AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Marie Straw

CHEM20 · CHEM020 · CHEM21 · CHEM30 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
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Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you are strong in chemistry and comfortable teaching yourself.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized LecturesHard ASelf-Teaching RequiredHelpful When AskedFair But Tough
  • Students consistently describe the chemistry courses as hard and demanding.
  • Several and require outside help or self-teaching.
  • One review , and flexible, but that is outweighed by repeated complaints.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

An A is possible but requires major effort, strong prior knowledge, and likely outside help.

All .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

25/100

The chemistry content is difficult and made harder by scattered, incomplete lectures.

Only in-person reviews discuss course challenge.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

70/100

One review says she is flexible about legitimate attendance issues and , but .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Most students warn against taking her because the , and self-taught.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Grades appear tough because one student worked hard for a B and another says only a few students earned A grades.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students describe heavy study demands, self-teaching, and outside help to survive the course.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews discuss workload.

Teaching experience

Poor

25/100

Most comments describe her as , and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Reviews mention quizzes and tests more than assignments, though the .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention assessments.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews describe difficult chemistry classes with and .

Main concern

Students often needed outside help because lectures were incomplete or confusing.

What students said

“i had to , read the book, and get help from other students.”
CHEM020
“i worked my a** off to keep a solid B throughout the semester!”
CHEM21

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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Reviews mention quizzes and tests, but they do not clearly prove exam format, book policy, or proctoring rules.

QuizzesTestsExam Policy Not Clearly Proven

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tests that may not match study guidance, but exam rules are not clearly proven.

QuizzesTestsExam Policy Not Clearly Proven
“Tells you stuff to study for a , and then you get the test and it is nothing like what she told you.”
CHEM20

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“i had to , read the book, and get help from other students.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading; credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

25/100

“She get's distracted while teaching and can jump from many different topics so the lecture is not complete.”

📈 Grade Effort

30/100

“I got A for both classes, but i worked really hard”

⚖️

25/100

“only 4-5 people got an A out of 25-30 people in her class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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  • She get's distracted while teaching and can jump from many different topics
  • one of the and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • i worked my a** off to keep a solid B throughout the semester!
  • I got A for both classes, but i worked really hard
  • only 4-5 people got an A out of 25-30 people in her class.

Theme 3

❤️ About Helpfulness

  • Is open to helping students with questions.
  • very willing to help/tutor you if needed
  • flexible related to any legit attendance issues or needing to make up a test

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

60/100

Evidence confidence

Five old but detailed reviews show consistent concerns about difficulty and organization, with one more positive counterpoint.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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1 out of 51

Course coverage

CHEM212 reviews
CHEM0201 review
CHEM201 review
CHEM301 review

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