David Doreo

PHYS06 · AST01 · AST4353 · PHYSV06 · AST101 · PHYS6 · PHYSVO6 · ASTRONOMY · ASTR101 · ASTROV01 · ASTVO1 · AST1 · ASTI · ASTRO1900 · ASTV01 · AST1000 · 42 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 78/100
RMP rating: 3.7/5
Take again: 100%
Difficulty: 4.1

The decision

if you love science stories and hard work; skip if you need an easy A.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard TestsPassionate LecturesRead The BookEntertaining StoriesNot An Easy A

Brilliant, passionate storyteller whose lectures feel like a play.
Tests and ; .
challenge, not an easy GPA boost.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Many students say this is nowhere near an easy A; hard Scantron tests and .

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Repeatedly called the hardest class at the college with crazy exams and .

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

WorthIt

78/100

Students who put in the work love the passion and learning; 100% would-take-again among those who answered.

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

, but tests are still brutal and little is offered.

Format shift

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and hard multi-question Scantron exams.

Format shift

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

Teaching experience

Good

82/100

Passionate, funny, story-driven lectures that stick for years, though tangents sometimes miss test content.

Format shift

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

; homework builds understanding but .

Format shift

Evidence comes only from In person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person astronomy and physics with , and notoriously hard exams.

Main concern

and require deep textbook mastery.

What students said

“Not an easy class, but a very worthwhile class.”
AST01

“Doreo's tests are hard. Very, very hard. If , or dying.”
AST01

“Dr. Doreo's Class is incredibly challenging, but !”
PHYSV06

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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demand deep textbook understanding beyond lecture stories.

Hard Scantron TestsTextbook HeavyIn-Person ExamsCurve Sometimes

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students report very hard multi-question Scantron exams that often feel disconnected from entertaining lectures.

Hard Scantron TestsRead The BookIn-Person FinalsGrade Curve

“ . Very, very hard.”
AST01

“The tests, all Scantron usually with 65 questions each, are very difficult.”
AST1000

“ ... good thing for the ”
PHYSV06

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Not an easy class, but a very worthwhile class.”
Voice snapshots generated from 42 reviews, highlighting hard exams, passionate lectures, and high reward for effort. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Teaching Quality

82/100

“One of the . Lectures stayed with me for years.”

🔥 Difficulty

18/100

“Doreo's tests are hard. Very, very hard. If , or dying.”

👍

78/100

“His class is perhaps the most challenging course offered at Ventura College, but it is by far the most interesting.”

📖 Book Required

30/100

“READ THE BOOK!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Lectures stayed with me for years
Going to class is like watching a play with a cliff hanger
DOREO IS GOD

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

This is no where near an easy A
hardest class i've ever taken

Theme 3

📖 About Study Habits

Read the book, do the work, go to class
, but is very necessary
if you don't study you'll fail

Data context

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

42 reviews spanning many years with rich detail and consistent themes on difficulty and lecture quality.

Inside 42 stored ratings

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Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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David Doreo

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📖 Book Required

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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if you love science stories and hard work; skip if you need an easy A.

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