AI Rate Professor

Science

A.J Bates

CHEM210220 · CHEM201 · CHEM192 · CHEM220 · CHEM210 · CHEM234 · 73 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
52.63%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you are ready to study hard, use every worksheet and office hour, and can handle a test-heavy chem course.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest heavyTough graderAccessible office hoursLecture heavyPolarizing chemistry professor
  • and resource-rich while
  • Exams and ; if you grind them
  • , and staying on top of lectures

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Even supporters say you must grind worksheets, labs, and ; and that an A takes serious effort.

Both online and ; neither format is an easy A.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

General and organic chemistry content plus fast or uneven pacing makes the intellectual load high for most students.

Difficulty ratings stay high across formats; gen chem can feel more calculation-based than ochem.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

Lab and many lecture sections require attendance; , though .

; some online sections mark attendance no.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

great if you use resources and work hard, a disaster if you need an easy or gentle chem intro.

Online sample is small and mixed; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags, test-heavy weighting, picky labs, and .

Format shift

Strict grading is described in both formats; .

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of homework, lab reports, worksheets, and .

Format shift

Heavy load appears online and in person.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Students split between clear helpful lectures with endless office hours and .

Format shift

; online praises resources when engaged.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

, and ; worksheets mainly exist to prepare for tests.

Format shift

Test-heavy design is explicit online and in person.

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

45 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Long record of tough, organized, test-focused chem with ; and harsh exam difficulty for others.

Main concern

, and many students withdraw.

What students said

“If you put in the work, you will receive the grade you deserve.”
CHEM234
“ ”
CHEM210
“The class started with 60 students total, and by the end there were about 20 left.”
CHEM210

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some praise daily office hours and solid recorded and test-heavy grading.

Main concern

Self-directed learning from .

What students said

“Professor Bates is an amazing professor. The class is quite difficult, but Bates makes sure to provide enough resources for you to succeed.”
CHEM220
“I suggest not taking bates unless you are determined to spend hours studying and memorizing everything”
CHEM234
“He pulled me aside and said I'm not cut out for school.”
CHEM210

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are high stakes and often harder than lectures; practice worksheets help but the bar stays high.

Test heavyHard midterms and finalsLab examsPractice worksheets mirror exams

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews stress extremely tough exams, prior tests on Canvas for practice, and .

Extremely tough examsOld exams for practiceLab examsMandatory labs
“ . You have to pick up things easily or study a LOT on your own.”
CHEM210
“His lectures and worksheets .”
CHEM220

Online

Online reviews describe relatively difficult tests with and practice worksheets as the main prep.

Test heavyPractice worksheetsSelf-study from videos
“ but reasonable, given the number of practice worksheets provided.”
CHEM220
“Class so not doing well will be detrimental to your grade.”
CHEM234

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you put in the work, you will receive the grade you deserve.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (5 online, 45 in person), capturing the long-running hardcore-chem split. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“Professor Bates is a really good prof. He does a great job of explaining concepts and questions when you visit his office hours.”

📉

25/100

“ ”

🧪

32/100

“ . You have to pick up things easily or study a LOT on your own.”

🚪

30/100

“The class started with 60 students total, and by the end there were about 20 left.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He holds office hours almost every day and answers every question thoroughly.
  • he has been an awful professor.
  • His lectures and worksheets .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • you won't pass if , and also a
  • If you put in the work, you will receive the grade you deserve.
  • half of the class were failing before I even withdrew from his class.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • , and genuinely cared that we understood
  • , but .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

73

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years with rich detail and a stable polarized pattern give high confidence despite format imbalance.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 537
4 out of 511
3 out of 58
2 out of 58
1 out of 510

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

21 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 4 · A 4

B range

3

B 3

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 4 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 2