AI Rate Professor

Psychology

Ellie Zarrabian

PSYCH1 · PSY1 · PCYCHO1 · BIO1408 · PSYCHO1 · PSYCH · PSYC1 · PSCH1 · PSYCHOLOGY1 · PSYCH101 · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
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Difficulty
3.3

The decision

if you will read, study, and show up; skip if you need a free A or strong lecturing.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizing lecturerPop quizzesStudy-heavy examsTextbook-drivenHelpful if you ask
  • Student opinions are sharply split between great and terrible.
  • and studying, not pure free A.
  • Pop quizzes and lectures feel dry.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many say an A is reachable with reading and study, but others call it not an easy A and .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Intro psych content is often described as common sense or manageable if you follow lectures and the book.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Pop quizzes and lectures feel boring.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

, so fit depends on study style and tolerance.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

55/100

Some call her an ; others say participation or unfair grading blocks an A.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

Workload centers on chapter reading, study guides, a handful of exams, and frequent pop quizzes.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Praise for knowledge and help if you ask is offset by complaints of .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Grades mainly come from several tests, quizzes, study guides, and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Psych intro with mixed teaching praise and harsh criticism; exams and .

Main concern

and uneven clarity, plus some students report cold or biased treatment.

What students said

“ and she will not always give reviews for the tests so you really need to pay attention and know your stuff.”
BIO1408
“just read the text, and go through her lectures in class and easy A. you have to study though.”
PSYCH1
“ . if you want to damage you gpa!!!”
PSYCH1

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Expect and surprise quizzes; fairness improves if you study vocab and chapter reviews, but .

Multiple examsPop quizzesOften non-comprehensiveStudy-from-book and lecture

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and pop quizzes reward reading and lecture notes; some find them fair, others say material was not covered.

Pop quizzesFour or so unit testsMultiple choiceStudy guides
“there's only 4 tests that are not comprehensive, and 4 short quizzes.”
PSYCH1
“A lot of the time material on the the book.”
PSYCHOLOGY1

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ but WORK HARD.”

Voice snapshots generated from 27 in-person reviews spanning 2005-2016, highlighting polarized teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“Zarrabi all around was a great teacher. She is sometimes hard to understand but if you ask her to clarify she will definitely do that for you.”

👍 Recommendation Split

48/100

“ ! she's a great teacher.”

📈 Grade Reality

58/100

“she's great! teaches well, but you have to work for your grade! it's nottt an easy A.”

⚠️ Negative Extreme

20/100

“The only thing you can do, drop her class right .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and fun and allowed for fun discussions.
  • Lectures are useless; regurgitates text like a 5-year-old.
  • She spends way too much time going over her profession in class instead of going over the material.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • if u brin ur ears to class, i bet u hav to work
  • if u read the book
  • If you do not like ! Even if you got perfect score on the .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • shes always there for students who need help academically or personal
  • closed minded person, cold and unhelpful, full of herself
  • she is also a !!

Data context

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Analysis sample

27

Recent reviews read by the AI

27

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

27 reviews give decent volume and theme coverage, but most are old (2005-2016) and opinions are highly polarized.

Inside 27 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 52
3 out of 57
2 out of 52
1 out of 56

Course coverage

PSYCH114 reviews
PSY12 reviews
PSYC12 reviews
PSYCHOLOGY12 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

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A 1

B range

1

B- 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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