AI Rate Professor

Life Science

Kent Hodson

BOTANT01 · BIOBIO · BOT1 · BOTANY1 · BIO3 · AAAAABOT · BIO103 · BIOLOGY · BOT01 · BTNY1 · BOTAN1 · BIO1 · BIOL3 · BIOLOGY3 · 56 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you can self-teach biology or botany and are comfortable with and grade uncertainty.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized lecturesMumbles hard to hearGrade black boxEasy if he likes youPop quizzes
  • Many
  • Grades often opaque until late and can feel arbitrary or personality-based
  • if you show interest and get to know him

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

if he likes you, but others say easy C only and hard A or B with opaque standards.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Material is often secondary , and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

Attendance and visible interest often matter for the .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Dominant theme is do not take him due to chaos, inaudible lectures, and poor organization.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

68/100

if they show interest; others call grades random or delayed.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

50/100

Frequent quizzes and , but volume is less criticized than chaos and opacity.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Most describe mumbled, disorganized, hard-to-follow teaching with lost work and poor communication.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

65/100

Pop quizzes, midterms, and finals dominate; 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

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person bio and botany with , and a reputation for rewarding engagement over pure test performance.

Main concern

Confusing delivery and opaque grading frustrate .

What students said

“This is the worst professor at Santa Monica College. ! I could not hear anything.”
BIO3
“I would say this is an easy C, but difficult to get an A or B.”
BIO3
“if he sees you try hard (ask questions, get to know him, suck up) he'll give you an A whether or not you understand the subject or pass the tests!”
BOTANY1

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.

, and material not covered in class appear often.

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and finals are often unpredictable; some report new material on the .

Pop quizzesUnpredictable finalsGrade opacityMaterial not covered
“the that was never discussed in class and was presented to us ~2 days beforehand.”
BIO3
“we had quiz every class. and most of . he doesn't tell u wants on the quiz.”
BOT1
“You MUST get an A on the .”
BIO3

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“You will absoutely learn nothing and waste your life time here. He talks about plants and chemitry but not biology. You will barely hear his voice a awake.Very boring class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person , and personality-based outcomes. Credibility rating: High.

🙉

28/100

“I could not understand a word he said. He talked quietly and mumbled the whole time.”

🎲 Opaque Grades

50/100

“You wont know ur grade until u see ur transcript.u mite think u have an A and u will see a big fat C”

🅰️

68/100

“ but get either an A or B in the class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • , and totally useless.
  • and a bunch of crap
  • HE IS A GREAT TEACHER! HE TOOK TIME OUT OF HIS LIFE TO HELP US OUT OVER THE WEEKEND FOR .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You can sleep the entire class and you will guarantee to get an A.
  • i had a 16% going into the final and i didnt even take the though
  • I would say this is an easy C, but difficult to get an A or B.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • he is such a nice professor! so sweeet and caring :) he loves to teach his subject!
  • He's a sweet old man and just loves to teach his subject.
  • entire life.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

56

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty in-person reviews over many years show consistent patterns of poor delivery and opaque but .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 57
3 out of 59
2 out of 510
1 out of 524

Course coverage

BIO322 reviews
BOT18 reviews
BOTANY17 reviews
BIO13 reviews
AAAAABOT1 review
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BOTAN11 review
BOTANT011 review
BTNY11 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 2 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

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