AI Rate Professor

Mathematics Science

Tom Macmullen

PHY004 · PHYS002 · 2 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

if you need lectures or support; find another instructor.

Best fit · Self Taught ProNo Real LecturesUnpublished Book QuizzesTough GraderLots of HomeworkAvoid for Physics
  • ; students self-read his unpublished book chapters.
  • and cumulative term quizzes with little help.
  • Both reviews urge avoiding him and suggest other physics instructors.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

, and support make high grades unrealistic for most students.

All ; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Physics content plus self-teaching from an unpublished book and .

All ; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and skip-class tags warn you will not pass.

All ; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

0% would take again; both students call him the and name alternatives.

All ; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and hard homework plus cumulative quizzes with little partial support.

Format shift

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Workload

Overwhelming

15/100

Lots of homework, group projects, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Students say teaching skills are outdated and he or help with hard problems.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

No formal tests; and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

an unpublished book, and tough graded work.

Main concern

Zero lecture support and hard cumulative quizzes leave students stranded.

What students said

“He at all and and grades it toughly”
PHY004
“The problems are hard & you get little to no help from him.”
PHYS002

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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Assessment is cumulative term quizzes from an .

No Formal TestsCumulative Term QuizzesUnpublished BookHard Problems

Assessment risk

Strict

20/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

No tests; cumulative quizzes on definitions and hard problems from his unpublished book.

Cumulative Term QuizzesUnpublished BookHard ProblemsNo Formal Tests
“ and only quizes of terms from his unpublished book.”
PHY004
“The . The problems are hard & you get little to no help from him.”
PHYS002

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 2 in-person reviews, , and . Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

15/100

“He at all.”

📚 Workload

15/100

“ and grades it toughly”

🚫 Recommendation

5/100

“ if you need any physics courses.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He at all
  • his teaching skills are fair out of date.
  • You have to find the concept definitions from that and .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Help

  • The problems are hard & you get little to no help from him.
  • grades it toughly
  • Skip class? You won't pass.

Data context

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Analysis sample

2

Recent reviews read by the AI

2

Lifetime ratings

28/100

Evidence confidence

Only 2 short in-person reviews from 2016-2017; themes agree but sample is too small for high confidence.

Inside 2 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
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2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

PHY0041 review
PHYS0021 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

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B range

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C range

1

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D range

0

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