AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

W. Cruz

CHEM119 · CHEM07 · CHEM6 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you already know chemistry well and can teach yourself from the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHard to understandSelf-teach heavyTest heavyThick accentInconsistent lectures
  • Many students say lectures are off-topic, quiet, or , so .
  • Tests and and messy-pen penalties.
  • A minority of older reviews praise him as caring and helpful if you work hard.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students still earn As, but , and tests that miss the book material.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

and multi-chapter tests make the course feel hard for most reviewers.

All evidence is in-person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and stress showing up despite poor lecture value.

All evidence is in-person.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

Most recent comments say reviews.

All evidence is in-person.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

34/100

Tough-grader tags, lab neatness penalties, and .

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

Reading, multi-chapter tests, online homework, and students.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students report quiet speech, thick accent, off-topic lectures, wrong solutions, and ChatGPT redirects for questions.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person; older CHEM119 praise is the main positive outlier.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and limited study guides more than project-style work.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person chemistry courses draw , and self-teaching, with a few older positive outliers.

Main concern

, and tests that feel poorly aligned with lectures.

What students said

“ . He chemistry, but a mix of physics with some off-topic chemistry tangents”
CHEM07
“he's extremely hard to understand. He speaks very quietly and has a VERY thick accent.”
CHEM6
“Be prepared to teach yourself EVERYTHING.”
CHEM07

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.

Exams feel high-stakes and under-supported, with little review material and .

Test heavyNo study guidesMulti-chapter testsOnline homework and testsLab neatness rules

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person sections mention online tests/homework, multi-chapter exams, no guides, and .

Test heavyNo study guidesMulti-chapter testsOnline tests
“There is no study guides, he tests on three chapters at a time.”
CHEM07
“All assignments and but .”
CHEM6
“No study guides uses .”
CHEM6

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Be prepared to teach yourself EVERYTHING.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person chemistry reviews; credibility Medium due to consistent negatives with a few older positives.

🗣️ Teaching Clarity Issues

30/100

“he's extremely hard to understand. He speaks very quietly and has a VERY thick accent.”

📖

24/100

“If you have questions, he doesn't answer- just sends you to chatGPT.”

🧪

34/100

“He also makes you use pen for the lab assignments but .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • chemistry, but a mix of physics
  • just rambles
  • He made it seem so easy

Theme 2

📈

  • No study guides

Theme 3

❤️ About Support

  • always there to help provided you are willing to work hard
  • sends you to chatGPT

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Seven in-person reviews from 2015-2026 are detailed and mostly consistent on teaching problems, though a few older positives create some split.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

CHEM64 reviews
CHEM072 reviews
CHEM1191 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1