Lydia Botsford

ACCT67 · 67A · ACCT1A · ACCT · ACCOUNTING · ACCT1A1B · ACCTG1AB · ACCC1C · ACCT1C · ACC1B · ACCT1B · ACCT058 · ACCT101 · 170 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 45/100
RMP rating: 3.3/5
Take again: 50.7%
Difficulty: 2.7

The decision

Take Lydia Botsford only if you are comfortable teaching yourself accounting from Cengage and can tolerate inconsistent teaching support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-Taught Cengage CoursePolarizing ReviewsTest HeavyExtra Credit AvailableInconsistent Teaching Support

Students often earn high grades, but many say the course requires heavy self-teaching through Cengage and the textbook.
Reviews are highly polarized, with older praise for and many recent complaints about weak instruction or rude communication.
, and a final, with exams often described as Cengage-based or test heavy.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

72/100

A grades are common and appears often, but students , and self-teaching as the real cost.

Online evidence leans more toward easy grades for self-starters, while because grading and .

Is the course easy?

Standard

47/100

The course content is manageable for strong self-learners, but accounting concepts, tax work, and textbook-heavy study keep it from being truly easy.

Online students emphasize self-study through Cengage, while , or needing to attend.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

52/100

Attendance rules are inconsistent, with many no-attendance reviews but and .

Online reviews are often asynchronous or non-mandatory, but some online and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

49/100

and chase grades, while many others strongly warn that she does not teach enough.

Online , while in-person recommendations depend more on whether students value her live explanations.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Many students earned A-range grades and mention , but tough grader and .

Format shift

Online grading often looks clearer and Cengage-based, while and hard finals.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Students repeatedly mention , and sometimes lots of homework.

Format shift

Online workload is Cengage-heavy and self-paced, while , and attendance pressure.

Teaching experience

Poor

45/100

The strongest pattern is inconsistent teaching, with some students praising clarity and many others saying she does not teach or respond well.

Format shift

Online reviews more often criticize the lack of lectures, while and rude or unhelpful teaching.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

Reviews repeatedly mention quizzes, midterms, finals, and .

Format shift

Online assessments are mostly Cengage homework, quizzes, midterm, and final, while , and hard finals.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are split between and caring and students who found her rude, strict, or not helpful.

Main concern

The biggest risk is uneven teaching quality and frustration when students need detailed help.

What students said

“Need to study textbook on your own”
ACCT1A

“Ms B is very funny and .”
ACCT1A

“She does not teach. Get ready to read and teach yourself.”
ACCT058

Remote format

Online

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews mostly describe an asynchronous, Cengage-centered class where high grades are possible but teaching support is often limited.

Main concern

Many online students say they had to teach themselves and got little direct instruction.

What students said

“ , but an A+ is possible.”
ACCT1B

“Completely asynchronous.”
ACCT1B

“Cengage was my professor, she's really just collecting free money from de anza, it wouldn't kill her to post a 5 minute lecture at the very least.”
ACCT1C

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, with no clear proof of webcam, Lockdown Browser, or strict online proctoring.

Cengage QuizzesCengage MidtermCengage FinalCheat Sheet MentionedHard Final Mentioned

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews , and one cheat-sheet policy, but they do not clearly prove closed-book rules.

Cengage-Based MidtermsHard FinalPop QuizzesOne Cheat Sheet Mentioned

“Midterms are based on Cengage problems, but the and problems in class.”
ACCT1B

“Allows one cheat sheet for tests.”
ACCT1B

“ but .”
ACCT1C

Online

Online reviews support Cengage-based quizzes, a midterm, and a final, but they do not clearly .

Online Cengage ExamsOnline QuizzesThree-Hour Midterm And FinalIn-Person Final Mentioned In One Online Review

“Final, midterm, 8 quizzes, and 8 homework assignments, all done on Cengage and autograded.”
ACCT1B

“Midterm and final are both 3 hours long with ~30 questions”
ACCT1B

“ and very similar to the .”
ACCT1A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice
“ , but an A+ is possible.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting repeated themes in , and format differences. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

45/100

“She does not teach. Get ready to read and teach yourself.”

📈 Grade Value

72/100

“Was an easy A for me, but proceed with caution for your learning methods”

🧪 Assessment Style

70/100

“All the exams and .”

👍 Recommendation Risk

49/100

“For .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

, but an A+ is possible.
Cengage was my professor
Ms B gives lecture and and can talks in easy to understand english for foreign student.
She does not teach. Get ready to read and teach yourself.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload And Grades

Homework has 5 attempts per problem.
Get ready to read and do all your homeworks!
As long as you read all of the chapters/understand the concepts and do all of the .
It was a lot of work but I learned a lot.

Theme 3

🧾 About Exams And Grading

Final, midterm, 8 quizzes, and 8 homework assignments, all done on Cengage and autograded.
Midterms are based on Cengage problems, but the and problems in class.
and unreasonable
She can be a but she gives too!

Theme 4

⚠️ About Student Fit

For .
If you .
. if ONLINE
if you can.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

170

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

The dataset has 50 reviews across several years and both formats, but credibility is reduced by extreme polarization and a cluster of similar recent one-star comments.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 569

4 out of 523

3 out of 518

2 out of 520

1 out of 540

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

46 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 7 · A 14 · A- 3

B range

B+ 5 · B 7 · B- 1

C range

C+ 2

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 1