AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Albert Schendan

POLI · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
3/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
12.5%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

unless , and tolerate minimal support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHarsh GradingPoor FeedbackDisorganizedHeavy ReadingAvoid
  • Most students strongly warn against taking him because of harsh or .
  • Several reviews mention little teaching support, late grading, ignored emails, or .
  • One review says the class is easy, but it is heavily outweighed by repeated severe negative experiences.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Despite one A- review, most comments describe harsh grading, withdrawals, low grades, zeros, and unfair penalties that make an A risky.

Online reviews contain the strongest evidence of grading risk, while and AI accusations.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

The content may not always be conceptually hard, but , and weak teaching make the course difficult in practice.

Online reviews mention short timers and self-teaching, while and reading.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

82/100

Most reviews list attendance as not mandatory, and comments .

Online , while the two in-person-counted reviews are split.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

Students overwhelmingly advise avoiding him because as harsh, unsupported, late, and unfair.

Both formats are negative, with online reviews providing more detailed and repeated warnings.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

6/100

Students repeatedly report tough grading, random essay scores, zeros, similarity penalties, and little or .

Format shift

Online reviews give the , and in-person-counted reviews confirm the same concern.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Reviews mention , and short timed exams, though one review calls the class easy.

Format shift

Online workload evidence is mixed but mostly negative, while and .

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Most students say he does not , and leaves students self-teaching.

Format shift

Online reviews are especially severe about lack of lectures and support, while and accusations.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Assessment appears to , and timed tests.

Format shift

Online reviews mention papers, quizzes, exams, and timed tests, while , and Turnitin-based assignments.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

grading, AI accusations, Turnitin issues, and unfair grading.

Main concern

The and AI or similarity accusations.

What students said

“watch out for the accusations of using AI even if you don't.”
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Remote format

Online

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are overwhelmingly negative, citing harsh grading, late , and withdrawal risk.

Main concern

The main online concern is unpredictable harsh grading with .

What students said

“ . Trust me. Please.”
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“ and .”
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“Exams and so you're just trying to finish instead of demonstrating knowledge.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

but negative, with online reviews explicitly describing very short timers and strict penalties.

Short Timed QuizzesShort Timed ExamsStrict Similarity ChecksExam policy otherwise not clearly proven

Assessment risk

Strict

15/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, proctoring, open-book policy, quiz format, midterm, or final policy.

Exam policy not clearly proven

Online

Online reviews mention short timed exams and quizzes, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, midterm, or final policies.

Short Timed ExamsShort Timed Quizzes
“Exams and so you're just trying to finish instead of demonstrating knowledge.”
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“Gives 75 min for 100 Qs, 3 min for 5 Qs”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . Trust me. Please.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and recommendation risk. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Risk

10/100

“ . Trust me. Please.”

⚖️

6/100

“ and .”

👨‍🏫 Teaching Quality

12/100

“Uses AI himself, doesn't teach, never posts lectures, and grades weeks late.”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • Docks significant amount of .
  • and .
  • zeros for minor citation slips.

Theme 2

📚

  • Long readings.
  • Exams and so you're just trying to finish instead of demonstrating knowledge.
  • Gives 75 min for 100 Qs, 3 min for 5 Qs

Theme 3

🚫 About Recommendation

  • . Trust me. Please.
  • if .
  • There are many other professors where you can learn from.
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is high because 8 recent reviews from 2024 to 2026 are highly consistent in negative teaching and .

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 57

Course coverage

POLI8 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

2

C+ 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Rather not say 1