AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Steve Yang

CHEM9299 · CHEM01B · 1B · CHEM1A · CHEM30B · CHEM01A · CHEMA · ACHEM · CHEM1B · CHEM2465 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
27.27%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Avoid unless you can self-teach chemistry well and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear LecturesSelf-Study HeavyCaring but ConfusingTough TestsAccent Barrier
  • Many students say and force full self-teaching.
  • , and feel disconnected from lecture material.
  • and accessible, but teaching clarity is the .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Labs and help inflate grades, but , and many report B-range effort for serious study.

Nearly all grade and ; the one online review ended with a D.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

and fast pacing make the course feel hard for undergrads.

; online also rates difficulty at 3.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and tags warn skip class and you will not pass.

In-person attendance is often mandatory; the .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

27/100

and many urge taking chemistry with someone else despite his kindness.

In-person is mixed-to-negative; the sole online review is a hard no.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

, and grading sometimes feels arbitrary even when students study hard.

Format shift

Strict-test comments dominate in-person reviews; .

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Homework and labs are frequent; and occasional pop quizzes.

Format shift

and self-teaching; online notes ignored lectures.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Widely described as nice but , so students self-teach most material.

Format shift

In-person is polarized but leans poor on clarity; online is strongly negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Hard multiple-choice tests drive the grade, with labs and as buffers.

Format shift

Exam and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

some praise patience and and .

Main concern

You may leave lecture more confused and .

What students said

“As a teacher, I cannot express how bad he is. .”
CHEM1B
“You'd be spending the entire semester teaching yourself”
CHEM1B
“Steve will really do anything he can to help you if you need it. He .”
CHEM30B

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Single COVID online review calls him the worst: ignored students and .

Main concern

Online engagement and .

What students said

“I took his online class this semester (because of COVID) and he was honestly the worst. He had lectures but barely anyone came because he pretty much ignored us the whole time and did his own thing.”
CHEM01A

Exam style

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Exams are often hard, and as the main safety net.

Hard Multiple ChoiceLittle or No CurvePop QuizzesTest Bank Style QuestionsLabs Buffer Grade

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

test banks, with pop quizzes and little curve.

Hard Multiple ChoicePop QuizzesNo CurveLabs EasyExtra Credit
“ , but he uses the same multiple choice on the final.”
CHEM1B
“The and the textbook... And even every one fail it, there is no curving in his class.”
CHEM1B
“ if the class avg is 50% each test.”
CHEM1B

Online

The single online .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“As a teacher, I cannot express how bad he is. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 reviews (1 online, 21 in , and personal kindness. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Clarity

30/100

“Steve needs to learn English. He is unable to convey anything clearly it is nothing but incomplete thoughts. This is a self study course.”

📚 Self-Teaching Reality

28/100

“In the end, you'll learn a lot because you spend most of your time self-teaching yourself.”

📝

32/100

“The and the textbook... And even every one fail it, there is no curving in his class.”

❤️ Caring Person

70/100

“As a person he's a .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He is terrible at explaining things
  • Yang would be a but not a lecture professor

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • if the class avg is 50% each test
  • try and show some work

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • though
  • Steve will really do anything he can to help you if you need it
  • he is a

Data context

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Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-two reviews over many years with rich detail and a positive outliers.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 58

Course coverage

CHEM1B6 reviews
CHEM1A5 reviews
CHEM01A3 reviews
CHEM30B2 reviews
1B1 review
Show 5 more courses
ACHEM1 review
CHEM01B1 review
CHEM24651 review
CHEM92991 review
CHEMA1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values