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Suzanne Borghei

HIS13 · HIST12 · HISTORY11 · HIST13 · HIST2303 · HISTHIST · HIS11 · ENVRN14 · HIS12 · HISTORY13 · HIST14 · HST11 · HIST11 · HIST10 · 122 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

Only take her if you love history and and ; otherwise avoid.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderGet Ready to ReadHeavy WorkloadEssay ExamsLecture Heavy
  • Online sections are especially harsh with dense reading, tight Wednesday-to-weekend modules, and .
  • essays and passionate lectures, but still demand serious weekly work.
  • Getting an A requires matching her exact standards; effort alone is not enough.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

An A is possible but , and meeting her exact standards, not just effort.

Online reviews stress impossible perfectionism; some in-person students say open notes and study make an A doable.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Content is reading- and writing-heavy with essay exams and primary documents, not light survey material.

; online feels more crushing due to volume and deadlines.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

Attendance and participation are often required or strongly expected, especially in person, with little slack.

; online focuses more on module deadlines than seat time.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

and recent comments are low because workload and .

; older in-person reviews are more split between love and hate.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

Students repeatedly call her a and detail rather than giving easy full credit.

Format shift

Online comments emphasize nitpicky scoring; some in-person students still say studying pays off.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Weekly reading, notes, documents, papers, and essay exams dominate free time for most students.

Format shift

Online modules packing work into short windows make workload feel even heavier.

Teaching experience

Average

56/100

Some students love her passion and clarity; others find lectures boring, cold, or unhelpful.

Format shift

In-person praise is more common historically; .

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

and notes with multi-essay midterms and finals.

Format shift

Online leans test-and-paper heavy; exams.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and , while others call her boring, mean, and overload with weekly notes and reading.

Main concern

Heavy weekly notes and and strict standards.

What students said

“Suzanne is awesome! !”
HIST12
“Easy class but dull. Lecture is hard to sit through and she is very outspoken about her political beliefs.”
HIST10
“Just a big no no. I do not recommend her for any History class, just a pain in the ass & stressful.”
HISTORY13

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and , and little grace on late work.

Main concern

Modules open midweek with massive reading and and little flexibility.

What students said

“Hardest class Ive ever taken. I am a straight A student but was literally having a mental breakdown every .”
HIST11
“once you do incorporate your feedback into your work, she'll accuse you of plagiarism.”
HIST14
“There will be no A for effort in this class. You have to write what she wants, or you get marked down.”
HIS11

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are mainly multi-essay formats; softens closed-book risk.

Essay ExamsOpen NoteTake-Home EssaysHeavy Reading Prep

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

or take-home finals reported by several students.

Open NoteTake-Home EssaysIn-Class Essays
“there is an and 3 in class essays (open note) and a final.”
HIST10
“ and a .”
HIST14
“The in-class essays are not "easy" but are open note.”
2747

Online

Online exams are long essay-based ; reviews do not clearly prove webcam or Lockdown proctoring.

Essay ExamsReading Intensive
“All 4 exams were essays. There was A LOT of .”
ENVRN14
“So much reading and writing and .”
HIST11

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Hardest class Ive ever taken. I am a straight A student but was literally having a mental breakdown every .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews across online and , and teaching tone. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Reading and Workload Crush

24/100

“So much reading and writing and . I got a 100% but there was nothing easy about this class.”

⚖️

30/100

“There will be no A for effort in this class. You have to write what she wants, or you get marked down.”

👩‍🏫 Polarizing Teaching Style

56/100

“Suzanne is awesome! !”

👎 Low Recommendation

28/100

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Theme 1

📖 About Workload and Reading

  • Get ready to read
  • A LOT of
  • My entire weekends were consumed by this class
  • works you like a slave

Theme 2

📝 About Grades and Exams

  • All 4 exams were essays
  • open note
  • There will be no A for effort

Theme 3

🎭 About Personality and Lectures

  • deadly boring
  • she's really mean
  • makes history fun

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

122

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews span many years with detailed comments and , and format differences.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 562
4 out of 524
3 out of 513
2 out of 511
1 out of 512

Course coverage

HIST1213 reviews
HIST1110 reviews
HIST1310 reviews
HISTORY133 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 3 · A- 1

B range

3

B 2 · B- 1

C range

3

C 3

D range

1

D 1

F

0

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No letter grade reported

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