Ahmad Abdel-Rahman

ECON002 · ECON01 · ECON1 · ECON11771 · MACROECON · ECONOMICS2 · ECON15 · ECON12 · ECON2 · 95 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 22/100
RMP rating: 2.7/5
Take again: 28.57%
Difficulty: 3.0

The decision

Avoid unless while writing dozens of pages with almost no guidance.

Best fit · Self Taught ProEssay FactoryNo FeedbackMystery GradesSelf-Teach OnlyHeavy Writing Load

Course is built almost entirely on weekly multi-page essays with little teaching or .
Grading feels picky and opaque; .
; recent online sections are overwhelmingly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students earn As by matching format and , but picky deductions and mystery scores make a clean A unreliable.

Online reviews stress essay point-docking; and extra-credit quizzes.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Content is not always advanced, but volume of , and .

Online sections center on essay volume; and MC quizzes.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

; success depends more on turning in essays and studying the book than being in class.

Both formats mostly report non-mandatory attendance, with a few exceptions marked mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Would-take-again is low and and crushing writing load.

Online reviews are strongly avoid; a minority of and .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

and reports of docking for minor details or .

Format shift

Online essay rubrics feel especially unforgiving; some older and curves.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Students repeatedly cite 15-16 three-page essays in eight weeks plus discussions and heavy textbook reading.

Format shift

Online short terms amplify essay load; 50-question quizzes.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Frequent complaints of unreadable lectures, AI-like syllabus, recycled recordings, and .

Format shift

Online teaching quality is especially criticized; some pre-2020 and clear.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades hinge on weekly essays and recent sections.

Format shift

Online is essay-and-discussion heavy; exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and , while many still cite heavy reading, tough or mysterious grading, and self-teaching.

Main concern

Fast or and ; quality varies by semester.

What students said

“He is one of the . loves his students and care about their future”
ECON2

“Be prepared to teach yourself everything and to write an absurd amount of papers in just 8 weeks.”
ECON002

“Stay away. Was hospitalized for three days after a bad accident, sent in all proper documentation, Professor didn't believe me”
ECON1

Remote format

Online

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and light on real instruction; many students report no useful feedback and random deductions.

Main concern

Weekly multi-page essays with , and minimal teaching support.

What students said

“Lectures are extremely difficult to understand and . 3-5 page essays due twice a week and the prompts aren't released until the day before they are due.”
ECON15

“I have yet to ever taken a class like this one, where you're assigned 16 essays in an 8 week class”
ECON15

“Assigns 15 3-page papers, gives you a Mystery Grade (1-5) on each with ”
ECON12

Exam style

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Assessment style swings between massive weekly papers and multiple-choice quiz banks depending on course and era.

Weekly EssaysMystery Essay Grades50-Question MC QuizzesExtra Credit QuizSelf-Taught Content

Assessment risk

Varies

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments more often describe 50-question multiple-choice , and heavy textbook reading rather than proctored software.

50-question MC quizzesLowest test dropped sometimesExtra credit quizTricky wording

“5 tests multiple choice (50 questions) read questions carefully.”
ECON002

“The terms of the questions are changed because he takes it from a different book”
ECON2

Online

Online evidence centers on weekly multi-page essays and ; one ECON01 section reported timed 50-question tests.

Weekly 3-page essaysDiscussion boardsUnclear rubricsTimed MC tests in some sections

“ .”
ECON15

“Tests are an hour long with 50 questions. REALLY weird testing schedule too.”
ECON01

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“I have yet to ever taken a class like this one, where you're assigned 16 essays in an 8 week class, if you want to write 50 pages for one class then by all means.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and , and recommendation themes. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Essay Overload

18/100

“For the 8-week class: Assigns 15 3-page papers, gives you a Mystery Grade (1-5) on each with ”

🚫 Teaching Gap

32/100

“This professor did not teach a single thing last semester. He only uploaded 30 minutes voice recording from zoom .”

👎 Recommendation Reality

28/100

“beyond terrible, do not waste your time”

⚖️

28/100

“Most importantly at the end of the class whatever the .”

Theme 1

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3-5 page essays due twice a week
Be ready to read about three books in 8 weeks while writing a 3-page essay per week
Entire course is about writing essays but he

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Lectures are extremely difficult to understand
Everything in his syllabus sounds as if it was AI generated
You teach

Theme 3

❤️ About Care & Support

loves his students and care about their future
if you show him that you care and you trying he will give you more chances
willing to work with you

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews across many years with strong recent online sample and , and self-teaching.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515

4 out of 522

3 out of 513

2 out of 519

1 out of 526

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

32 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 3 · A 5 · A- 2

B range

B+ 3 · B 5

C range

C+ 1 · C 2

D range

D 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 3

Ahmad Abdel-Rahman

Avoid unless x x x x x x while writing dozens of pages with almost no guidance.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Optional

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📚 Essay Overload

🚫 Teaching Gap

👎 Recommendation Reality

⚖️ x x

📝 x x x x

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

❤️ About Care & Support

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless while writing dozens of pages with almost no guidance.

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