AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Joy Kobayashi

CHEMVO1B · CHEMVO1LA · CHEM01A · CHEMV1AL · CHEMVO1A · CHEMV01A · CHEMLAB · CHEMV01 · V01B · CHEM1ALAB · VO1A · CHEMV01B · CHEMLV01A · CHEMV01L · CHEM1 · CHEMLA · CHEM1A · CHEM1B · CHEMV01AL · CHEM1AL · 86 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you are ready to work hard for STEM transfer prep; skip if you want an easy A or spoon-fed lectures.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderSig Fig StrictHeavy MasteringChem HWPolarizing LecturesSTEM Prep
  • many call her life-saving and fair if you grind; and unhelpful.
  • Extremely picky grading on sig figs, notation, and .
  • ; attendance often expected.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

and and finals means an A takes sustained high effort, not just showing up.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

General chemistry content is dense, paced for serious STEM students, and many say you must relearn material outside lecture.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and advise going every day to keep up and use help.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

; STEM grinders praise preparation while others say run from lectures and grading.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

28/100

and comments about sig-fig nitpicking, sparse A grades, and harsh lab report scoring dominate.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

Hours of , and high-stakes exams are repeatedly reported.

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Students split between calling her hilarious, patient, and life-saving versus unorganized, off-topic, or unhelpful in lecture.

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and labs pair with multiple exams and a .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and lab are high-effort with , and mixed lecture quality; dedicated students who use office hours and practice exams often pass and feel prepared for upper-level science.

Main concern

, and lectures some find confusing or joke-filled instead of clear.

What students said

“Best chemistry professor I have ever experienced... Very fair, but seriously.”
CHEM1B
“Every class is taught from prewritten lecture notes that are not helpful at all. The .”
CHEMVO1A
“YOU HAVE TO DO WELL ON MASTERING CHEM and go to office hours! exam plus u get one notecard for .”
CHEM1B

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.

Practice exams and limited notecards help on chapter tests, but and .

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and a notecard, yet finals are described as much harder and unforgiving.

Practice examsNotecard on some examsHard finalSig fig picky
“ exam plus u get one notecard for . The final, good luck with that its not like the other exams!”
CHEM1B
“She offers previous tests to study for . You can use index cards for test and a whole page as a cheat sheet on the final.”
V01B

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Joy is a tough teacher... You WILL need to try, You have to go hard. if you are a STEM major.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, , and . Credibility rating: High.

⚖️

28/100

“ . one person had an -A, and the next in line had a B... between sig figs, counting every small error, and limited explanation, our class stood no chance.”

📚 Heavy Outside Work

25/100

“If you want to get a 1010 on homework, you will need to put in about 5 hours a week.”

🎯 Polarizing Teaching

58/100

“Lectures are HORRIBLE. You will have to spend about 2 extra hours outside of lecture to learn the material on your own.”

👍 STEM Prep Praise

50/100

“I am currently a UCLA student and I can honestly say that her CHEMV01B class truly helped to prepare me for the transfer to a University.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Just goes over the notes she wrote 10 years ago.
  • She's super cheerful and a little sassy so lecture isn't boring.
  • She's always telling dirty jokes. However, her lectures are awful.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • WORK HARD. In her class, u will gain a lot of experience.
  • if you care about your GPA
  • not an easy A but a worth while A for sure

Theme 3

❤️ About Character & Help

  • She will help you anytime anywhere. She is the BEST.
  • If you don't understand, just ask again & again- she'll find a .
  • She doesn't care if students pass or fail.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

86

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews across many years show consistent themes on harsh grading and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 545
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3 out of 514
2 out of 55
1 out of 59

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 2 · A- 2

B range

4

B 3 · B- 1

C range

4

C+ 1 · C 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1