AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Dawn Vaughn

BIO3 · BIOLOGY3 · BIOL21 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
82/100
RMP rating
4.4/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Take Vaughn if you want a and you are willing to study hard for .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerCaringTest heavyTough graderAmazing lecturesAccessible outside class
  • Students love her passion, care, and accessibility even when biology content is hard.
  • Course is test- and lecture-heavy with but and drops.
  • ; success depends on notes, study guides, and office hours.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

and , labs, and office hours despite curves and drops.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Material is highly condensed, lectures are long, and difficulty ratings cluster high for non-majors and majors alike.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Every review that .

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

90/100

All take-again answers are yes, with strong praise for care, passion, and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

and , and a prefinal for some sections.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

Some sections have zero homework, but , and .

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Teaching experience

Excellent

86/100

Students call her kind, enthusiastic, approachable, and excellent at making hard bio interesting.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

, and little or no homework dominate assessment talk.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person bio classes feel hard and exam-driven, but Vaughn is repeatedly called sweet, passionate, and and .

Main concern

, and if you do not study consistently.

What students said

“She is an absolutely wonderful professor! Her passion for the subject and care for her students shows everyday!”
BIOLOGY3
“She prepared me well for biology at USC, which is at a whole new level.”
BIOL21
“ and shes strict .”
BIO3

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

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Exams are challenging and lecture-driven, with and curves but still tough overall.

Tricky testsDrops lowest examCurves gradesLab quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person bio tests are described as hard and tricky, with and .

Tricky testsDrops lowest lab quiz and examPrefinal offeredLecture content on tests
“ . and .”
BIOLOGY3
“Exams are challenging and .”
BIO3
“ and shes strict .”
BIO3

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She is an absolutely wonderful professor! Her passion for the subject and care for her students shows everyday! .”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person bio , and prep value. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

86/100

“Kind, enthusiastic and compassionate professor. She prepared me well for biology at USC”

📚

42/100

“Exams are challenging and .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

90/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Vaughn was sweet. Bio was hard but she made the subject interesting to learn.
  • Easily approachable and wants to help you succeed!
  • her lectures are long and and are all on the test.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . Just study for lab quizzes and .
  • Offers a prefinal and !

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • overall she is the sweetest woman ever, she cares
  • ACCESSIBLE OUTSIDE CLASS

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Five detailed in-person reviews from 2016-2018 are consistent on care and , though the sample is modest and not recent.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

BIO33 reviews
BIOL211 review
BIOLOGY31 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

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A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

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No letter grade reported

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