AI Rate Professor

Physics

Kwun Cheung

PHYS4AG · PHYS2AG · PHYS4A · PHYS110 · PHYS2A · PHYS1 · 42 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
64.1%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

if you can grind 10+ hours weekly and want rigor; easy-A seekers should look elsewhere.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHard ExamsCaltech-Level PaceLots of HomeworkTest HeavyPolarizing Physics
  • Exams and and calculus-heavy for many students.
  • Labs and , and some praise preparation for later physics.
  • , and poor help outside class.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

An A usually takes heavy weekly study; many land B/C even with .

Both formats call grades hard-earned; online summer is especially unforgiving for some.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Calculus-heavy physics with , and fast lectures for most students.

In-person and online both rate high difficulty; online short terms feel worse.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

Some sections require attendance or warn skipping hurts, while .

Online summer often mandatory; in-person mixed.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About two-thirds would and .

; online reviews skew more negative.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Partial credit and easy labs help, but and some call him tough.

Format shift

; online has more tough-grader tags.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Mountains of , and Mastering Physics dominate the term.

Format shift

Both formats stress heavy HW; summer online is especially stacked.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Smart and sometimes inspiring lectures for .

Format shift

; online summer complaints about structure are sharper.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Midterms and and HW as .

Format shift

Online explicitly says midterms determine pass/fail; .

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

38 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person PHYS4A is polarizing: many call him hard but great with and help is limited.

Main concern

and heavy Mastering Physics or .

What students said

“ but prepares you well.”
PHYS4A
“The professor is horrible at lecturing, often going off on tangents that have nothing to do with exams.”
PHYS4A

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online/summer students more , and the pace brutal.

Main concern

, and grading lag.

What students said

“Worse professor I've ever had by far.”
PHYS110
“Overall pretty stressful, but he's a lot better than what I expected.”
PHYS2AG

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are long, hard, and often feel tougher than lectures, with only partial credit as relief.

Hard Lengthy ExamsWeekly Hard QuizzesCalculus HeavyPartial CreditMastering Physics HW

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and quizzes are repeatedly called very hard, lengthy, and calculus heavy, sometimes multi-part.

Hard MidtermsWeekly QuizzesCalculus HeavyPartial Credit
“Midterm exams are very heavy - split into 3 parts consisting of around 50 questions.”
PHYS4A
“I would cry if .”
PHYS4A

Online

Online students report and Mastering Physics homework; no clear webcam policy stated.

Canvas Quizzes and ExamsMastering PhysicsBizarre Question Wording
“Questions are from lecture but are asked in the most bizarre ways”
PHYS4A
“A lot of typos in the quizzes”
PHYS4A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you cannot spend at the very minimum 10+ hours a week on this class you will not pass.”

Voice snapshots generated from 42 reviews, capturing rigor praise versus confusion and overload complaints. Credibility rating: High.

🔥 Course Difficulty

18/100

“He does treat this class as if it were a cal tech class.”

📝

28/100

“ .”

👍 Hard but

70/100

“Hard but great.”

👎 Teaching Friction

35/100

“he's the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he seems to think all of his students are Cal Tech Grads
  • His lectures are interesting

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Just study hard and easy A,
  • put in the hours and tears to attain the A
  • I somehow I got an A

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • Assigns mountains of homework
  • Mastering Physics was used for
  • Lots of hw, labs, and quizzes

Data context

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Analysis sample

42

Recent reviews read by the AI

42

Lifetime ratings

85/100

Evidence confidence

42 reviews with long time span and but and workload.

Inside 42 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 523
4 out of 55
3 out of 52
2 out of 56
1 out of 56

Course coverage

PHYS4A33 reviews
PHYS2AG4 reviews
PHYS1102 reviews
PHYS11 review
PHYS2A1 review
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

39 reported outcomes

A range

15

A+ 4 · A 10 · A- 1

B range

11

B+ 3 · B 5 · B- 3

C range

4

C 4

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 2