AI Rate Professor

Physics

Gary Howell

PHYS151 · PHY151 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid if you have any other option; only take if and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough GraderLots of HomeworkTest HeavyUnorganizedUnfriendly
  • Lectures rarely help with ; students self-teach from book and online questions.
  • and reading quizzes plus long, timed tests create an overwhelming load.
  • and tardiness is policed unevenly, with several students describing antagonistic classroom behavior.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Getting an A requires heavy weekly homework, reading quizzes, and .

All evidence comes from in-person PHYS151 reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

25/100

and multi-hour homework sets make the course intellectually demanding.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and tardiness is enforced, sometimes inconsistently and harshly.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

and repeated advice to pick anyone else when possible.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

, and complaints of unfair tardy and .

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Workload

Overwhelming

15/100

and reading quizzes weekly, plus test-heavy structure and multi-hour problem sets.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Students call lectures unhelpful or absent, describe an antagonistic style, and say they learn from the book instead.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

used mainly as practice for tests.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person PHYS151 is homework- and test-heavy with lectures that many say do not prepare students; and .

Main concern

, and exams that do not match lecture difficulty.

What students said

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“Here is the toughest guy I have ever had the displeasure of knowing.”
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“Lectures will most of the time not help with hw and understanding.”
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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 long, hard, and time-pressured, and do not closely match simple lecture coverage.

Difficult timed examsTest heavyHomework as practice testsLong exams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as long, difficult, and short on time; students prep via homework and online questions.

Difficult timed examsTest heavyLong exams
“ and not much time given to finish.”
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“And the .”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

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Voice snapshots generated from 6 in-person reviews, highlighting teaching, workload, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“Unorganized, , expects you to learn from the book/internet”

🚫 Recommendation

10/100

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📚 Workload Crush

15/100

“Expect to spend anywhere from 2-6 hours on each homework.”

🧪 Test Pressure

28/100

“ and not much time given to finish.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • , expects you to learn from the book/internet
  • Lectures will most of the time not help with hw and understanding
  • It's hard to learn when the person who's teaching is not friendly.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • and

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • constantly antagonized the whole class
  • Strict on tardiness
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Six detailed in-person reviews from 2016-2018 show consistent negative themes, but the sample is small and several years old.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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3 out of 52
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1 out of 52

Course coverage

PHYS1515 reviews
PHY1511 review

Reported outcomes

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