AI Rate Professor

Geology

Stephanie Mendes

ERTH114 · ERTH115 · ERTH101 · ERTH151 · ERTH30399 · ENVS115 · ERTH112 · 28 lifetime ratings

AI rating
72/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
68%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

and easy As; if you need structure and timely grades.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate field-trip leaderDisorganized grading lagHilarious lecturesCaring but flaky onlineEasy A if you show up
  • praised and often easy As.
  • Online and some in-person sections suffer from poor communication and .
  • Attendance and participation heavily drive success; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

78/100

Many report easy As if you attend lectures and do the light graded work, though a few call her a and sparse quizzes.

Online reviews lean tougher and ; most Easy A and lecture classes.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

; difficulty mainly comes from organization and keeping up with lectures.

; online sections felt harder due to missing structure.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

, with pop quizzes and participation counting heavily.

Evidence is mostly in person; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

Strongly recommended in person for passion and field trips; online and .

In-person recommendations dominate; online reviews are more negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

and few graded items help, but and months-late grades frustrate many.

Format shift

Online students report and unfinished grade books.

Workload

Light

68/100

Often few grade-book items, no heavy textbooks, and field-focused .

Format shift

One online review said workload tripled during COVID transition.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

; disorganization and weak online delivery pull the score down.

Format shift

In-person passion is the strength; online flakiness is the main drag.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of quizzes, midterms, finals, participation, labs, and occasional field-based midterms.

Format shift

; online details are thinner.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In , and field-trip focused; many call her amazing if you attend and participate.

Main concern

, and occasional tough spelling-focused grading.

What students said

“If you have the . you go on amazing field trips, learn so much about CA and meet amazing new friends, plus its easy.”
ERTH114
“Super easy to pass with a high grade. Highly suggest her class. .”
ERTH151
“Throughout the year she never input any grades and when reaching .”
ENVS115

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

flaky communication, ungraded work, and disorganization that lost the in-person charm.

Main concern

No communication and half the work left ungraded by semester end.

What students said

“No communication. More than half ungraded at the end of Semester. .”
ERTH112
“The professor is a space cadet. Very flakey. Could not get the right room numbers for class, wrong meeting dates and times”
ERTH101
“Pre Covid? Easily the . Then covid happened and the disorganization was horrible.”
ERTH112

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and exams with some sparse high-stakes items; .

In-person midterms and finalsPop quizzesFill-in-the-blank testsBeach field midterms

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and a final; some fill-in-blank tests and beach midterms.

Pop quizzesIn-person midtermsFill-in-the-blank testsField midterms
“ and a final. . Attend lecture and you'll be fine.”
ERTH151
“There's a quiz every class but the catch is she only collects 6 so if you miss class u may be SOL”
ENVS115
“ .”
ERTH151

Online

Online reviews .

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you can because she is just amazing.”

Voice snapshots generated from 28 reviews (4 online, 24 in person), highlighting passion, field trips, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

72/100

“Stephanie Mendes is an amazing teacher. I loved her class, and I learned a lot.”

👍 Recommendation

68/100

“If you have the . you go on amazing field trips... plus its easy.”

📬 Communication Risk

35/100

“No communication. More than half ungraded at the end of Semester.”

⚖️ Easy A Path

78/100

“Super easy to pass with a high grade. Highly suggest her class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She is super enthuisatic in lectures the hour or so went by so fast.
  • Stephanie is the energizer bunny of the Environmental Science Department.
  • Easy class and was super interesting.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • It is an easy A if you go to every class.
  • She is a .
  • She has taken over 2 .

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • she is one of the coolest and
  • She inspired me so much I changed my major.
  • but an all around great person.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

28

Recent reviews read by the AI

28

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

28 reviews spanning 2015-2026 with consistent themes of , and format contrast.

Inside 28 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 55
3 out of 52
2 out of 53
1 out of 54

Course coverage

ERTH1519 reviews
ERTH1128 reviews
ENVS1154 reviews
ERTH1143 reviews
ERTH1012 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

19 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 3 · A 9 · A- 2

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

5

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1