AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Renu Sarin

CHEM006 · CHEM025 · CHEM26 · CHEM007 · CHEM07 · CHEM25 · 34 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
16.67%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid if you have any alternative chemistry instructor; and report severe stress.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyHostile ClassroomTeach YourselfHigh Drop Rate
  • , and an unsupportive classroom.
  • and weak lecture alignment.
  • A minority of older and passable with unproctored exams.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

14/100

Many withdraw or struggle; and high failure risk.

In-person is especially brutal; a few online students still earned A or A+ with .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Students call intro chem graduate-level hard with rushed lectures and self-teaching required.

Both formats report hard content; in-person intensity is stronger and more recent.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

, and missing lecture can mean unanswered questions later.

In-person and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

and warnings to wait for another instructor dominate.

; older online has a .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

12/100

, and little partial credit are common.

Format shift

Harshness is strongest in recent in-person CHEM courses.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Weekly quizzes, labs, homework, and .

Format shift

Online also reports lots of homework and many tests.

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

, and students forced onto YouTube.

Format shift

few positive online outliers.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Tests and while classwork often barely counts.

Format shift

True across formats; online also test heavy.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

: rude tone, hard tests, no study guides, and students teaching themselves.

Main concern

Hostile interactions and and mental-health stress.

What students said

“Made me cry twice in the first week.”
CHEM025
“Save your GPA and sanity.”
CHEM025
“I didn't learn a .”
CHEM007

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Older online reviews split between caring unproctored success stories and .

Main concern

and weak explanations.

What students said

“The . Amazing teacher overall.”
CHEM007
“ and homework.”
CHEM025

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard, frequent, and poorly aligned with lectures; online alone notes unproctored tests.

Test HeavyWeekly QuizzesLittle Partial CreditNo Study GuidesUnproctored Online Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and often include material students say was not taught.

Automatic Zero RiskNo Study GuidesExam-Dominated Grade
“If you missed one small step while solving a question on the an automatic zero”
CHEM025
“there were several topics on the .”
CHEM025

Online

Online students report hard exams, sometimes unproctored, that exceed lecture and .

Not ProctoredHard TestsNo Study Guides
“The .”
CHEM007
“ and lectures”
CHEM025

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Save your GPA and sanity.”

Voice snapshots generated from 36 reviews with and fewer online outliers. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Disaster

16/100

“ . Made learning miserable, made students cry.”

🧪

12/100

“you'd get an automatic zero as she rarely gave any partial credit.”

📚

20/100

“You have to teach yourself on YouTube to pass this class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and just goes off what is on the slides
  • She doesn't teach, she throws up a PowerPoint and reads through it
  • Get ready to teach yourself.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and classwork basically does nothing towards your grade
  • This class is too hard for an introductory course
  • will indeed fail you.

Theme 3

💔 About Classroom Climate

  • Questions were met with irritation rather than clarification
  • Made me cry twice in the first week
  • constantly yelled, and made the class unbearable

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

36

Recent reviews read by the AI

34

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-six reviews with many recent detailed warnings and .

Inside 36 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 525

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

35 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 2 · A 5 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 3 · B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

18

Drop/Withdrawal 14 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 3