AI Rate Professor

Biology

Robert Fischer

BIO100 · BMS127 · 49 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
56.82%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

if you want a and will treat every lecture as mandatory study material.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyLecture HeavyRecord Lectures or FailPolarizing Gatekeeper
  • and are widely described as tricky, harsh, and short-answer heavy.
  • Success requires recording lectures and re-listening; slides and study guides are scarce.
  • some call him life-changing prep for nursing; many urge taking micro elsewhere.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

An A is possible but usually demands constant re-listening, tutoring, and surviving harsh short-answer grading with little .

; online sometimes allows open notes yet still reports tough criteria.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Micro content plus trick-style questions and dense lecture detail make this intellectually and logistically hard.

In-person and online reviews both stress difficulty; online adds note-taking and organization load.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

38/100

Many sections mark attendance mandatory or warn that skipping lectures means failing exams that come straight from spoken material.

; online still requires watching full recorded lectures.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

54/100

if you want rigorous medical-program prep; GPA-first students .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

24/100

; short answers are graded subjectively and wrong answers are often not returned.

Format shift

; online adds opacity about finals.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Little traditional homework, but , and high-stakes exams create steady pressure.

Format shift

Online mentions more quiz volume; and pop quizzes.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Some find lectures fascinating and career-preparing; others call him unprepared, unapproachable, or biased.

Format shift

Online praise for clear recorded lectures coexists with complaints about disorganization.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

, and frequent quizzes rather than homework.

Format shift

Both formats are test-heavy; online also uses many quizzes.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

no slides, record everything, tough MC plus free-response exams, and .

Main concern

Harsh short-answer grading and strong students.

What students said

“Students have to take this class 2-3 times to pass”
BMS127
“Exams have 50 Multiple Choice & 50 pts of short answers, and the ”
BMS127
“Record lectures!! Be careful with tutors, they often give out wrong info”
BMS127

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections still feel lecture- and test-heavy; some report open-note exams but and mismatch between lectures and tests.

Main concern

Lectures and , and final review of wrong answers may be blocked.

What students said

“the and you will thank yourself”
BMS127
“ but you will not find any of the answers online”
BMS127
“His lectures and what he said would be on the ”
BMS127

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and designed to feel non-straightforward.

Multiple Choice Plus Short AnswerTrick QuestionsHarsh Written GradingLimited Answer ReviewOpen Note Online Sometimes

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams mix 50-point MC with 50-point free response, reward concise exact answers, and rarely show missed items.

50 MC Plus 50 Short AnswerHarsh Free ResponseNo Clear RubricPop Quizzes
“lecture exams are 50 points multiple choice, 50 points free response”
BMS127
“he and ”
BMS127

Online

Online comments mention open-note or unproctored tests in some terms, but still hard and poorly aligned with lectures.

Open Note SometimesNot Proctored SometimesLecture-Exam Mismatch
“the and you will thank yourself”
BMS127
“ but you will not find any of the answers online”
BMS127

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Don't be scared of the reviews, but get ready to study! If you put the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 49 reviews, highlighting . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“I LOVED this class. So much that I switched majors to microbio.”

📝

28/100

“Questions 100% trick you + never straight forward.”

⚖️

24/100

“He chooses if he if you get it right).”

👍

54/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Record lectures and re-listen to them
  • Lectures are full of personal stories that are entertaining
  • Does not give PowerPoints or any type of material

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This was the toughest class I have taken yet
  • No
  • and the lab practical

Theme 3

⚠️ About Warnings

  • DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME
  • SBCC's academic
  • he is a good person but just not a good professor

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

49

Recent reviews read by the AI

49

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

49 detailed reviews spanning many years with , and polarized outcomes.

Inside 49 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 57
3 out of 510
2 out of 55
1 out of 510

Course coverage

BMS12748 reviews
BIO1001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

40 reported outcomes

A range

19

A+ 1 · A 13 · A- 5

B range

7

B+ 3 · B 2 · B- 2

C range

5

C+ 4 · C 1

D range

3

D+ 2 · D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

5

Not sure yet 5