AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Basel Zaitoun

CHEM110 · CHEM180L · CHEM110L · 110L · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
36.36%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

; only consider if you need a lab instructor and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizing Chem InstructorTough GraderMandatory AttendanceHarsh ExamsRude Call-Outs
  • lab students praise preparation and humor; lecture students report rudeness and confusion.
  • Exams are brutal with reported class averages in the 30s-40s and .
  • and skipping tanks your grade.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

but exams are far harder, with reported class averages around 30-40 percent.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

and fast pacing make the material feel harder than it needs to be.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

; and you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

35/100

; positive lab notes are outweighed by harsh lecture and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

40/100

Some students find him funny and prepared in lab, but many report unprofessional rudeness and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

more than day-to-day work.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and lab experiences are highly polarized: some call him funny and prepared in , and makes exams unfairly hard.

Main concern

Public call-outs, low exam averages, and .

What students said

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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.

, with multiple reports of class averages in the 30s-40s.

In-Person ExamsCumulative FinalHard TestsLow Class Averages

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students report harder than homework, with class averages near failing.

In-Person ExamsCumulative FinalHard Tests
“ and the class averaged a 42%”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ is so hard. 2nd exam was just done and the class averaged a 42% DONT TAKE HIS CLASS”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 in-person reviews, , and classroom climate. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

40/100

“Hes an awesome person but not a great teacher makes class harder than it has to be.”

🚫 Recommendation

35/100

“If you have an .”

📝

28/100

“class averaged a 42% DONT TAKE HIS CLASS”

😂

70/100

“He is very funny. He is really smart and knows his chemistry. .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He is actually a great professor. Knows his chemistry. Comes very prepared.
  • It felt like it was his first time teaching a class.
  • He would come to lab unprepared, and .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • is so hard.
  • more than half the class has dropped

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • Very unprofessional and rude.
  • calls us out in front of the entire class when we are wrong
  • Disrespectful towards females.

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven detailed in-person reviews from 2017-2018 show consistent polarization but are somewhat dated.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 56

Course coverage

CHEM1108 reviews
110L1 review
CHEM110L1 review
CHEM180L1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

2

B+ 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 3