AI Rate Professor

Life Science

Zorica Scuric

BIO03 · BIO1299 · BIO1053 · GEN1 · BIOLG1229 · BIOBIO · BIOL21 · BIO22 · BIO3 · BIOL3320 · BCHEM100 · BIO1231 · BIOL1 · BIO21 · 76 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
11.76%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

Avoid if ; only take her if you are ready to teach yourself from the book and chase .

Best fit · Self Taught ProThick AccentSelf-Teach RequiredExtra Credit LifelineSlow GradingTextbook First
  • Lectures are due to thick accent and slide-reading, so and YouTube.
  • and end-of-term curves help many still earn As if they put in .
  • Grading is often very late and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

56/100

An A is realistic with thorough textbook study, study guides, , and , but not by just showing up.

Both online and in-person students report As with self-study; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

, and weak lectures make the material intellectually demanding.

In-person reviews dominate this view; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

24/100

and some require note submissions, with little payoff from lectures.

Mandatory attendance is clearer in in-person Bio21 reviews; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

and most students say to pick any other professor.

Negative recommendation tone is consistent across online and in-person reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

54/100

and final curves help, but some call exams oddly worded and .

Format shift

and EC most; online focuses on late grade dumps.

Workload

Heavy

33/100

Heavy textbook reading, labs, quizzes, and ; many tags say lots of homework.

Format shift

Workload complaints appear in both formats, strongest in in-person Bio courses.

Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Students , and accent-heavy, forcing self-teaching.

Format shift

; online lab students echo weak prep.

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Mix of , and rather than pure exams or pure homework.

Format shift

and lab-online comments.

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

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person Bio courses demand thorough textbook reading; lectures are often boring or confusing, but and .

Main concern

, and very slow feedback.

What students said

“Avoid! Reads off the slides... I taught myself the entire course.”
BIOL3320
“her lectures offer little useful information b/c they are scattered.”
BIO21
“You need to read the text book to understand the material because her PowerPoint lectures are not that useful.”
BIO21

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections feel disorganized with , and lectures that students replace with the textbook.

Main concern

and little useful lecture content for exams.

What students said

“She didn't grade anything until the last minute (you had to watch your grade go up and down the day before grades are due) and never prepared us for lab exams.”
BIO22
“ . She uses ppts she didn't make and reads off them... She doesn't know how to teach.”
BIO21

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are moderate if you master the book and guides; .

Textbook-based examsStudy guidesExtra credit questionsLab exams

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and doable with thorough reading, sometimes with study guides and .

Textbook-based testsStudy guidesExtra credit on exams
“ however.”
BIO21
“exams are very straight , and offers study guides PLUS old exam questions for review.”
BIO21

Online

Online reviews mention lab exams and tests but .

Lab examsTextbook-focused tests
“If you understand the book, you will do fine on the tests.”
BIO03
“never prepared us for lab exams”
BIO22

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Avoid! Reads off the but they include the entire txtbk... I taught myself the entire course.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (3 online, 47 in , and grading help. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Self-Teaching Required

36/100

“I taught myself the entire course.”

🎁 Helps Grades

56/100

“There are a lot of problems which are helpful.”

🚫 Low Recommendation

18/100

“ if you try to ruin your life”

🐢

40/100

“grades VERY slowly so beware of that.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Reads off the slides
  • her lectures offer little useful information
  • THICK ACCENT
  • She doesn't know how to teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You HAVE to read textbook thoroughly
  • however.
  • Gives a lot of

Theme 3

⚠️

  • Quiz and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

76

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews spanning many years with consistent themes on accent, self-teaching, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 5 · A- 2

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values