AI Rate Professor

Physics

John Combs

PHYS3A · 3A · PHYS10 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you can sit through off-topic lectures and ; otherwise look elsewhere.

Best fit · Effort For RewardOff-topic lecturesHard to hearLots of homeworkKnowledgeable but unclearAttendance critical
  • and practice exams and you are fine; .
  • , and heavy homework.
  • One reviewer got an A with and practice; another withdrew immediately.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

An A is possible if and , but weak delivery makes that path unreliable.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Physics content is moderate; difficulty comes more from unclear lectures than from extreme theory.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

as mandatory and skip-class tags warn you will not pass without showing up.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

; praise for knowledge is offset by drop-level complaints about clarity.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

50/100

One student earned an A with homework and practice; others report failure paths and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Multiple reviews tag lots of homework and expect .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

MIT-level knowledge is repeatedly noted, but hard-to-hear and off-topic lectures dominate the student experience.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

45/100

while as not many, with practice exams and cheat notes mentioned.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person physics lectures mix strong subject knowledge with hard-to-follow delivery and ; outcomes range from A .

Main concern

Hard to hear and off-topic lectures make note-taking and staying on track difficult.

What students said

“Do the all the homework and understand them. Also, understand all the classwork and cheat note.”
3A
“you can't hear what and you can get completely lost”
PHYS3A
“ because he can get off topic easily. Not bad but .”
PHYS10

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 appear limited in number; and practice rather than extreme proctoring details.

Few testsPractice examsCheat notes allowed for practice

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students mention few tests plus practice exams and writing practice material on cheat notes; .

Few testsPractice examsCheat notes for practice
“understand all the classwork and cheat note”
3A
“Tests? Not many”
3A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“you can't hear what and you can get completely lost, not helpful at all if you need something”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 in-person reviews spanning 2012-2018, highlighting clarity, homework, and recommendation split. Credibility rating: Low.

🎙️ Lecture Clarity

35/100

“you can't hear what and you can get completely lost”

📚

28/100

“Do the all the homework and understand them.”

👍

42/100

“Not bad but .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • goes off topic and you can get completely lost
  • because he can get off topic easily
  • he knows a lot, a MIT PhD

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Do the all the homework and understand them
  • dropped the class after two lectures
  • Go to class and do all these then you will be fine

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only three dated reviews (2012-2018) with mixed detail and no online sample, so confidence is limited.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

3A1 review
PHYS101 review
PHYS3A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

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

Drop/Withdrawal 1