AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

John Stanskas

CHEM151 · ASTRON120 · CHEM151H · CHEM101 · CHEMI101 · CHEM150 · CHE151H · 47 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
5.56%
Difficulty
4.6

The decision

Avoid unless you specifically want a sink-or-swim chemistry bootcamp and have no other option.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerBrutal tough graderHigh drop ratesSarcastic classroom toneTest and homework heavyAvoid for most students
  • Recent reviews overwhelmingly warn that and teaching is .
  • Chemistry content is already hard, and many say he makes it significantly harder.
  • A minority of older students still praise learning a lot if you can survive the workload.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Students repeatedly report tough grading, low As, and many Cs or .

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Difficulty is consistently rated extreme, with comments that he makes chemistry harder than it already is.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and the course pace assumes constant presence.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

and recent comments largely tell students to find anyone else.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

14/100

; , and tests are graded with little mercy.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of , and labs pile up while feedback and help feel sparse.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

A few students call him organized or funny, but and sarcasm shuts down questions.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Tests, quizzes, labs, and weak exam days.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person chemistry sections are widely described as extremely hard, sarcastically taught, and and rare strong defenders.

Main concern

, and high attrition make the course a high-risk experience.

What students said

“ and have nothing to do with the material he presents. ”
CHEMI101
“A lot of people dropped out of the class.”
CHEM101
“Dr. John is the best! ... He's undoubtedly challenging, but I'm confident that I'll be prepared”
CHEM150

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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Assessments are strict, often described as harsher than the lectures and unforgiving for borderline work.

Hard testsPop quizzesStrict quiz and lab gradingMismatch with presented material reported

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person tests and quizzes are widely called too hard, sometimes disconnected from lecture, with and .

Hard examsPop quizzesStrict homework gradingHigh attrition
“ and have nothing to do with the material he presents.”
CHEMI101
“He's super strict especially in , and tests.”
CHEM101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ ”

Voice snapshots generated from 47 , and a small older pro-learning minority. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Risk

12/100

“Be prepared to fail his class. Look for a better chemistry professor if you can find one.”

📉

14/100

“He is really mean . .”

🧠 Brutal Difficulty

14/100

“Stankas makes his class way more difficult then it should be.”

🔥 Rare Defender View

70/100

“Dr. John is the best! ... He's undoubtedly challenging, but I'm confident that I'll be prepared for the next class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He does not know how to teach the material well.
  • he will make you feel stupid if you ask
  • , and caring.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • A lot of people dropped out of the class.
  • Total nightmare.
  • This was not an easy A at all.

Theme 3

💔 About Classroom Climate

  • He is very sarcastic and it really discouraged me from asking questions
  • Makes his students feel little and irrelevant.
  • he seems miserable now being a community college professor.

Data context

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Analysis sample

47

Recent reviews read by the AI

47

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

47 detailed reviews over many years with strong and low recommendation support high credibility.

Inside 47 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 58
1 out of 522

Course coverage

CHEM10125 reviews
CHEM15010 reviews
CHEM1514 reviews
CHEMI1014 reviews
1511 review
Show 3 more courses
ASTRON1201 review
CHE151H1 review
CHEM151H1 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

16

C+ 1 · C 14 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1