Jatila Van Der Veen

EARTH101 · ERTH101 · ERTH101H · 21 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 54/100
RMP rating: 3.4/5
Take again: 66.67%
Difficulty: 3.1

The decision

if you will keep up with daily work and labs; skip if you need a light online intro course.

Best fit · Effort For RewardExtra Credit FriendlyHeavy Labs And BusyworkCaring But TediousLecture HeavyMixed Online Experience

Show up, do daily work, and an A is realistic with and flexibility.
Workload and older online reviews.
In-person students often praise care and open-note exams; online reviews are more polarized.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Many students say show up, finish work, and use or open-note exams and you are set for an A.

Both formats report easy As if work is done; online failures cluster when students fall behind daily labs.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is intro-level but , and volume make it feel harder than a typical gateway course.

Online comments stress intensity more; in-person comments more often call it doable busywork.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Most recent in-person reviews mark attendance mandatory or participation-heavy even when not strictly enforced.

; in-person is usually mandatory or strongly expected.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

, but and daily load feel excessive.

; older online reviews are much more negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

, grade rounding, and deadline flexibility when you communicate early are common.

Format shift

Online includes a and ; in-person is softer.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Daily assignments, meticulous labs, and .

Format shift

Online reviews especially report weekend work and multi-hour labs.

Teaching experience

Average

56/100

and boring unclear lecture-heavy delivery.

Format shift

In-person more often praises passion and support; online .

Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

and labs with quizzes, tests, and some presentations.

Format shift

Online and ; honors adds a .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person she is often seen as caring and characterful with ; grades are easy if you attend and do work, though some find busywork and lectures dull.

Main concern

and long lectures.

What students said

“Come to class, do the assignments and you're guaranteed an A.”
ERTH101

“The midterms and , and you get two attempts which makes them a lot less stressful than a .”
ERTH101

“Dr. . The work is "busy work" for the most part and sometimes seems pointless.”
EARTH101

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections often feel like heavy daily work with long labs and dense slides; some still earn As by keeping up, but and unforgiving.

Main concern

, and little grace when behind.

What students said

“Dont know how she is in person but online makes me want to cry. The workload is so heavy .”
ERTH101

“Thought it was going to be a hard class but as long as you keep up with .”
ERTH101

“ ! - Professor doesn't know what INTRO to a subject means. Insane amount of .”
ERTH101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Several students report open-note online tests with .

Open NoteTwo AttemptsOnline Tests And QuizzesPartner Final Option

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

76/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person sections often still use online open-note midterms and .

Open NoteTwo AttemptsOnline Midterms And Final

“The midterms and , and you get two attempts which makes them a lot less stressful than a .”
ERTH101

“ and and you can use notes and get two attempts.”
EARTH101

Online

Online comments mention quizzes and tests as easy if you keep up, plus ; proctoring details are not clearly stated.

Easy Quizzes And TestsPartner Final Option

“ and testa are really easy and she let us work with a partner on the final.”
ERTH101

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Come to class, do the assignments and you're guaranteed an A.”
Voice snapshots generated from 21 reviews spanning online and in-person Earth 101 sections, highlighting workload, grading path, and format split. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

56/100

“She somehow makes a fascinating subject like astronomy a bit dreadful. She is overall a .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

58/100

“Dr. Van Der Veen was an amazing professor! I never leave reviews but she is so underrated I had to.”

📚 Workload Reality

32/100

“Insane amount of work, assignments every day of the week. There are if .”

🅰️ Easy A Path

78/100

“If you follow deadlines and participate you are guaranteed a good grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

An interesting teacher, definitely a character.
She stayed with me way past office to help me understand content for A DIFFERENT class
She makes lectures extremely boring and lacks the .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

If you don't slack on the work, it's an easy A
which you can get 100% if you just follow along with the video
Her 101 class did not feel like an entry-level course at all.

Theme 3

❤️ About Care And

She was great and she is very open to giving
Likes to round up the overall grade to help her students.
if you talk to her ahead of time.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

21 detailed reviews from 2020-2025 with and consistent workload themes.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56

4 out of 57

3 out of 51

2 out of 53

1 out of 54

Course coverage

ERTH10113 reviews

EARTH1016 reviews

ERTH101H2 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 6 · A 5

B range

B+ 1

C range

C+ 1

D range

D+ 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1

Jatila Van Der Veen

x x if you will keep up with daily work and labs; skip if you need a light online intro course.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

EasyA

Standard

Mandatory

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

👍 Recommendation Rate

📚 Workload Reality

🅰️ Easy A Path

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

❤️ About Care And x x

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you will keep up with daily work and labs; skip if you need a light online intro course.

❤️ About Care And