AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Alexandra Tower

BIO9 · BOT1234 · BOT1233 · BOT1BOT1 · BOT1 · BOTANY1 · ENVIR1216 · BIOL9 · BOT3 · BIO21 · 57 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
Take again
54.55%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if you love botany or environment and will study hard; avoid if you need a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPassionate expertDisorganized lecturesHeavy labsTough quizzesInspirational on environment
  • Deep subject passion and inspiring environmental/botany content for motivated students.
  • Many call intro botany and bio , and disorganized.
  • ; risky for easy IGETC or light workload seekers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

She warns it is hard; , and grades that feel earned only with massive effort.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Intro botany often taught at near-major depth with , and fast dense lectures.

In-person only; difficulty consistently rated high.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and ; skip class and you will not pass tags appear.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

About half love her passion and growth; many others call her worst professor or not suited to intro teaching.

All reviews in person; recommendation splits by student goals and tolerance for chaos.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

Tough grader tags and reports of and leniency near term end.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

, and field trips create a high load.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Expert passion and inspiration for some, but frequent comments that she cannot teach basics clearly or .

Format shift

In-person only; polarized between inspirational and unprepared.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

Quizzes and exams dominate difficulty talk; .

Format shift

In-person only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

passionate field expert with , and frequent organization complaints; polarizing grades and recommendation.

Main concern

, and disorganization can tank grades despite effort.

What students said

“There's a lot of material that she quickly glazes over without much in-depth... Quizzes will ask you about 1 very specific fact out of 2hr lectures.”
BOTANY1
“Grueling, 8 hours labs that amount to basically nothing... you will fail the class.”
BOT1
“I loved this class and did very well. , and a wonderful teacher. Take this class!”
BOT1

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Quizzes and exams are frequently described as extremely specific and hard relative to lecture clarity; no open-book policy is proven.

Pop quizzesSpecific fact quizzesHard examsLab notebook critical

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

details and hard exams; pop quizzes and lab notebook grading also matter.

Pop quizzesExtremely specific quizzesHard examsLab notebook precision
“Quizzes will ask you about 1 very specific fact out of 2hr lectures.”
BOTANY1
“ and disorganized, while the tests and and hard.”
BOTANY1
“The quizzes and if you study it well, you are bound to fail.”
1242

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“First day, she says it is the hardest and it's a lot of work--and she's right. But she also says that you will have fun and learn to love Botany--she is also right.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, highlighting passion, difficulty, and organization themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“Obviously really skilled in Botany but she cannot teach and she will not grade work on time.”

🔥 Subject Passion

80/100

“She is very passionate about the environment and it rubs off on you.”

📈 Difficulty

28/100

“VERY TOUGH CLASS. She says this at the beginning.”

👍 Split Recommendation

48/100

“If you love biology/science in general, and you don't mind working for a good .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Prof is passionate & very knowledgable about her field
  • Often goes in-depth w/o much of the basics.
  • Funny, passionate about her subject, and interesting to listen to.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Grueling, 8 hours labs that amount to basically nothing.
  • Don't expect an A with her.
  • I worked hard to get my A. I learned a lot though.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • .
  • and disorganized
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

57

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 in-person reviews over many years with detailed conflicting experiences; sample size and detail are strong even though online evidence is absent.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 516
3 out of 512
2 out of 55
1 out of 57

Course coverage

BIO915 reviews
BOT111 reviews
BOTANY18 reviews
BIOL97 reviews
BOT12332 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

21 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 7

B range

6

B 6

C range

1

C 1

D range

2

D 2

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1