[{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:43:06.364151+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1Mjg2NDYz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:283831","instructor_name":"Duncan Carlsmith","course_label":"PHYSICS 249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2015-10-23 20:32:47 +0000 UTC","comment":"Carlsmith is a great professor that cracks a lot of jokes and talks quite a bit about real world applications to the concepts learned. He is definitely the best professor to motivate students to pursue a career in physics. He is down to earth and completely destroys the nerdy socially awkward stereotype of physics professors.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/283831","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":1.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:43:06.364151+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MjQ0MjIy","source_instructor_id":"rmp:283831","instructor_name":"Duncan Carlsmith","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2015-01-07 01:28:20 +0000 UTC","comment":"Carlsmith is the best professor I've had on campus. Go to lecture. Exam material is the material he mentions more than once in lecture. He also cares about his students and is always willing to help or just talk about careers in physics. Great professor.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/283831","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:43:06.364151+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI0MTYxMzEz","source_instructor_id":"rmp:283831","instructor_name":"Duncan Carlsmith","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2014-12-21 13:38:27 +0000 UTC","comment":"just take other courses... don't waste your time here.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/283831","quality_rating":1.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:43:06.364151+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTIyNzg1NTA3","source_instructor_id":"rmp:283831","instructor_name":"Duncan Carlsmith","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2014-01-23 12:23:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Great professor, very teaching oriented. Starts Garage Physics for undergrads to work on their own projects for free. shoots you tons of physics via email. teaching style resembles Feynman's. Exams are fair.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/283831","quality_rating":4.0,"difficulty_rating":2.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:37.200579+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTQyNzI4MTE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1901508","instructor_name":"Jeffrey Schmidt","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2026-03-23 22:02:39 +0000 UTC","comment":"Didnt really learn anything, exams were not related to lectures or homework he gives a practice exam and you have to copy all the formulas from the practice exam and use them on the actual exam to do well so you dont actually learn anything.  ","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1901508","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:37.200579+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4OTUyODY5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1901508","instructor_name":"Jeffrey Schmidt","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2024-02-05 18:31:05 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jeff is clearly one of the most intelligent professors I have ever had, and he derived everything in class from memory. He goes through the material at a very fast pace, but with attending lectures and reading the lecture notes, you can learn a lot of valuable tools. The only problem I had is the grading was not clear.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1901508","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:37.200579+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4ODA2MjE5","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1901508","instructor_name":"Jeffrey Schmidt","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2023-12-29 00:10:25 +0000 UTC","comment":"Lectures are funny, but fast paced--they aren't mandatory, but you would fall behind if you skipped. He posts (properly formatted!) lecture notes online, and is very accessible by Piazza/email/office hours. Only partial completion of HW/exams needed for full credit, and extra credit for typesetting HW. Would take another class with him for sure!","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1901508","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:33:37.200579+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTM4NzU0MzU2","source_instructor_id":"rmp:1901508","instructor_name":"Jeffrey Schmidt","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2023-12-20 10:34:44 +0000 UTC","comment":"Jeff is easily my favorite professor I've had at this school. He wants his students to succeed even with the difficult material and makes a point to be helpful. His lectures are very interesting and not too hard to follow. The grading is very fair. Would go out of my way to take another course taught by him.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/1901508","quality_rating":5.0,"difficulty_rating":5.0},{"observed_at":"2026-09-07 16:11:58.518993+00:00","run_id":"20260907T155543-ce3781c4","source_review_id":"UmF0aW5nLTI1OTQ4MDU1","source_instructor_id":"rmp:700328","instructor_name":"Peter Timbie","course_label":"PHYSICS249","course_id":"PHYSICS 249","course_uid":"course_e8cfa648b149ecdf80de2aa5","review_date":"2016-01-15 16:45:28 +0000 UTC","comment":"Professor Timbie is a really nice professor. He truly wants every student to succeed, however he fails to prepare students for his incredibly difficult exams. Homework is often unrelated to the exam topics. As a physics major, this was one of my most difficult classes.","source_url":"https://www.ratemyprofessors.com/professor/700328","quality_rating":2.0,"difficulty_rating":4.0}]