AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Mike Mayfield

CHEM2108 · CHEM2211 · CHEM151021 · OCHEM01 · INTROCHEM · CHEM89 · OCHEM08 · GENCHEM · CHEM10 · CHEM2212 · CHEM1510 · CHEM · CHEM1520 · 37 lifetime ratings

AI rating
88/100
RMP rating
4.3/5
Take again
86.67%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Take him for chemistry if you will attend, do the homework, and use office hours.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate Chemistry TeacherCaring and AccessibleHelpful Homework LoadDrops Lowest ExamAttendance Matters
  • Makes tough gen chem approachable with and learning objectives
  • if and study; not a free A
  • Attendance and textbook practice strongly affect outcomes

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

An A is realistic if and study, but chemistry content and .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

General and organic chemistry stay conceptually hard .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most students report and warn that missing days sets you far behind.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

86/100

Strong majority would take him again for caring teaching that makes hard chem manageable.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

62/100

Often called a minority calling him tough.

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

, and substantial outside study time are common.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

86/100

Students repeatedly call lectures clear, passionate, and .

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Homework and , but exams and grade.

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students praise passionate lectures, fairness, and support while , and real chemistry difficulty.

Main concern

Missing class or .

What students said

“he teaches the material in a way that learning a challenging subject like chemistry becomes easy and not intimidating”
CHEM2211
“provides lots of HW which helps you understand the material... don't miss class”
CHEM2212
“He grades fairly and ”
CHEM2211

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams track learning objectives and homework; tough but predictable when you study.

In-Person ExamsLearning Objectives Align With TestsLowest Exam DroppedTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are challenging but fair when aligned to objectives and .

In-Person ExamsLearning ObjectivesLowest Exam Dropped
“ and ”
CHEM2211
“We took the and it was just like the learning objectives he gives out”
CHEM2211
“The , but if you study what's on the objective you'll do great”
CHEM1520

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Professor Mayfield was a super passionate and caring professor, and he teaches the material in a way that learning a challenging subject like chemistry becomes easy and not intimidating.”

Voice snapshots generated from 37 in-person reviews spanning 2005-2025, highlighting teaching, workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

86/100

“Easily the . He is one of the reasons I changed my major to chemistry.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

86/100

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📚 Workload Reality

35/100

“Need to spend about 15 hours outside of class weekly, studying for , and exams.”

⚖️

62/100

“He is a understand the material”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • teaches the material in a way that learning a challenging subject like chemistry becomes easy
  • Always willing to answer questions and genuinely cares about his students
  • His lectures are very informative and he will go over anything until you feel comfortable

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This class is tough! But Professor Mayfield is an awesome teacher
  • It is not difficult to get an A if you spend some time
  • An A is very possible for the determined student

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • super passionate and caring professor
  • Mike is a
  • Such a sweet guy! ... always aims to help his students understand

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

37

Recent reviews read by the AI

37

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

37 detailed reviews across many years and courses show consistent praise with a small critical minority.

Inside 37 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 53

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

21 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 1 · A 8 · A- 2

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 1 · B- 2

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 3 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1