AI Rate Professor

English

Hari Vishwanadha

ENG2 · ENG1 · ENG2060 · ENG000 · ENG01 · ENG09 · ENGL1927 · ENGL1 · ENGLISH41 · ENG15 · ENGLISH · ENGL15 · ENGL2 · ENG · ENGL49 · ENG103 · 243 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
8%
Difficulty
4.6

The decision

Avoid unless you specifically want brutal writing critique and can absorb a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerHarsh tough graderSo many papersGrade mystery until endUnclear instructionsOverwhelming workload
  • Most students call him one of the worst English professors at SMC.
  • , and often feels impossible to improve.
  • Workload is paper-heavy and time-crushing for a basic English course.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Even strong English students report first Cs/Fs and say an A is nearly unreachable under his standards.

Both formats describe A grades as extremely rare and feedback as too late to recover.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

, and vague expectations make a standard English course feel crushing.

Online and ; difficulty ratings cluster near maximum.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and stress constant engagement, meetings, or not skipping.

students also pushed to meet him often for clarification.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

Would-take-again is about 8% and the dominant .

A tiny minority online praise growth if ; the large majority in .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

12/100

Tough-grader tags dominate; students say following the and .

Format shift

and in person, with both formats stressing end-of-term grade reveals.

Workload

Overwhelming

10/100

So many papers, research requirements, timed writes, and .

Format shift

; online adds Canvas confusion and .

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Students describe unclear teaching, rude or unhelpful responses, and .

Format shift

A if sought aggressively; most still rate teaching as disastrous.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

18/100

Assessment is , and timed writes rather than conventional exams.

Format shift

Both formats are paper-centered; timed writes and portfolios appear frequently online and in person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and random-feeling grading.

Main concern

Essays feel graded impossibly hard with .

What students said

“This has to be the of me being at SMC.”
ENG2
“ . but essays”
ENG1
“easily 15-18hrs of ”
ENG000

Remote format

Online

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online English sections are described as chaotic: vague prompts, late grades, tough scoring, and .

Main concern

You may not know your grade until the last day while drowning in papers.

What students said

“You have no idea what your grade is till it's on the transcript. No syllabus. Wrong due dates.”
ENG
“You don't know you're grade until the very last minute possible.”
ENG01
“I simply don't understand why this man is a teacher. .”
ENG1

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment risk is high due to timed writing, relentless papers, and .

Timed essaysMany research papersVague promptsLate grade release

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students report essay-heavy assessment, timed evidence-based writes, and .

Essay-heavyTimed essaysLate feedbackUnclear directions
“ and expected to have evidence with only 60 mins to do so.”
ENG2
“ , and is often unhelpful.”
ENGL2

Online

Online students , and grades withheld until the end.

Timed writesSo many papersGrade mysteryVague guidelines
“Numerous complex essays with only 70 minutes to review, read, and write.”
ENG
“You have no idea what your grade is till it's on the transcript.”
ENG

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (30 online, 20 in , and grade opacity. Credibility rating: High.

🚨 Teaching Disaster

16/100

“Probably the . !”

📄 Paper Overload

10/100

“ , and reading. I barely had time for my other classes”

🔒 Grade Black Box

12/100

“Don't know your grade till the last day, it's a mystery the entire time.”

🪓

12/100

“Follow absolutely everything in the rubric and instructions you won't get anything above a C.”

Theme 1

📝

  • So many papers
  • AP Calc was 100x easier than this.
  • easily 15-18hrs of

Theme 2

📉

  • You don't know you're grade until the very last minute possible.
  • !
  • His comments don't make sense

Theme 3

⚠️ About Recommendation

  • Horrible! Stay away!
  • Please do yourselves a favor and .
  • Never consider taking his class

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

243

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed and highly consistent negative reviews across formats make the harsh-workload and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 522
4 out of 510
3 out of 512
2 out of 546
1 out of 5153

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

37 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 2 · A- 3

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

6

C 5 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

18

Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Not sure yet 8 · Rather not say 3