AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Michael Marsella

CHEM20 · CHEM10 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating
94/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
92.31%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you will use office hours and practice; he makes a hard subject much more passable.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilariousCaringFair ExamsOffice Hours HelpfulLecture Heavy
  • Students overwhelmingly call him one of the and .
  • , and works hard to help students pass with practice and feedback.
  • Ochem can still be hard, and a minority report disorganization or .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

, cheat sheets, fair exams, and lenient grading make high grades reachable with steady work.

All evidence is in-person; multiple students explicitly call him an easy pass or A path.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

Chemistry content, especially ochem mechanisms, remains intellectually hard even with strong teaching support.

In-person only; students separate .

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

58/100

, but lectures matter and skipping can hurt because material moves quickly.

In-person only; some say optional while tags warn skipping risks failure.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

92/100

Nearly all reviewers enthusiastically recommend him for .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

76/100

Students say he is fair to lenient, wants people to pass, and provides EC and .

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Labs and ; load is real but not usually described as crushing.

Format shift

In-person only; .

Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

, and strong office-hour support dominate almost every review.

Format shift

In-person only; one ochem review is a notable negative outlier.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and as exam prep.

Format shift

In-person only; multiple students call the class test heavy.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person chem students praise , and support; a few note disorganization or faster ochem pacing.

Main concern

Advanced ochem can feel unorganized and .

What students said

“ if you want an easy pass/A”
CHEM10
“THE !”
CHEM20
“If everything. Don't recommend for ochem.”
CHEM10

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 widely called fair and manageable, sometimes with cheat sheets, teasers, or short formats.

Fair ExamsCheat SheetsExtra CreditShort ExamsACS Final Option

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as fair and often supported with cheat sheets, teasers, or short question sets.

Fair ExamsCheat SheetsExam Teasers10-Question Exams
“PM's exams are very fair (and .”
CHEM20
“Gave , and .”
CHEM10
“His exams and final are only 10 questions total.”
CHEM20

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ if you want an easy pass/A”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 , and ochem caveats. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

90/100

“Professor Marsella is one of the .”

❤️ Student Support

92/100

“THE !”

👍 Recommendation Rate

92/100

“Listen to me... !”

⚖️

78/100

“PM's exams are very fair (and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • ,and really cares about his students.
  • hes funny and tells alot of stories
  • Never a boring class.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Although organic chemistry is difficult, he really takes the time to provide practice problems
  • if you want an easy pass/A
  • He is lenient with grading.

Theme 3

🧪

  • Easy labs.
  • and easy.
  • going to .

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

12

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen detailed in-person reviews across several years are highly consistent on teaching quality and support.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

CHEM209 reviews
CHEM104 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 3 · A 3

B range

3

B+ 2 · B 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1