AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Joshua Richardson

CH · CHEM150 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you are ready to self-teach gen chem and grind exams; many urge picking another professor.

Best fit · Self Taught ProLecture tangentsSelf-teach requiredTest-heavy gen chemInconsistent gradingExtra credit available
  • Majority say lectures rush key topics, wander into tangents, and force heavy self-teaching.
  • Tests and as brutal with .
  • A , and recovery paths via .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students earn As with corrections and homework, but , and brutal quizzes.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Gen chem is made harder by fast lectures, organic digressions, and .

All evidence is in-person.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

72/100

but , so skipping is risky.

All evidence is in-person; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Only about one in and many urge classmates to switch professors.

All evidence is in-person.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

; partial credit exists but and punitive for many.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

34/100

Lots of homework, chapter work, and sections.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Students say he knows chemistry but lectures poorly, tangents, and forces self-teaching.

Format shift

In-person only.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Quizzes and and occasional secondary.

Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

All reviews are in person for chem; students split between a few who thrived with resources and many who found lectures and .

Main concern

, and harsh or .

What students said

“take a different chem professor!”
CHEM-150
“RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! He is going to teach at the RCC Norco Campus! He practically failed a lot of students.”
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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 and quizzes are described as hard and sometimes inconsistently graded, with challenge problems mirroring finals.

Test heavyPop quizzesChallenge problemsTest correctionsLecture-based exams

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams based on lecture emphasis, challenge problems, and .

Brutal quizzesTest correctionsChallenge problemsLecture-based questions
“ and .”
CHEM-150
“Focus on the challenge questions he provides, they will be .”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“take a different chem professor!”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 in-person chemistry reviews with frequent themes of tough testing and . Credibility rating: Medium.

⚠️ Teaching Quality

30/100

“You'll end up having to teach yourself the material.”

🧪

32/100

“ and .”

👎 Recommendation

25/100

“I think anyone who signs up for his class will be sorry.”

🛟 Recovery Options

55/100

“It would be EXTREMELY hard to fail his class. 50% on tests equals a C!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • goes on lots of tangents
  • explained topics that weren't important&breezed by important ones.
  • overcomplicate materials&topics

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • /quizzes
  • I DO NOT RECOMMENCED taking his class.
  • HE GRADES ON A CURVE and because he switches up

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Kind Professor/very approachable.
  • Great person but as a professor I will say it will be hard to learn in his lectures.

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

and directionally consistent, though all from a short recent window and one campus context.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 56
1 out of 58

Course coverage

ch10 reviews
CHEM-15010 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

19 reported outcomes

A range

7

A 7

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

2

C 2

D range

4

D+ 4

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2