AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Volodymyr Gelfand

CHEM06 · CHEM026 · CHEM26 · CHEM025 · CHEM006 · CHEM007 · CHEMISTRY25 · CHEM6 · CEM26 · CHEM25 · CHEM7476 · CHEMISTRY025 · 37 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you are already strong in chemistry and ready to teach yourself; .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOften LateTough GraderTest HeavyThick AccentPolarizing
  • Many students report late arrivals, hard-to-follow lectures, and unhelpful answers to questions.
  • , and often feel mismatched with .
  • Students who keep up with , and study guides can pass, but support feels inconsistent.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

An A , and ; many report tough grading and exam questions harder than practice.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

General chemistry content is dense, paced quickly, and often with his accent and board notes.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

, and students say showing up still helps mainly if you already keep up with the work.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

because , and unhelpful help sessions outweigh the praise from self-motivated students.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

, though some note partial credit and a if work is complete.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly quizzes, lots of , and long finals stack up quickly.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

some call him fair and , while many , and unapproachable.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and a hard final more than low-stakes work alone.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person chem classes feel demanding and uneven: some praise fair partial credit and helpful worksheets, while , and limited office help.

Main concern

, and lectures that many find unclear or .

What students said

“TERRIBLE TEACHER! ! He always showed up late to EVERY class and was very unprepared!”
CHEM26
“Don't be fooled by the people complaining. I took him for Chem 25 and Chem 26. Chemistry is a hard subject.”
CHEM025
“If you ask questions for clarity he either gives you vague answers or makes you feel stupid for not understanding.”
CHEMISTRY025

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 frequently described as very long and .

Long Difficult ExamsPop QuizzesTest HeavyStudy Guides Sometimes Helpful

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and often feel harder than homework or quizzes, with frequent pop quizzes.

Long Difficult ExamsPop QuizzesTest Heavy
“ and difficult! doesnt give you decent study guides.”
CHEM26
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CHEM25

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“NO NO NO NO NO, If Gelfand is the only choice you have to take chem 26 with, .”

Voice snapshots generated from 37 in-person reviews spanning 2008-2024, highlighting polarizing teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

📚 Teaching Clarity

36/100

“He is very knowledgable about this subject but a terrible at teaching it”

🧪

30/100

“ and difficult! doesnt give you decent study guides.”

⏰ Reliability Issues

28/100

“He always showed up late to EVERY class and was very unprepared!”

💪 Works If You Work

55/100

“If you go to class do the homework and use the study guide he gives you, you shpuld get an A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His slides are jumbled and .
  • laugh with random sciencemath related jokes.
  • During his lectures he goes really fast and is with his thick accent.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and difficult!
  • If you do and understand the the exam.
  • Gave us both a midterm and a ?!

Theme 3

❤️ About Character & Help

  • If you need help, he will provide all the help he can.
  • He is not approachable at all when it comes to asking for help.
  • he wrote I was an , and never apologized..

Data context

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Analysis sample

37

Recent reviews read by the AI

37

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

37 in-person reviews spanning many years with detailed, consistent , and mixed teaching quality.

Inside 37 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 57
3 out of 56
2 out of 58
1 out of 510

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 4 · A- 1

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1