AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Vernon Small

CHEM121 · CHEMC120 · CHM100 · CHEM120 · CHEM119 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
6/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
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Difficulty
3.1

The decision

unless you can teach yourself chemistry from the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProConfusing lecturesMandatory attendanceSlides onlyPoor communicationRandom exams
  • Students and mostly slide-based.
  • as .
  • Exams are criticized as unrelated or random book and internet questions.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

A high grade may be possible for some, but unclear teaching and .

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

The course feels harder because students say and disconnected from exams.

Only in-person reviews exist, so the difficulty judgment is based entirely on classroom experiences.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

10/100

One review says lectures are mandatory despite quizzes covering unrelated book material.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

Students overwhelmingly advise against taking him because lectures do not help and .

All , and it is consistently negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

, but and weak instruction make outcomes feel unforgiving.

Format shift

and exams.

Workload

Moderate

45/100

Workload is not described as huge, but students must rely heavily on the book and self-study.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Students repeatedly describe him as , and .

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

Comments focus mainly on tests, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Assessment .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are strongly negative, with , and disconnected exams.

Main concern

Students may need to learn the .

What students said

“Can't convey his thoughts, very disjointed and easily frazzled.”
CHEMC120
“It would be more productive studying at home than to attend one of this instructor's lectures.”
CHEM120

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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Reviews describe tests and quizzes as poorly aligned with lectures, but they .

Book-based testsRandom internet questionsUnrelated quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention book-based tests, unrelated quizzes, and random internet questions, but .

Book-based testsRandom internet questionsUnrelated quizzes
“ if you give quizes on unrelated info from a book.”
CHEMC120
“They are a bunch of random questions from the internet.”
CHEM120

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“It would be more productive studying at home than to attend one of this instructor's lectures.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, exams, and recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

15/100

“He is very bad at explaining”

⚠️

30/100

“They are a bunch of random questions from the internet.”

👎 Recommendation

10/100

“ !!!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Can't convey his thoughts, very disjointed and easily frazzled.
  • Half the time he doesn't understand what he's saying, and he even admits it.
  • He is very bad at explaining

Theme 2

📝 About Exams

  • They are a bunch of random questions from the internet.
  • if you give quizes on unrelated info from a book.

Theme 3

🚫 About Recommendation

  • .
  • Taking the class again with someone else.

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Eight reviews across several years are consistent and detailed enough to support a strong negative judgment.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 54

Course coverage

CHEM1204 reviews
CHEM1191 review
CHEM1211 review
CHEMC1201 review
CHM1001 review

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