AI Rate Professor

Accounting

Cornelia Alsheimer

ACCT240 · ACT240 · ACCT230 · ACCTACCT · ACCT110 · ACCT101 · FIN202 · 89 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
Take again
40.91%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you want rigorous accounting training and can spend many hours weekly; otherwise pick a lighter professor.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerInsane Homework LoadHandwritten Chapter NotesTest HeavyCPA Style RigorSlow Email Reply
  • Accounting courses pile on Cengage or Connect work plus multi-page handwritten notes every chapter.
  • , and high stakes; practice exams and are the main survival tools.
  • Fans say she prepares you seriously for accounting; critics say the load and slow responses wreck work-life balance.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

As are possible with , and , but the path is long and exams punish half-effort.

Both formats say hard-earned grades; online more if you fully commit.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

16/100

Accounting 230/240 content plus nonstop chapter assignments make this one of the hardest CC course experiences students report.

Online and ; summer or accelerated online is especially brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

40/100

, and skipping hurts, though some online or older notes list attendance not required.

In-person more often mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

44/100

Would-take-again near 41% with a sharp split between students who want rigor and those crushed by workload.

In-person has more long-term fans of her rigor; and response time.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

and hard uncured exams are common, though and practice exams can soften outcomes.

Format shift

Online complains about little credit for huge work; and .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Multiple assignments per chapter, multi-page handwritten notes, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Both formats agree the ; online multi-day chapter cycles amplify burnout.

Teaching experience

Average

54/100

Some call her amazing, clear, and supportive; , and barely teaches beyond Cengage.

Format shift

In-person teaching praise is stronger; online more often says the platform teaches the class.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

76/100

Homework and but .

Format shift

Both formats are test heavy; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

31 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and notes, but strong students praise clear tools, office hours, and deep learning if they grind.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Brutal. Endless homework, nitpicky grading, exams on barely-covered material.”
ACCT240
“Professor Cornelia is an amazing educator!! She will make you work for the grade you want”
ACCT240
“Be prepared to do 3+ hours of notes a week on top of 2 homework assignments (avg 2.5hr) and a .”
ACCT230

Remote format

Online

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online accounting is often described as Cengage-heavy with constant chapter work, , and slow or .

Main concern

timed exams and limited instructor presence.

What students said

“Time consuming !! About 4-5 assignments due every week on each CH. Hardest class I've ever taken.”
ACCT240
“Whole class is taught by cengage, you'll have to write 3 pages of notes per chapter that you get graded on.”
ACCT110
“Gives out way tooooo much hw for a 4 unit course.”
ACCT240

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard, lengthy, and high weight; practice exams and are the main student-friendly supports.

Long Timed ExamsWord ProblemsPractice Exams CriticalExtra Credit CushionTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

little or no curve; mock or practice exams map closely to real tests.

Hard ExamsMock ExamsNo CurveExam Heavy Grade
“She gives you "mock exams" that are basically the same as the .”
ACCT240
“the rest is . The highest grade on the first exam was an 80 and she refused to curve.”
ACCT240

Online

Online and too little time; open-book is not clearly supported.

Long Timed TestsLengthy Word ProblemsPractice ExamsCengage Quizzes
“the that you don't get enough time for.”
ACCT240
“ for a rude awakening.”
ACCT240

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Time consuming !! About 4-5 assignments due every week on each CH. Hardest class I've ever taken.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and polarized respect for her standards. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Shock

12/100

“She assigns an insane amount of work that takes forever to do.”

🎯 Teaching Split

54/100

“Professor Cornelia is an amazing educator!! She will make you work for the grade you want”

📝

32/100

“Almost .”

👍

44/100

“If you want !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Watch her recorded lectures and follow along with the handouts if you want to learn.
  • Her lectures suck. .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Hardest class I've ever taken.
  • LOTS OF HW
  • It is not impossible to get an A. She gave out 15 points of which helped me get an A.

Theme 3

📄 About Notes & Busywork

  • requires 4 pages of hand written notes for every chapter
  • 3 pages of notes per chapter that you get graded on
  • So many papers

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

89

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years with , and exam difficulty produce high confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 538
4 out of 511
3 out of 510
2 out of 512
1 out of 518

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

20

A+ 4 · A 14 · A- 2

B range

11

B+ 5 · B 4 · B- 2

C range

5

C+ 3 · C 1 · C- 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

6

Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 4