AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Raffaele perrotta

CHEM2A · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

unless you are ready to teach yourself hard chemistry with little support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough graderTest heavyConfusing lecturesSelf-teach requiredNot recommended
  • because lectures are fast, redundant, and confusing.
  • He is a and test-heavy, though .
  • ; all three reviews advise avoiding him.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

An A is possible but requires real work; material is hard and he is a .

All evidence is from in-person CHEM2A reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is hard and delivered at a own.

All evidence is from in-person CHEM2A reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

85/100

as not mandatory across reviews.

All evidence is from in-person CHEM2A reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

All three students and told others not to either.

All evidence is from in-person CHEM2A reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

; students say you must work hard for any good grade.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

and lab work creates a heavy lift.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Students call explanations weak, confusing, and condescending, forcing self-teaching.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

as a secondary grade boost.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person CHEM2A feels like self-study: , and .

Main concern

Poor explanations and grade.

What students said

“Prof. Perrotta isnt a great at explaining concepts so you will probably have to teach yourself a lot of the material.”
CHEM2A
“He's the worst teacher I've ever had at Merced College.”
CHEM2A
“THIS IS NOT AN EASY A.”
CHEM2A

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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; no student-friendly exam format is described.

Test heavyTough gradingIn-person exams

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person CHEM2A is test-heavy with ; students must work hard for good scores.

Test heavyTough graderLab answer checks
“you really have to work for a good grade in this class.”
CHEM2A
“THIS IS NOT AN EASY A.”
CHEM2A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person reviews, highlighting self-teaching, tough grading, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

22/100

“He's the worst teacher I've ever had at Merced College.”

🚫 Recommendation

8/100

“ .”

📝 Not an Easy A

32/100

“THIS IS NOT AN EASY A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • you will probably have to teach yourself a lot of the material
  • he's not good at teaching or explaining anything and
  • very condescending when you try to ask questions

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • you really have to work for a good grade
  • THIS IS NOT AN EASY A

Theme 3

🧪

  • will check all your answers in
  • he is VERY helpful with labs which is 17.5% of your grade

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Three detailed in-person reviews from 2019-2020 are consistent but the sample is small and several years old.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

CHEM2A3 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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