AI Rate Professor

Physics

Darwin HO

PHYS02 · PHYS2 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.6

The decision

Avoid unless you already know physics well and can teach yourself from the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProCannot Teach EffectivelyTough GraderSelf-Teach RequiredFast and Confusing LecturesAvoid If Possible
  • Students say he knows physics but and lectures are too fast.
  • and class averages are often very low.
  • Group labs and teammates fail.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

, and 50% class averages make an A extremely hard even for strong students.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Content is fast-paced with heavy equation manipulation and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as mandatory while lectures still fail to prepare students for tests.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

if you already know the material.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

Students call him a and group grades that punish weak teammates.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Expect and labs, and exams that require deep problem-solving outside lectures.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Consistent reports of unintelligible lectures, demeaning answers, lateness, and no usable test prep.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Exams and group labs dominate; lectures are example problems and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person physics students overwhelmingly report , and a .

Main concern

and poor board work, demeaning responses to questions.

What students said

“Really awful class. This guy knows his stuff but he can't teach it, at all.”
PHYS02
“Hands down one of the . AVOID.”
PHYS02
“ so far have been 50%.”
PHYS2

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

low class averages and little practice provided.

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

but usually do not; class averages around 50% with no practice sets.

Hard In-Person ExamsTests Unlike HomeworkLow Class AveragesNo Practice Prep
“Won't give you any practice for test.”
PHYS02
“ but they are not.”
PHYS2
“ so far have been 50%.”
PHYS2

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Hands down one of the . AVOID.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 highly consistent in-person physics reviews, highlighting teaching failure and harsh exams. Credibility rating: High.

💥 Teaching Failure

12/100

“Really awful class. This guy knows his stuff but he can't teach it, at all.”

📉

15/100

“Grades super hard. Lectures are just example problems.”

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8/100

“ if you must or you already know physics.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he can't teach it, at all.
  • Speaks fast and .
  • Impossible to understand, will not repeat examples.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Grades tough.
  • so far have been 50%.
  • .

Theme 3

🧪

  • the hands of your fellow students.
  • same grade.
  • because ".

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Ten consistent in-person reviews from 2010-2016 with detailed complaints and strong agreement on teaching failure.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 57

Course coverage

PHYS26 reviews
PHYS024 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 3