AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

John Marhenke

CHEM2 · CHEM1 · CHEMCHEM · CHEMLAB · CHEM110 · 32 lifetime ratings

AI rating
98/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you want a strong chemistry teacher and are willing to study consistently.

Best fit · Effort For RewardClear LecturerVery HelpfulHard TestsFair GradingHighly Recommended
  • Students overwhelmingly praise Marhenke for , and even enjoyable.
  • The class is not a free A because students , and attendance.
  • and some grade-friendly policies like dropped or replaced scores.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

An A is realistic with , and attendance, but students do not describe it as effortless.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Chemistry remains challenging, but .

All course-difficulty evidence comes from in-person chemistry reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Students say because missing class can make you fall behind.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

94/100

Students strongly recommend him because and gives a lot of help.

Recommendation .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

63/100

and sometimes forgiving, but and require preparation.

Format shift

, and a possible exam replacement policy.

Workload

Moderate

46/100

, and heavy test preparation.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Excellent

94/100

Students consistently call him clear, helpful, patient, funny, and one of the .

Format shift

Teaching evidence is strong but .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

Homework and labs matter, but comments , and finals.

Format shift

Assessment .

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

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person students consistently describe Marhenke as , and highly worth taking despite real chemistry workload.

Main concern

and students need to attend, study, and do the homework.

What students said

“Yea, the class is hard, you HAVE to study, but the way he teaches makes things so .”
CHEM2
“Go to office hours, do the homework, and you'll do well in the class.”
CHEM1
“He is indeed university level.”
CHEM110

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews describe exams as fair but sometimes hard, with review materials and one comment noting the .

Hard TestsFair TestsPractice ExamStudy GuideFinal Can Replace Lowest Exam

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

exams, study guides, and a final score replacement policy, but do not clearly prove book or proctoring rules.

Hard TestsFair TestsPractice ExamStudy GuideFinal Can Replace Lowest Exam
“ . He always gives you a and study guide (USE THESE!).”
CHEM1
“ , and replaces your lowest exam with the final's score IF .”
CHEM1
“He is indeed university level.”
CHEM110

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !! I HATED chemistry before him, and was actually sad(!) the class ended.”

Voice snapshots generated from 32 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

94/100

“ !! Seriously makes a hard subject easy and fun, is very clear, always available, I wish he could teach all my chem classes.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

94/100

“If your going to take Chem 110 this is the .”

⚖️ Effort And Grades

62/100

“Go to office hours, do the homework, and you'll do well in the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He makes such a subject as chemistry easy to understand through his lectures.
  • His lectures are very straightforward.
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Yea, the class is hard, you HAVE to study, but the way he teaches makes things so .
  • .
  • you must study and do well in lab and you will get an A.

Theme 3

❤️ About Helpfulness

  • He loves teaching and loves to help students when they ask.
  • He answers all of our questions thoroughly.
  • He is always ready to help and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

32

Recent reviews read by the AI

32

Lifetime ratings

87/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-two in-person reviews across several years are detailed, consistent, and strongly positive despite some workload warnings.

Inside 32 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

CHEM116 reviews
CHEM11010 reviews
CHEM24 reviews
CHEMCHEM1 review
CHEMLAB1 review

Reported outcomes

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