AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Bruce Olsen

ANATOMY1 · ANA1120 · ANATMY1 · BIOLOGY003 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
21/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
4.6

The decision

unless and live under constant quiz/exam pressure.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest HeavyTough AnatomySlide Heavy Self StudyHigh Drop RiskBoring Lectures
  • Anatomy is framed as very hard, with and self-study.
  • Many students call lectures vague or boring and .
  • A , and report fair grading and strong foundations.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

22/100

Even successful students say and use EC; many report C/D/F outcomes despite heavy study.

Online and in-person both reject easy As; .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Anatomy volume, vague teaching, and tricky tests make the course feel extremely hard for most.

One online Bio003 called content easy, but anatomy reviews are consistently brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Multiple reviews list attendance as .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Most ; only grinders who ask questions and .

Online leans negative; votes.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough grader tags, tricky exams, and .

Format shift

Online D+ and .

Workload

Overwhelming

16/100

Students say , and quizzes with little guided cushion.

Format shift

; in-person anatomy consumes life-level study.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Frequent reports of boring, vague, self-talk lectures and little teaching for non-self-starters.

Format shift

Online called scripted; in-person called vague and unkind about passing.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

86/100

Weekly quizzes, difficult tests, and essay finals dominate; .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and polarizing between fair-but-hard and avoid-at-all-costs.

Main concern

Fail one or two tests and the class may already be lost.

What students said

“If you failed one test or two you already failed the class”
ANATMY1
“VERY challenging course”
ANATMY1
“More than half of ”
ANATOMY1

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online biology/ , and quiz-driven.

Main concern

Same-day quizzes and boring scripted lectures.

What students said

“He literally sounds scripted and it’s boring”
Biology003
“Expects you to do a .”
ANA1120

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are high-stakes, often tricky, and require total mastery of .

Weekly QuizzesTricky Exam QuestionsEssay FinalSlide BasedLab Practical Prep

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person anatomy tests are hard and decisive; one review notes a .

Difficult TestsEssay FinalExtra CreditNo Study Guide
“ , but I did well on the quizzes and did all the EC. but fair.”
ANATMY1
“Prof. makes a quiz and as much as possible, many of tricky question to confuse students”
ANATOMY1

Online

Online students report same-day quizzes and .

Same Day QuizzesTest HeavyLab Heavy
“Expects you to do a .”
ANA1120

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“to put it simply do not take his class, he's lectures are extremely boring, he talks to himself instead of the whole class during lecture”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews, highlighting self-study anatomy grind and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“He teaches really vague.”

👎 Recommendation

25/100

“to put ”

🧪

24/100

“If you failed one test or two you already failed the class”

💪 Hardcore Path

70/100

“If you're prepared to study, all the info. needed is provided in the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Lectures

  • He literally sounds scripted and it’s boring
  • he talks to himself instead of the whole class during lecture
  • Boring. Bad. Horrible. Too fast.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • VERY challenging course
  • Give up my life to spend all my time for studying, but still get a C grade
  • Olsen is fair, you are going to have to put in the work

Theme 3

🧪

  • Expects you to do a
  • but fair
  • he posts the lectures the day before the test

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

64/100

Evidence confidence

Eight fairly detailed reviews from recent years show a consistent hard-and-avoid majority with a few success stories from heavy studiers.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 55

Course coverage

ANATMY14 reviews
ANATOMY12 reviews
ANA11201 review
Biology0031 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D+ 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1