AI Rate Professor

Physics

Maryam Ashrafi

PHYS4A · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

Avoid unless you are ready for a brutal first-semester physics experience with and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyCrushing HomeworkFirst-Time Teaching PainSanity Warning
  • PHYS-4A is extremely hard with and mountains of homework.
  • First-time teaching left students feeling the material was not dumbed down and the load was a full course by itself.
  • A few students pass with intense problem-solving effort, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Getting a strong grade demands hard problem-solving and .

All evidence is from in-person PHYS-4A reviews only.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Every review rates difficulty at max and stresses that material is taught without simplification and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

as mandatory across all reviews.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Most students ; only one would take her again after hard work.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

and students joke about grades .

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Workload

Overwhelming

15/100

Lots of ; one student said the class alone was a full load.

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Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

, and mixed niceness cannot offset confusing hard delivery.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests are difficult, weigh heavily, and are paired with .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person PHYS-4A is described as sanity-crushing: tough grading, test-heavy, and as if the material is easy.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“ if you care about your sanity.”
PHYS-4A
“Wayy too much hw, class was a full load on its own”
PHYS-4A
“DIFFICULT, weigh a ton”
PHYS-4A

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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Exams are repeatedly called difficult and heavily weighted with no student-friendly format mentioned.

Difficult TestsTest HeavyHigh Exam Weight

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person tests are described as difficult and heavily weighted with .

Difficult TestsHigh Exam WeightTest Heavy
“DIFFICULT, weigh a ton”
PHYS-4A
“Tough class, but if you work hard you will pass the class.”
PHYS-4A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you care about your sanity.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews, highlighting , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🚨 Sanity Warning

25/100

“ if you care about your sanity.”

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15/100

“Wayy too much hw, class was a full load on its own”

📝 Test Pressure

32/100

“DIFFICULT, weigh a ton”

💪 Only for Hard Workers

28/100

“Tough class, but if you work hard you will pass the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching

  • This was her first time teaching, so our class got the tough end from this.
  • She teaches as if material is easy (didn't dumb it down)
  • But , and she tried

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • if you care about your sanity.
  • Calculate the velocity that your grade decreases.
  • Problem solving skills are extremely important to do well in this class.

Theme 3

📝 About Workload and Tests

  • Wayy too much hw, class was a full load on its own
  • DIFFICULT, weigh a ton

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Four recent detailed in-person reviews on the same course show consistent difficulty and toughness themes but the sample is small.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

PHYS-4A4 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1