AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Jason Cain

CHEM101A · CHEM101B · CHEMISTRY101B · 101A · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
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Difficulty
4.2

The decision

Avoid unless you want a and can spare massive weekly study time.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard ExamsPop Quiz HeavyOWL Homework GrindUnhelpful Office HelpSelf-Study Required
  • Majority report brutal exams, huge study hours, and little hands-on help.
  • A minority say he is knowledgeable and fair if you study constantly.
  • OWL homework and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Students describe 50-90 hour study weeks, no , and still no guaranteed A.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Gen chem content is deep, conceptual, and and lectures.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

and missing lecture is repeatedly discouraged.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most reviews urge avoiding him for GPA and learning; only a .

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

, and little grade rescue; many struggle for even a C.

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Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

OWL sets taking hours, daily study load, and multi-hour exams dominate student reports.

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Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Some credit his knowledge, but most say he reads the book, shrugs questions, and does not help.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Hard, long, heavily weighted exams dominate; OWL and pop quizzes add load but .

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

pop quizzes, and heavy OWL homework; most students feel unsupported.

Main concern

, and advice to drop instead of help.

What students said

“ if you want to get good grade and understand material and prepare for 101B”
CHEM101A
“Even then you are not guaranteed an A.”
CHEM101B
“He's apathetic and shouldn't be teaching. !”
CHEM101A

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are long, detailed, and often harder than homework or lecture practice with no study guides.

Hard Conceptual Exams3-Hour TestsPop QuizzesNo Study GuideNo Extra Credit

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; pop quizzes hit early in class.

In-Person ExamsPop QuizzesOWL Homework
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CHEM101B
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CHEM101A
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101A

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ if you want to get good grade and understand material and prepare for 101B”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 , and low support. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“His lectures suck. He doesn't help you raise your grade, instead he will try and .”

👎 Recommendation Rate

22/100

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🔥 Workload Overload

12/100

“an average of 48 hours studying for this class a week...bump that up to 80-90 hours to prepare for his 3 hour long tests”

🧪

28/100

“ , but passable. The key to studying for and practicing the problems at the end of the chapters.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he basically reads the book
  • what do you think?
  • , but shouldn't teach at all

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • A struggle to get a C
  • No
  • If you work for it you can get an A

Theme 3

📚

  • Online hw takes a lot of time
  • better than he does
  • once we had 100 sets, which had 3 problems each

Data context

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Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

22 detailed in-person reviews from 2011-2014 with strong consensus on difficulty, workload, and weak support.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 55
1 out of 510

Course coverage

CHEM101B12 reviews
CHEM101A7 reviews
101A2 reviews
CHEMISTRY101B1 review

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