AI Rate Professor

Science

Steven Schuh

ASTR5 · ASTRONOMY5 · AST5 · ASTRONOMY · ASTR110 · ASTRO5 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
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Difficulty
2.9

The decision

Avoid unless you mainly need an and can tolerate boring lectures.

Best fit · Self Taught ProMonotone lecturesBoring but niceOpen notes on testsStudy guides with answersLost teaching drive
  • Lectures are widely called monotone and boring, often killing interest in astronomy
  • Many students still find exams manageable via notes, study guides, and dropped low scores
  • Overall recommendation is weak despite occasional praise for niceness and clarity

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Open notes and answer-filled study guides help many students, but others still struggle to earn an A .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Some call it extremely easy and boring while others say content is hard, confusing, or GPA-risky depending on section.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

50/100

Homework and attendance factor into grade for some sections, but a .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Multiple strong warnings and and nice-guy comments.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

60/100

Dropped lowest test and open notes help, but some strong students still report grade pain.

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Workload

Light

70/100

Workload centers , and a few tests rather than heavy projects.

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Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Dominant theme is monotone, boring, low-energy teaching that loses student interest despite subject knowledge.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Grades largely hinge on tests, final, and limited homework or .

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students repeatedly call lectures monotone and boring, though open notes, study guides, and dropped tests make the class passable for self-motivated students.

Main concern

Low engagement and and sometimes grades.

What students said

“ !! You've been warned. So hard to pay attention because he is really boring.”
ASTR110
“He gives out study guides with the answers on them, and they show up exactly on the provides.”
ASTRO5

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.

guides map closely to tests, and lowest test scores may be dropped.

Open notes on testsStudy guides with answersDrop lowest testPractice tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

80/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

two pages of notes, with study guides and sometimes dropped lowest scores.

Open notes on testsStudy guides with answersDrop lowest testPractice tests
“He gives out study guides with the answers on them, and they show up exactly on the test”
ASTRO5
“You get to use one page of note on the .”
ASTRO5
“You get a whole page of notes for every test and he only takes the best 2 out of 3.”
ASTRO5

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !! You've been warned. So hard to pay attention because he is really boring.”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 in-person , and weak recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

😴 Boring Lectures

35/100

“So hard to pay attention because he is really boring.”

📝 Student-Friendly Exams

80/100

“He gives out study guides with the answers on them, and they show up exactly on the test”

👎 Low Recommendation

32/100

“ !! You've been warned.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he is really boring
  • He is monotone and does not ask for ne student input
  • He is a very sweet man that has lost the drive for teaching

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He gives out study guides with the answers on them
  • he allows 2 pgs notes for the exam
  • Easy easy easy... but he's a sweet old man
  • I'm a 4.0 student and I couldn't get an A in this class

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's a nice guy though
  • Very nice teacher!
  • he's a sweet old man

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven in-person reviews spanning many years consistently emphasize boring monotone delivery with mixed grade ease, giving a solid pattern despite older dates.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
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Course coverage

ASTRO56 reviews
AST51 review
ASTR1101 review
ASTR51 review
ASTRONOMY1 review
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ASTRONOMY51 review

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