AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Dennis Law

CHEM50 · CHEM40 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.6

The decision

Avoid Dennis Law for CHEM40/CHEM50 unless you have no alternative and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProDoesn't teachConfusing lecturesTeach yourselfVague on examsUnorganized
  • Every review rates quality 1;
  • Students , and force self-teaching
  • Grades and ;

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Students can still pass with heavy self-study, but and .

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Chemistry content plus confusing skipped-step lectures and .

All five in-person reviews rate difficulty high (4-5).

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

70/100

, though tags also warn skipping hurts because lectures are the only structure.

In-person only; and mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Zero positive quality ratings and .

No online evidence; .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

, and grade updates are reportedly missing.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Lots of homework and test-heavy load while students also must read extensively to compensate for lectures.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Awful

8/100

Students say he does not know the material in class, skips steps, gives vague answers, and forces self-teaching.

Format shift

In-person only; all five quality scores are 1.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

, and going into exams blind without study guides.

Format shift

In-person only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

All in-person chemistry reviews describe confusing, unorganized teaching where students must learn from the book alone.

Main concern

and little useful lecture support.

What students said

“He doesn't teach, and if he does it's too vague and confusing. You never know your grade because he doesn't update anything”
CHEM40
“Monotone, uninspiring, confusing grading structure, no study guides... ...”
CHEM50

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 hard and poorly previewed; students report walking in blind with .

Tests are toughNo study guidesUnclear exam contentTest heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and lack study guides so students feel unprepared.

Tests are toughNo study guidesUnclear what is on exams
“ and what should be studied.”
CHEM40
“no study guides... ...”
CHEM50

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ if you don't absolutely have to...”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews with zero online sample, highlighting unanimous poor teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Disaster

8/100

“Horrible teacher. Doesnt seem to know what hes teaching”

📖 Self Teach Required

10/100

“you might as well just teach yourself.”

📝 Blind Exams

22/100

“no study guides... ...”

👎

5/100

“ unless you have no other choice.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • as he often gets confused and skips steps.
  • Monotone, uninspiring

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Challenging class due to lack of understanding between teacher and students.
  • He also .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Support

  • he doesn't help with
  • Instead of helpin you work a problem out he tells you well idk what it is
  • You never know your grade because he doesn't update anything

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Only five reviews but they are fully consistent across 2017-2024 with detailed negative teaching and .

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 55

Course coverage

CHEM503 reviews
CHEM402 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values