.

Harsh FinalLittle Exam PrepChaotic Final Posting

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

ASTR030 note that tests were fair.

Fair Tests
“ .”
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Online

Online students report harsh finals with and reposted, and almost no timely graded practice.

Harsh FinalDelayed Final PostingNo Preparation
“Do not even get me started on the final. It was super harsh, he does not give you any preparation.”
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“The , then finally posted, then was taken off again.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Do you enjoy your mental health? RUN.”

Voice snapshots generated from 12 , and avoidance themes. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

16/100

“ . MIA for a month.”

🚫 Recommendation

12/100

“ .”

📚 Workload Overload

12/100

“3+hour labs that are 10-20 pages.”

⏱️

20/100

“He never grades your stuff until like months after the due date.”

Theme 1

📞 About Communication

  • Completely impossible to get in contact with.
  • LACK OF COMMUNICATION and .
  • Rarely communicates.

Theme 2

🧪

  • expect the labs to be 10+ pages each
  • , and unclear
  • grades hw last minute.

Theme 3

⚠️

  • he only graded 7 out of 15 labs he assigned
  • Grades EXTREMELY late, with ZERO transparency.

Data context

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Analysis sample

12

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve recent detailed reviews across 2023-2025 show , and poor communication.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 59

Course coverage

ASTR02010 reviews
ASTR0302 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 4

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3