AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Nancy Crispen

CHEM151 · CHEM100 · CHEM152 · CHEM152ANDL · 152152LAB200 · CHEM201 · CHEM200 · 158 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
5.26%
Difficulty
4.7

The decision

unless you have no other chem option and are ready for extreme workload and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderOverwhelming homeworkHarsh on tiny mistakesUnhelpful feedbackAvoid if possible
  • and sig-fig issues
  • and
  • Nearly all students urge avoiding her chemistry classes

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

An A is rare and requires extreme diligence; , and .

Online and and brutal exams.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

8/100

, and layered chem plus lab make this extremely hard intellectually and logistically.

Both formats call the class extremely hard; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

and skipping is tied to failing, with heavy in-class and lab demands.

In-person strongly mandatory; online still tracks deadlines tightly even if .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

and the .

All three online reviews are strongly negative; the .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

10/100

, and sig figs with little partial credit.

Format shift

Online and .

Workload

Overwhelming

8/100

Students report , and exam prep totaling many hours weekly.

Format shift

Online stresses 24-hour homework windows; in-person piles written, online, and lab work.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Most call lectures confusing, dismissive of , and poorly timed with late materials.

Format shift

A few older positives exist, but the mass of detailed reviews call teaching unhelpful online and in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Test-heavy structure with hard quizzes and ; high stakes on timed assessments.

Format shift

Online emphasizes timed quizzes and short windows; and pop quizzes.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person chem and lab sections are widely called the hardest and rudest experiences, with , and harsh exams.

Main concern

, and dismissive answers destroy learning and GPA.

What students said

“Honestly the .”
CHEM152
“ .”
CHEM152
“This class is not for average students.”
152

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online CHEM152 is described as stressful with 24-hour homework , and no .

Main concern

Timed tests and and create constant stress.

What students said

“ . By far the .”
152
“The homework is only up for 24 hours so it feels like a test”
CHEM152
“ !!! She is loading us with homework”
CHEM152

Exam style

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Exams and , and widely seen as unfairly hard.

Timed hard examsLittle partial creditTiny-mistake deductionsPop quizzesHeavy homework prep

Assessment risk

Strict

18/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and lose many points for small formatting or sig-fig errors.

Hard timed examsTiny-mistake docksPop quizzesLate returned work
“you are rarely going to finish an of ”
CHEM152
“Os not big enough, shown work not in correct sig-figs”
CHEM152

Online

Online tests and quizzes lack enough time and .

Timed quizzes24-hour homework windowsHarsh grading
“the and you don't have nearly enough time to complete them”
152
“there's not nearly enough time on the for”
CHEM152

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . By far the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting harsh grading, crushing workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫

8/100

“ !!!!”

⚖️

10/100

“Os not big enough, shown work not in correct sig-figs”

📚 Overwhelming Workload

8/100

“I'd spend all day doing hw, review it with a tutor, but never got 100%”

🎯 Teaching Experience

18/100

“She does not answer any questions you have in a way that actually helps you understand.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She's also dismissive with questions, especially if it's something already covered.
  • VERY .
  • She is unorganized and .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Extremely Hard!
  • A bad teacher nearly half the class left because it was too hard.
  • This is not a class for an easy A.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Stress & Support

  • She makes you feel stupid when you ask something in class.
  • Makes you feel bad when asking for help and
  • on the way driving to class i stopped wearing my seatbelt because i wanted to die before i got to this class.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

158

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years show highly consistent harsh-grader and outliers.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 542
4 out of 514
3 out of 523
2 out of 532
1 out of 547

Course coverage

CHEM15226 reviews
CHEM2009 reviews
CHEM152ANDL5 reviews
CHEM2014 reviews
1522 reviews
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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

25 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

6

B 6

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 3 · C- 1

D range

2

D 2

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Not_Sure_Yet 1 · Rather not say 1 · Rather_Not_Say 1