AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Te Li

CIS17A · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

; students report failing setups, weak teaching, and little support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough graderPoor lecturesBad textbook choiceHard IDE setupNot recommended
  • All three reviews are strongly negative with .
  • Lectures are described as reading slides and prewritten code with little learning.
  • Book choice, IDE setup, and and incompletes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Tough grading, few graded items, and incomplete or .

All evidence is from online CIS17A reviews only.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

10/100

Difficulty is maxed out by dense book, coding setup pain, and weak teaching.

Only online reviews exist; all rate difficulty 5.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

85/100

as not mandatory for the online class.

Evidence is entirely online; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

; every student warns others away.

All three online reviews .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

Tags and comments call him a and high fail risk.

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Lots of , and setup troubleshooting stack on top of weak lectures.

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students say , and little is learned.

Format shift

Online-only evidence.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Comments stress homework, discussion troubleshooting, and few graded .

Format shift

Online-only; exams are not clearly described.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online CIS17A is called unteachable: weak lectures, hard book, messy IDE, and ignored help requests.

Main concern

Majority failing or dropping with little instructional support.

What students said

“You will not learn anything from him.”
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“Do yourself a favor, and ”
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“asked for a zoom session to clarify some stuff, and was ignored both times I asked.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews do not clearly prove proctoring or open-book policy; and .

Graded by few thingsHomework heavyExam format unclear

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Online

Online comments do not clearly document webcam, Lockdown Browser, or open-book exams.

Graded by few thingsHomework heavy
“Graded by few things”
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“Lots of homework”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do yourself a favor, and ”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 online reviews, highlighting weak teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫

5/100

“Do yourself a favor, and ”

📚 Teaching Quality

12/100

“You will not learn anything from him.”

🧱 Course Friction

20/100

“Has a complicated IDE setup where most of .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures consist of and through prewritten code
  • His lectures are not very engaging
  • not very good at answering questions others have

Theme 2

📖 About Materials

  • The book is a clunky read
  • the book he chose was very hard to comprehend
  • Most coding professors at my school use Starting With C++ by Gadis, much better

Theme 3

💔 About Support

  • Blames students despite a majority failing/dropping
  • was ignored both times I asked

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Only three recent online reviews, but they are detailed and fully consistent in tone and outcomes.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

CIS17A3 reviews

Reported outcomes

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3 reported outcomes

A range

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B range

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C range

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D range

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Rather not say 1