AI Rate Professor

Biology

Eric Wise

BIOL101 · ANATOMY · BMS146 · BIO · BIO101 · 101 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
23.4%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid if you need structured teaching; if and ace high-stakes proctored tests.

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest HeavyProctored ExamsUnorganized LecturesTough GraderSelf-Study Required
  • Grades
  • and say you must self-teach from the book
  • A minority and lab work

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

20/100

, and grades rest almost entirely on brutal exams.

Both formats report hard proctored exams; online can feel even more unsupported.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Massive memorization of lecture and textbook details makes even intro bio feel extreme.

Online and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

as optional while others warn that skipping tanks you.

In-person more often stresses showing up; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

and repeated run-away warnings outweigh the few success stories.

Negative consensus is strong in both formats, with only a small survival-path minority.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

18/100

Tough grader tags, no curve, and .

Format shift

and paper standards appear online and in person.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Little daily homework, but and .

Format shift

Graded-by-few-things means low task count but huge study burden in both formats.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Passion is noted, yet many say lectures are messy, outdated, or unhelpful for exams.

Format shift

Online recycled videos are a major complaint; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grades are and sometimes one paper.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

34 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person feedback , and low averages, with occasional praise for passion and posted question banks.

Main concern

and little alignment between lecture and tests.

What students said

“PLEASE . Absolutely no study guides for 100 question tests that were impossible.”
BIO101
“his class is super doable if you just use the .”
BIO101
“The class average for . and you cannot look off the screen.”
BMS146

Remote format

Online

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students often face old lecture videos, weak support, and .

Main concern

Recycled lectures and .

What students said

“The lecture videos were posted online, and were 2 years old.”
BIO101
“The tests are 80+ questions, proctored, NO NOTES and you only have 60 mins to complete.”
BIO101
“ . If you like to be independent and teach yourself the entire the course then this class is for you.”
BMS146

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and grade-defining.

Proctored examsNo notes80+ question timed testsProctorio mentioned

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

class averages, and extreme specificity.

Proctored examsNo looking off screenVery hard multiple-choice tests
“ and you cannot look off the screen.”
BMS146
“Really difficult class and proctored tests”
BIOL101

Online

Online reviews explicitly describe proctored no-notes timed exams and outdated lecture prep.

Proctored examsNo notesTimed 60-minute tests
“The tests are 80+ questions, proctored, NO NOTES and you only have 60 mins to complete.”
BIO101
“He uses proctorio for exams so be prepared for that.”
BIO101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“PLEASE . Absolutely no study guides for 100 question tests that were impossible.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting test-heavy grading and . Credibility rating: High.

📝

22/100

“The tests are 80+ questions, proctored, NO NOTES and you only have 60 mins to complete.”

📉 Teaching Disconnect

34/100

“lectures are irrelevant when .”

🛠️ Survival Path

55/100

“his class is super doable if you just use the .”

Theme 1

📝 About Exams

  • class average for
  • and very little time is given to complete

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures have no structure
  • The lecture videos were posted online, and were 2 years old
  • He's a cool guy but honestly a horrible teacher

Theme 3

📚

  • BE prepared to read !!
  • You have to read almost all of the textbook and do the labs
  • If you like to be independent and teach yourself the entire the course then this class is for you

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

101

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews with long time span and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 530
4 out of 515
3 out of 517
2 out of 515
1 out of 524

Course coverage

BIO10133 reviews
BIOL1018 reviews
BMS1467 reviews
ANATOMY1 review
BIO1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

41 reported outcomes

A range

10

A 9 · A- 1

B range

16

B+ 4 · B 11 · B- 1

C range

9

C+ 1 · C 7 · C- 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1