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Physics

Araceli Garibay

PHYS4A · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
2.0

The decision

; you will largely teach yourself from the book and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProCancels class last-minuteReads from textbookNot knowledgeableMisses lecturesConfusing grading
  • Students report frequent last-minute cancellations and missed lectures that waste commute time.
  • Lectures mostly mean reading slides or the textbook with little real teaching of physics.
  • As and , but learning and organization are poor.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Students report As with and limited graded items, so grades can stay high without strong teaching.

All evidence is from in-person Phys4A/4B reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Rated difficulty is low overall and material did not progress far, but the subject is physics and organization adds confusion.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

and optional in others, with online lectures optional in one report.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Every review rates quality 1 and describes unprepared, unknowledgeable teaching with .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

62/100

and weird, but and few graded items make recovery of points feasible.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

72/100

; students mainly read and complete limited labs and tests.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Consistently described as , and leaving students confused.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Main stakes are tests and labs with few problem sets; but .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person physics sections are plagued by cancellations, missed lectures, textbook reading, and , though .

Main concern

Unreliable schedule and weak subject knowledge leave commuting students stranded and confused.

What students said

“Would cancel class very last minute and often. Not very knowledgeable of the topics”
Phys4A
“Misses over half of scheduled lectures which wastes a tremendous amount of time for students who commute”
Phys4A
“You'll save time and confusion by actually not attending lectures and just read the textbook”
Phys4A

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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Tests and labs are graded oddly, but failure risk.

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person tests and 50 percent of missed points.

Test correctionsLab gradingUnclear grading criteria
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Phys4A
“test corrections would give you 50% of the 50”
Phys4A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Positively horrible. Reads directly from textbook/slides. Gives no problem sets, poor feedback. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person reviews spanning 2024-2025, highlighting cancellation, textbook reading, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

12/100

“Not very knowledgeable of the .”

🚫 Recommendation

8/100

“Extremely disappointing.”

📚 Self-Teaching Required

70/100

“You'll save time and confusion by actually not attending lectures and just read the textbook for notes and .”

Theme 1

🗓️ About Reliability

  • Would cancel class very last minute and often
  • Misses over half of scheduled lectures
  • so we skipped a lot

Theme 2

📖 About Teaching Style

  • and she literally just reads from the textbook
  • Not very knowledgeable in physics

Theme 3

📈 About Grades

  • test corrections would give you 50% of the
  • Graded by few things

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

, but they are detailed and highly consistent on poor organization and teaching quality.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 53

Course coverage

Phys4A3 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1