AI Rate Professor

Earth Science

Aundrea Tavakkoly

EARTH101 · EARTH102 · ERTH102 · ERTH101 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
76/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
66.67%
Difficulty
2.6

The decision

if you show up, use study guides, and do the work.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyPassionate AstronomyExtra CreditEasy Lab AStudy GuidesMixed Lab Feedback
  • Many students call astronomy fun and doable with study guides and
  • supported depending on the section
  • A minority report rudeness, favorites, or last-minute grade changes

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Many report an easy A by attending, following study guides, and using abundant .

Both formats support easy A with effort; .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

74/100

Intro astronomy with and .

Online and ; summer sessions can feel more stressful.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

, and skipping hurts success.

and lecture reviews stress attendance; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

and support, tempered by a vocal minority of harsh experiences.

Online is mixed but mostly positive; complaints.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

72/100

, student-friendly grading systems, and study guides help protect scores.

Format shift

Both formats mention ; .

Workload

Light

70/100

, and exams; if you do in-class work.

Format shift

Online has quizzes and four exams; .

Teaching experience

Good

76/100

Passionate and helpful for most students, with occasional reports of rudeness or weak outdoor lab support.

Format shift

Online lecture delivery is uneven; in-person passion is widely praised.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Quizzes and work as support.

Format shift

Online often four exams plus quizzes; and a hard final for some labs.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person lecture and lab are often fun with planetarium and telescope time, , and easy A if you attend; a .

Main concern

and a few students report unfair or .

What students said

“If you show up and do the work it's an easy A.”
EARTH102
“Tavakkoly, Aundrea is very mean and disrespectful.”
ERTH102

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Online lectures plus quizzes and are followed, though one student found lectures unengaging.

Main concern

Some online lectures run long, cut out, or feel tedious without strong structure.

What students said

“Make sure you read and follow the study guides and you can easily get an A, just do the work.”
EARTH101
“Long unengaging lectures that kept cutting out.”
ERTH101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Regular quizzes and ; some lab finals are hard and reviews do not clearly prove proctoring tools.

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Constellation quizzes can be easy while ; and study support help overall.

Constellation QuizzesLab FinalExtra CreditTest Heavy
“ but the .”
ERTH102
“There's lots of cool like IMAX which .”
EARTH101

Online

Quizzes and four exams with reviewable lectures and study guides; .

Four ExamsLots of QuizzesStudy GuidesReviewable Lectures
“The class mostly consists of a lot of quizzes and four exams.”
ERTH101
“The class consists of and 4 exams.”
EARTH101

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you show up and do the work it's an easy A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 reviews (4 Online, 16 In person), highlighting ease, , and lab variance. Credibility rating: High.

🌟 Passion for Subject

85/100

“Andrea is a fantastic teacher and super excited about astronomy.”

🅰️ Easy A Potential

82/100

“study for the quizzes and do the in class work and you will have no problem getting an A.”

⚠️

35/100

“If you ask for help or clarification she will tell you no, or that she will be there shortly - and then never come.”

👍 Overall Recommendation

72/100

“TAKE HER CLASS! So nice, so helpful. Very knowledgeable.”

Theme 1

🔭 About Class Experience

  • Super fun and easy class
  • You learn constellations in the planetarium and go outside and use telescopes
  • Class was always fun and interesting

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • loads of
  • follow the study guides and you can easily get an A

Theme 3

⚠️

  • very mean and disrespectful
  • most stressful professor that I've had at SBCC
  • Long unengaging lectures that kept cutting out

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty reviews from 2007-2021 with repeated themes on ease, , and a smaller cluster of lab complaints.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

ERTH1028 reviews
EARTH1017 reviews
ERTH1014 reviews
EARTH1021 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

7

A 7

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1