AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Timothy Karpishin

CHEMD025 · CHEM1A · 23 lifetime ratings

AI rating
83/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
79.17%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if you are willing to read, attend, and keep up with labs, but if you need a low-effort chemistry class.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring and respectedTextbook-heavyFast-paced chemistryFair but picky gradingEngaging labs and lectures
  • Most students strongly like him for caring, engaging teaching, and .
  • The course is not an easy A because , and .
  • and teaching style, with some students calling him fair and others saying he reads from the textbook or grades tough.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Many students earned A grades, but comments repeatedly say and homework, and study for exams.

Only in-person reviews exist, so the Easy A judgment comes entirely from in-person Chem1A and CHEMD025 evidence.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

The content is manageable for prepared students, but chemistry concepts, fast lectures, and textbook dependence make it a real course.

Only in-person reviews exist, and they describe a standard to moderately challenging chemistry workload.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

it is mandatory and others saying it is not.

, and the reported policy varies by review.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

82/100

Most students recommend him because , and helpful, though a minority strongly dislike his teaching and grading.

Only in-person reviews exist, and the recommendation signal is mostly positive with a few sharp negative outliers.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Grades are often good and there is some curve or , but several students call him a tough or .

Format shift

A-heavy outcomes and tough-grader complaints.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Workload is moderate to heavy because students mention , and .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, and they consistently tie success to steady outside work.

Teaching experience

Excellent

86/100

Most students describe him as caring, passionate, engaging, and .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews exist, with strong praise outweighing several recent negative comments.

Assessment method

Balanced

68/100

Assessment appears exam-heavy but , and lab quizzes.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews mention assessments, with exams emphasized alongside labs and homework.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, where students mostly praise his care and clarity but warn that the and lab work.

Main concern

The main concern is that exams, textbook reading, and than expected.

What students said

“TAKE THIS CLASS!! my fav prof so far, very passionate about the subject.”
Chem1A
“ .”
Chem1A
“Everything on the and you're allowed as many cheat sheets as you'd like so it really wasn't stressful.”
CHEMD025

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 mostly textbook-based and sometimes allow cheat sheets, but reviews also mention tricky timing and .

Textbook-Based ExamsCheat Sheets AllowedTest HeavyTricky Timed ExamsLab Quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

70/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews support textbook-based , and some concern about tricky or time-limited exams.

Textbook-Based ExamsCheat Sheets AllowedTest HeavyTricky Timed ExamsLab Quizzes
“Everything on the and you're allowed as many cheat sheets as you'd like so it really wasn't stressful.”
CHEMD025
“ .”
Chem1A
“ , and he explains concepts pretty well.”
Chem1A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Incredible teacher who really knows what he's doing. and caring, and and engaging.”

Voice snapshots generated from 24 in-person reviews, highlighting key themes in , and exams. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

86/100

“Professor Karpishin is the ! So helpful, and makes things so easy to understand.”

📚 Workload Reality

42/100

“Homework takes a 3 to 5 hrs, due 8:59PM sundays.”

⚖️

55/100

“ but fair although he wants you to and procedure.”

🧪

70/100

“If you actually read the textbook, the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Very nice and interactive teacher, super straightforward.
  • Honestly hands down one of the most engaging chem teacher I have ever had !
  • Not very good at teaching. Reads off the textbook

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Not an easy A but if you study hard, it's managable
  • you cant fail, Professor Karpishin got a phd and really cares about his class
  • but he grades tough

Theme 3

📝

  • The and lectures, so be sure to read it and attend class.
  • , and he let us have cheat sheets
  • Turn in your labs and .

Data context

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Analysis sample

24

Recent reviews read by the AI

23

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

The judgment is strong because it uses 24 recent in-person reviews with , and teaching style.

Inside 24 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

Chem1A15 reviews
CHEMD0259 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

24 reported outcomes

A range

16

A+ 5 · A 9 · A- 2

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

3

C+ 2 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2