AI Rate Professor

History

Brenda Ness

HIST22 · HIST29 · HISTO33 · HIST2277 · HIST1 · HIST2275 · HIST2225 · HIST2276 · JWSHH2302 · HISTHIST · HIST1SCH · HIS2 · HIST1311 · HISTO1760 · HIS1 · HIST2310 · HIST01 · JHIST1 · JEWIS2302 · 158 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you have no alternative and are ready to teach yourself the material while managing unpredictable class logistics.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHighly DisorganizedGoes Off on TangentsRude or SassySyllabus UnreliableSelf-Study Required
  • late arrivals, canceled classes, ignored syllabus, and last-minute project dumps.
  • Many students say she is knowledgeable but poor at teaching and often rude or condescending.
  • A minority report easy As or deep learning if , and use office hours.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

Some call it an easy A if you show up and stay liked, but , and high difficulty ratings.

All evidence is in-person.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Pace is chaotic, coverage incomplete, and while still being graded on missed material.

All evidence is in-person.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

, but participation, respect, and showing up matter, and she calls out lateness.

All evidence is in-person.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Would-take-again is 0% in aggregate stats and most comments explicitly warn students not to enroll.

All evidence is in-person.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

28/100

Complaints of , and surprise end-of-term expectations dominate despite some easy-A claims.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

Timeline projects, essays, readings, and daily class feels empty.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Students repeatedly say she knows history but cannot organize, stay on topic, or teach respectfully.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

40/100

Timeline projects, essays, quizzes that may never return, and .

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person History students overwhelmingly describe disorganization, tangents, rudeness, and uneven coverage, with a smaller camp praising her knowledge if you are self-driven.

Main concern

Syllabus abandonment and end-of-term scramble for projects while lectures lag weeks behind.

What students said

“Awful. We spent the whole semester on the same topic. She did not stay true to the syllabus.”
HIST1
“ .”
HIST2276
“I would've learned more if I stayed at home and read Wikipedia articles on Ancient Western Civilization.”
HIST01

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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Assessment is unpredictable, often a timeline or , forcing heavy self-study.

Timeline Project FinalSurprise QuizzesSelf-Study RequiredUnclear Due Dates

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

research after incomplete lecture coverage.

Timeline ProjectSurprise QuizzesSyllabus Not Followed
“When the end of the semester came suddenly she expected us to do the though we didn't cover more than half of the material.”
HIST1
“She bases alot of your grade through class participation and the ”
HIS1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“She definitely knows a lot, but it isn't put to good use. We spent the first two months on the same material and then by the time the but we were still held responsible for the material.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person History reviews, highlighting disorganization and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

24/100

“ ! And that goes back to my elementary years. She knows her stuff, yes, but she has no idea how to teach.”

🚫 Recommendation Level

18/100

“ .”

📚

48/100

“Take. Easy A. Unless you want to learn...”

Theme 1

🌪️ About Organization

  • Never stayed true to the syllabus
  • Always late, often cancels class
  • Never collect work until the end

Theme 2

😠 About Classroom Tone

  • Yells at people for the strangest things
  • Rude and condescending when asking questions
  • Shuts down dialogue

Theme 3

📖 About Learning Value

  • Would've learned more from Wikipedia
  • Brilliant if you act like an adult and do the work
  • Lectures on her life instead of history

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

158

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 long-span reviews show strong consistency on disorganization and poor classroom management despite a few defenders.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 529
4 out of 514
3 out of 520
2 out of 540
1 out of 555

Course coverage

HIST119 reviews
HIST2912 reviews
HIST012 reviews
HIST23102 reviews
HIS11 review
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HISTO17601 review
HISTO331 review
JEWIS23021 review
JHIST11 review
JWSHH23021 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

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