AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Dale Hopper

CHEMCHEM · CHEM002 · CHEM1A · 25 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
18.75%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

unless you are ready for and constant office-hour triage.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderConfusing LecturesHigh Drop RateTest HeavyOffice Hours Helpful
  • Many recent students call lectures rambling, slides weak, and
  • A determined few pass by using office hours heavily and self-studying the book
  • Older reviews are more mixed, but

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and many drops mean an A usually demands intense effort and office hours.

Nearly all evidence is in person; the single online student dropped.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Students repeatedly describe chemistry content plus Hopper's pace as extremely hard and poorly scaffolded.

; online also felt .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and labs, with little flexibility noted.

In-person data dominates; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

and many recent comments say never take him or switch professors.

Both formats lean negative; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough grader tags and stories of and .

Format shift

Harsh grading comments .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of homework, test-heavy structure, and .

Format shift

and exams; online evidence is sparse.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Lectures are widely called rambling and poorly structured, though a few older students found him helpful.

Format shift

; older ones are mixed.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

and limited useful practice before exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews dominate and largely describe confusing, fast lectures, harsh grading, and .

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“ . He just rambles about the most useless things imaginable.”
CHEM002
“There is NO overview for the class so it's really hard to prep or know what you're going to be tested on.”
CHEM002
“Most of our class has dropped or doesn't show up.”
CHEM002

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The lone online review , and a useless study guide leading to a drop.

Main concern

Poor online logistics and .

What students said

“he does not know how to use Zoom properly and does not post the .”
CHEM1A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and lectures, with and little student-friendly support.

Test HeavyUnreliable Study GuidesIn-Person ExamsHarsh Grading

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and mismatched to study guides, with high failure risk.

Test HeavyMiserable Study GuidesTough Grading
“The study guide's are a MISERABLE failure; half of the questions on the the study guide.”
CHEM002
“Extremely tough class and he grades really hard.”
CHEM1A

Online

The single online review says the study guide is useless and does not describe a .

Useless Study Guide
“The study guide is just useless and it's hard to understand him at times.”
CHEM1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Save yourself a potential F/W and take another chem 2 class !!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 25 reviews, highlighting difficulty, drops, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“His lectures are awful, he messes up complex math problems and the class has no structure/organization.”

⚠️ Recommendation

22/100

“ . He just rambles about the most useless things imaginable.”

📝

22/100

“He is a and there was about a 70% drop rate the semester I was in.”

💪 Effort Required

28/100

“I'd never struggled in a class so badly in my life before, but I regularly made appointments with him.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Horrible slideshows, inconsistent notes and inconsistent directions.
  • He goes over everything really quickly, rambles, and overall his lectures were long and horrible.
  • content is dry as it is, powerpoints are poor.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • .
  • Save yourself and .
  • Only good thing is that .

Theme 3

🆘 About Getting Help

  • if you worked with him he worked with you.
  • Ask HW questions during his office hours!
  • he's friendly, but... .

Data context

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Analysis sample

25

Recent reviews read by the AI

25

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

25 reviews over many years with a , and .

Inside 25 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 54
3 out of 54
2 out of 53
1 out of 510

Course coverage

CHEM1A12 reviews
CHEM00211 reviews
CHEMCHEM2 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

7

B 6 · B- 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 2