AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Mani Subramanium

CHEM110 · CHEMSECT · CHEM111 · CHEMISTRY110 · CHEM110SUMMER · CHEM · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid if ; if you can teach yourself chemistry from notes and the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProThick AccentHard to UnderstandTough TestsSelf-Study RequiredO-Chem Challenge
  • Many students struggle with accent, board writing, and
  • Course content especially o-chem is hard and tests can feel misaligned with class
  • Self-motivated students who use packets, notes, and the book can still pass or excel

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

A few students earn high grades with heavy outside study, but and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Chemistry and especially organic chemistry are repeatedly called hard, fast, and detail-heavy.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Several reviews say you must show up to class and .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Most students explicitly recommend another instructor despite a few positive counter-reviews.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Some mention curves and packets that help, but matched to lectures.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

, but heavy outside studying from notes and the book is expected.

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Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Dominant theme is hard-to-follow lectures due to accent, handwriting, tangents, and weak answers to questions.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

; students stress lecture notes, packets, and end-of-chapter study over projects.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person chem and o-chem reviews cluster , and the need to learn mostly outside class, with a minority finding him helpful or funny.

Main concern

Accent and board writing make lectures for many students.

What students said

“He has a thick Indian accent that you can hardly understand, unless you're Indian.”
CHEM111
“I had to learn the majority of the materiel from the text book.”
CHEM110
“If there is some way for if you need this class I would do it. !”
CHEM111

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 are often detailed and difficult, with frequent complaints that coverage does not match what was taught clearly.

Detailed difficult testsLecture-note basedSometimes off-book questions

Assessment risk

Strict

36/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and can include items not clearly covered, rewarding strong independent prep.

Very detailed and difficultTests out of lecture notesSome questions not covered in class
“ and difficult.”
CHEM111
“at least 5 out of 50 of during class.”
CHEM110

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Seems like an intelligent guy, but horrible teacher all around. Accent is hard to understand and his writing is terrible.”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 in-person , and self-study requirements. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“One of the life.”

🗣️ Communication Barrier

28/100

“He has a thick Indian accent that you can hardly understand, unless you're Indian.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

32/100

“ .”

📚

55/100

“I had to learn the majority of the materiel from the text book.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His writing is absolutely horrible.
  • he'll get upset if you keep asking questions
  • , but just seems like a blundering old man.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Is this class hard? Of course, it's o-chem!
  • organic chemistry is no joke
  • quite a few people got A's despite him being a lame teacher

Theme 3

❤️ Minority Positive Views

  • Dr. Mani is hilarious.
  • if you talk to him and wants all his students to succeed.
  • He is very lenient towards curving if he feels the material was not covered thoroughly

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

pattern around accent, teaching clarity, and exam difficulty.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 54
3 out of 54
2 out of 54
1 out of 55

Course coverage

CHEM1109 reviews
CHEM1115 reviews
CHEM2 reviews
CHEM110SUMMER1 review
CHEMISTRY1101 review
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CHEMSECT1 review

Reported outcomes

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