AI Rate Professor

Economics

Winston Chi

ECON8 · ECO8 · ECO7 · MIC8 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.6

The decision

Avoid unless economics is required and you thrive on self-teaching in messy team formats.

Best fit · Self Taught ProConfusing lecturesOdd team structureSelf-teaching requiredNice but unhelpfulAwkward Q&A
  • Nice and caring personality but lectures and
  • Odd team-based class structure forces heavy self-teaching and group reading
  • ; grades improve only above class average

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Reported A and A+ exist if you stay above the class average and your group reads, but so the A is not free.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

65/100

Content itself is described as minimal or moderate, but the odd format and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Four of five reviews warn against the class structure and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Some As appear when students beat the class average, but and grades are not always posted.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Team work and required group reading drive the load more than dense lectures or .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Students consistently say , and weak at explaining.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

50/100

Team-based work and quizzes dominate comments; .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person econ sections feel unstructured and team-heavy; students .

Main concern

Odd and self-teaching to pass.

What students said

“Great guy but . The structure of the class is very odd at first but you get used to it.”
ECON8
“Professor Chi is real nice and laid back but it's a lot of self teaching. He doesn't post grades and .”
MIC8
“ do with what he teaches.”
ECO8

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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Reviews mention mismatched quizzes and team work but .

Quizzes mismatch lecturesTeam-based workLimited exam detail

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Quizzes are often unrelated to what is taught; .

Mismatched quizzesTeam-based assessment
“ do with what he teaches.”
ECO8
“YOUR GROUP AND YOU MUST READ to pass this course. As long as your above the class averages you will get an A.”
ECON8

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Omg! If you are not a . Professor Chi is real nice and laid back but it's a lot of self teaching.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews (2012-2014), highlighting clarity, format, and self-teaching themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

😕 Teaching Clarity

28/100

“Great guy but . The structure of the class is very odd at first but you get used to it.”

📚 Self-Teaching Load

35/100

“He doesn't post grades and .”

🧩 Odd Class Format

30/100

“ . I'm wondering if this style was forced onto him by the school.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and however is still awkward with answering questions
  • He doesn't really answer them but he tries his hardest

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • As long as your above the class averages you will get an A
  • YOUR GROUP AND YOU MUST READ to pass this course
  • do with what he teaches

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Mr. Chi is a nice teacher
  • He's a
  • Professor Chi is real nice and laid back

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Five old in-person reviews from 2012-2014 show consistent complaints about structure and clarity, but the sample is small and dated with .

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

ECO82 reviews
ECO71 review
ECON81 review
MIC81 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 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

0

No reported values