AI Rate Professor

Physics

Manuel Paul

ASTR300 · PHYS411 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
10/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.9

The decision

Avoid Manuel Paul unless you specifically want a and are prepared to fight for a passing grade.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderSelf-teaching requiredExam-heavySlow gradingPoor explanations
  • Students consistently describe the course as extremely difficult and dependent on outside resources.
  • Teaching quality is rated poorly, with repeated complaints about unclear explanations, textbook-copy materials, and lack of support.
  • Exams are described as very challenging, sometimes harder than the provided resources, and .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Getting an A appears very difficult because students report , and retaking the course to do well.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

10/100

The content is treated as highly challenging because students describe upper-division style work, difficult physics concepts, and .

All course difficulty evidence comes from in-person PHYS-411 and ASTR-300 reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews , so attendance flexibility cannot be proven either way.

Only in-person reviews exist, and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Students do not recommend him because they , and heavy reliance on self-teaching.

All , and the tone is consistently negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

8/100

Grading is harsh because every review marks him as a , and delayed grading.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

The workload feels heavy because students must teach themselves from outside resources while and .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and the workload burden is tied to self-teaching and .

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Teaching quality is poor because students repeatedly cite unclear explanations, textbook-copy materials, laziness, and unhelpful lectures.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and they consistently criticize instruction quality.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Assessment appears exam-centered, with , and few graded items.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All reviews are in person and describe a harsh, exam-heavy class where students rely on YouTube, textbooks, and outside resources.

Main concern

Students say the and the exams are much harder than the preparation materials.

What students said

“Be prepared to rely heavily on YouTube and outside resources.”
PHYS-411
“ work.”
PHYS-411
“ and was not explained well.”
ASTR-300

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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Exams are high-risk and difficult, with one review noting a double-sided formula sheet but many saying questions are unreasonable or harder than resources.

Challenging MidtermsFormula Sheet AllowedTextbook-Based ExamsHarder Than Resources

Assessment risk

Strict

14/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews explicitly describe difficult midterms, , and a double-sided formula sheet.

Challenging MidtermsFormula Sheet AllowedTextbook-Based ExamsHarder Than Resources
“You're allowed a double-sided formula sheet, but .”
PHYS-411
“ work.”
PHYS-411
“Unreasonable exam questions, pleased by seeing students stuggle, youtube lectures are better.”
PHYS-411

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Be prepared to rely heavily on YouTube and outside resources.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and workload. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

18/100

“ and was not explained well.”

⚖️

8/100

“Did not grade almost any assignment that had to be manually graded until AFTER the final.”

🧪

14/100

“ work.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Be prepared to teach yourself the topic before going into the lecture about it.
  • His homework, , lectures, and , with no helpful insight from him.
  • youtube lectures are better.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Many students who eventually .
  • When class averages are low, later exams tend to become even more difficult.
  • If you want to experience what an upper divison class feels like and want to work hard to pass the class, take him.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Student Experience

  • Was sassy when you asked more than just to run through a problem and seemed to enjoy watching students struggle.
  • Was overall unprofessional.
  • He was very difficult because he was more worried about making things easy for himself than making easy for the students.

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is medium because there are only 7 reviews, but they are recent, detailed, and highly consistent.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 55
1 out of 52

Course coverage

PHYS-4116 reviews
ASTR-3001 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

2

B 1 · B- 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1