AI Rate Professor

Chemistry

Charles Newman

CHEM80 · CHEM40 · CHEM50 · CHEM81 · CHEM10 · CHEM4050 · CHEM8081 · 80 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
45.83%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

if you will attend, do the homework, and want a if you need an easy A.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring and passionateTest and quiz heavyClear when you work hardPolarizing teaching clarityHelpful office hours
  • Students repeatedly call him caring, funny, and deeply invested in chemistry, with many labeling him a must-take.
  • Course structure is quiz- and exam-heavy; and notes but still feel tough and timed.
  • A large , and self-study from the book is required to pass.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

As are possible with and study, but , and little free padding.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Chemistry content plus timed quizzes, labs, and sometimes an .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

52/100

, but multiple tags and comments say skipping class hurts your chance to pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

46/100

Official take-again sits near 46 percent because praise for care and clarity is offset by heavy testing complaints.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

Many call grading clear and , while others tag him a .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and labs dominate the semester for most reviewers.

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Teaching experience

Good

72/100

A strong core of students praise passion, humor, and support, while a vocal group finds lectures vague or too advanced.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Quizzes, midterms, finals, and ACS-style testing carry the course .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person chemistry students split between devoted fans who love his humor and support and frustrated students who find tests relentless and lectures .

Main concern

, and uneven lecture clarity for weaker or first-time chem students.

What students said

“Professor Newman is absolutely one of the most amiable, compassionate, and comptetent professors at Mt. SAC.”
CHEM40
“You'll need to work hard to earn your grade.”
CHEM50
“I learn more from the book than I do from him.”
CHEM40

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 and and notes but are timed, frequent, and often described as tough.

Test heavyTimed quizzesHomework-aligned examsACS finalPop quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person courses feature frequent timed quizzes and .

Test heavyTimed quizzesACS finalHomework-aligned exams
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CHEM40
“The and he adequately prepares us all sem for this.”
CHEM50
“there is week , and the time given on the .”
CHEM50

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I never liked chemistry in hs, but Newman made me love it! He cares for his students and their careers. !!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person chemistry reviews, highlighting care, testing load, and polarization. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

72/100

“Dr. Newman is an amazing professor! and he always answers questions thoroughly.”

❤️ Student Care

88/100

“ , and wants to see all students succeed.”

📝 Test Load

28/100

“he is a nice professor but and quiz”

👍 Recommendation Split

46/100

“the . sac. ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • This man lives and breathes chemistry
  • incredibly entertaining and a great professor
  • He teaches at his level , hard to understand

Theme 2

📈

  • Quizzes and
  • You'll need to work hard to earn your grade

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He truly cares for each and every one of us
  • Wonderful human being

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

80

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

and stable themes despite a polarized split.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 553
4 out of 57
3 out of 53
2 out of 56
1 out of 511

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

27 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 5 · A 8 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 1 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

2

D 1 · D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1