Dwayne Gergens

CHEM231 · CHEM · CHEM100 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 32/100
RMP rating: 2.7/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 3.9

The decision

if you are ready to self-study a hard chemistry class under strict grading and heavy outside work.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy Online WorkSelf Teach RequiredLecture InconsistentTest Heavy

Many students say you must teach yourself because lectures are slow, off-topic, or unhelpful.
Workload is heavy with , and .
and practice tests, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Students repeatedly call him a and no easy-A path.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Chemistry content plus weak lecture support and high difficulty ratings make the course intellectually demanding.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

At and the class expects constant online engagement even for lecture sections.

Attendance detail is sparse but .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Would-take-again is 0% and many comments say .

; newer comments are especially negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags, technical scoring, and .

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students report many weekly online , and tests.

Format shift

Workload intensity is described across the in-person sample.

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Some call him a ; many others say lectures are useless and self-teaching is required.

Format shift

Teaching quality is mixed but all comments are in-person coded.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Test-heavy and and lab-report emphasis outweigh pure homework focus.

Format shift

Assessment pattern is drawn from in-person comments only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person chem courses often still require heavy online work; stronger students who follow his plan can succeed, but many call lectures weak and .

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“Organic chemistry is a hard class but this professor makes it even harder.”
CHEM231

“You need to read and teach yourself all material.”
CHEM100

“Exellent teacher, intellegent, great lecturer.”
CHEM100

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Tests are described as long, technical, and harder than needed for beginners, with .

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Exams can be long and technical; some terms get similar pre-tests, but beginners still find them harder than expected.

Test heavyLong technical testsPre-tests similar to exams

“ .”
CHEM100

“He gives you all his tests from previous classes, which are very similar to what .”
CHEM100

“ and they are too long.”
CHEM100

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
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Voice snapshots generated from 15 in-person reviews, , and mixed lecture quality. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Self-Teaching Load

25/100

“You need to read and teach yourself all material.”

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28/100

“ and they are too long.”

🧪 Teaching Split

42/100

“Gergens is a great teacher. He has a teaching plan and if you follow along with his lecture and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Lectures are slow and useless, he talks to you like you're a child.
Makes lecture classes interesting with fun experiments.
he gets irritated when asked questions

Theme 2

💻 About Workload and Online Work

You get about 10 assignments per week
way to much computer work in this class...it is not an online course.
Be ready to be online(every day) even if it's an in class lecture.

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

Not an easy "A".
Chem 100 should not be so hard as an into class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Fifteen reviews across many years with detailed conflicting themes still form a consistent picture of hard chemistry, heavy outside work, and mixed teaching quality.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54

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Course coverage

CHEM10010 reviews

CHEM2314 reviews

CHEM1 review

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

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In person

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📚 Self-Teaching Load

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🧪 Teaching Split

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

💻 About Workload and Online Work

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

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