Is this an easy A?
MissionImpossible
12/100Getting an A looks very hard because many students report low grades, failing, or barely passing despite major effort.
Both online and , while online reviews more often mention failing or dropping.
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The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Getting an A looks very hard because many students report low grades, failing, or barely passing despite major effort.
Both online and in-person reviews describe harsh grading, while online reviews more often mention failing or dropping.
Is the course easy?
The course content is not described as impossible, but the writing structure, quizzes, papers, and pace make it feel highly demanding.
Online reviews stress workload and passing risk, while in-person reviews stress strict writing style and paper grading.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance rules vary by review, but participation and being present often appear important to success.
Both formats include mandatory and non-mandatory reports, with no single consistent attendance policy.
Is this professor recommended?
Most students do not recommend her because they describe stress, harsh grading, heavy homework, and disrespectful interactions.
Online reviews are especially negative in recent years, while in-person reviews include a few stronger learning-focused positives.
Course guide
Grading
Harsh
10/100
Students repeatedly call her a tough grader and say small mistakes or not following her style can lead to very low scores.
Format shift
Both formats report harsh grading, with online reviews adding more recent fail-or-drop warnings.
Workload
Overwhelming
16/100
Many reviews mention lots of homework, papers, reading, writing center time, and long weekly hours.
Format shift
Online reviews mention heavy homework and strict submission windows, while in-person reviews emphasize papers and participation.
Teaching experience
Poor
28/100
Some students praise her feedback and structure, but the dominant pattern is confusing, stressful, rude, or unsupportive teaching.
Format shift
Online reviews are more sharply negative, while in-person reviews are mixed but still often critical.
Assessment method
Balanced
48/100
Reviews mention homework, papers, portfolios, quizzes, tests, and timed writing rather than one single assessment type.
Format shift
Online reviews mention timed essays, homework, and tests, while in-person reviews mention papers, quizzes, and tests.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
In-person reviews also report tough grading and heavy papers, though a few students praise her clarity, care, and learning value.
Main concern
Students say grades depend heavily on following her exact writing style and expectations.
What students said
“Her grading is very very tough! You MUST follow her writing style if you want to pass!!”
“Horrible! If you are lucky to be her favorite student in the class you are good.”
“Rude for students”
Remote format
High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
Online reviews are mostly negative, with repeated complaints about harsh grading, heavy homework, stressful deadlines, and difficult passing standards.
Main concern
Students often say the online class is stressful and hard to pass even with major effort.
What students said
“Never take her class unless you want to fail. Awful professor, WARNING!!!”
“About 50% of the students could not pass her class.”
“It's very very hard to have an A.”
Exam style
Exam and quiz evidence points to strict timed writing and test-heavy grading, but reviews do not clearly prove webcam, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or closed-book policies.
Assessment risk
Strict
25/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews mention writing quizzes, tests, and strict scoring, but they do not clearly prove closed-book or proctoring rules.
“quizs has all writing answers so she can grade it with personal emotion”
“you seldom get the full score from her though you do the test well.”
“I've never seem a teacher failed such more student!”
Online reviews mention timed essays, quizzes, and test-heavy grading, but they do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, or open-book rules.
“You have to write an essay in 110 minutes.”
“you make a mistake on quiz 0 point.”
“Tough grader, Test heavy, Graded by few things”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Don't take her if you want to pass the class!!!!”
“Don't teach anything, but expect you know everything.”
“Her grading is very very tough! You MUST follow her writing style if you want to pass!!”
“She gives us a loooot of homework!”
“Never take her class unless you want to fail. Awful professor, WARNING!!!”
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Data context
Analysis sample
41
Recent reviews read by the AI
41
Lifetime ratings
88/100
Evidence confidence
The dataset has 41 reviews across many years and both formats, with highly consistent complaints about grading, workload, and stress despite some positive outliers.
Inside 41 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
33 reported outcomes
A+ 1 · A 4
B+ 3 · B 2 · B- 1
C 4 · C- 5
D 3
F 4
Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Rather not say 3