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Life Science

Sheila Fennoy

BIO1282 · BOTANY1 · BIOLOGY · BIO3 · BIOL3 · 94 lifetime ratings

AI rating
44/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
40.54%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Take her only if you will and quizzes, and use ; otherwise pick another Bio professor.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderTest HeavyExtra Credit AvailableLecture HeavySlow Email Response
  • Exams are hard and often cover material beyond lectures
  • , dropped lowest scores, and participation can rescue grades
  • and

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

An A is possible with full labs, quizzes, participation, and , but and many still land in the B range.

Both formats require real effort; online .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Biology content, fast lectures, and detail-heavy tests make the material intellectually demanding for most students.

In-person comments dominate; online reviews stress navigation and communication more than content pace.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most reviews say attendance is mandatory and .

Evidence is mostly in-person; online also requires live participation for .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

41/100

About two in ; fans cite care and EC while critics call her one of the .

Online reviews .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

48/100

Tough-grader tags are common, but , and soften the blow for students who keep up.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

Weekly quizzes, labs, and test prep add steady work, though some .

Format shift

and exams; online adds file-format and timing stress.

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Students split between funny caring lectures and hard-to-hear, outdated, or .

Format shift

Online teaching quality scores much lower due to non-response and .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tests and and participation as supporting pieces.

Format shift

Same pattern in both formats.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

45 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

caring labs and for and hard-to-hear lectures for others.

Main concern

Lectures and many find her hard to reach outside class.

What students said

“ ! Her lectures cover less than half of what is on the exam.”
BIO3
“There are extracredit opportunities. She tell you what she is going to test you on during lecture, all A= !”
BIOLOGY

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections draw strong , and short test windows.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“ and I took an online class... the entire class had issues with her not responding”
BIOL3
“ time for tests or quizzes”
BIOL3

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard and detail-heavy; study guides and occasional cheat sheets help but .

Difficult examsCheat sheet sometimes allowedEssay questions sometimes released earlyDropped lowest test

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

coverage, and sometimes allow a cheat sheet or early essay prompts.

Hard examsCheat sheetEssay questions in advance
“Offers a cheat sheet for exams”
BIO3
“she does give the essay questions 2 days in advance which helps the overall score by a little”
BIO3

Online

Reviews mention tight quiz and test windows and .

Short test timeFile upload issues
“Now I got 50/100 on a test because she asked for us to upload a picture or and she cant open the file”
BIO3

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ ! Her lectures cover less than half of what is on the exam. But she does give the essay questions 2 days in advance which helps the overall score by a little.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (5 online, 45 in , and support themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“Professor Fennoy is great but her teaching style is very old school.She is very difficult to speak outside of class as she rarely respondes to emails.”

👍 Recommendation Split

41/100

“I do NOT recommend this class. One of the life.”

📝

34/100

“although I worked on the cheat sheets for DAYS, it helped very little because she would put questions on the ”

⭐ Path

55/100

“ and exam... as long as and redo them as needed you'll pass.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • her style of teaching is old school
  • Lectures can get a bit boring but and exams
  • Bad voice volume during lectures so you can't hear a thing

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Don't expect to have more than a B even if you deserve more
  • It actually is easy to get an A in the class lol
  • Show up, go to tutoring, and show effort and you'll get an A

Theme 3

📧 About Support & Access

  • emails and announcements never received responses
  • she never answers emails as well
  • she is super sweet, she cares

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

94

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews spanning many years with , and email responsiveness support a high-confidence read.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 527
4 out of 516
3 out of 520
2 out of 517
1 out of 514

Course coverage

BIO331 reviews
BIOL39 reviews
BOTANY18 reviews
BIO12821 review
BIOLOGY1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

40 reported outcomes

A range

15

A+ 3 · A 12

B range

15

B+ 5 · B 10

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 1