AI Rate Professor

Economics

Collette E. Barr

ECON100 · ECON102 · ECON101102 · ECON101 · MICRO101 · 44 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

if another option exists; you will likely teach yourself for .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear lecturesSelf-teach requiredHard testsTangent heavyHigh fail risk
  • Most students say lectures ramble and force self-teaching from the textbook.
  • Tests, quizzes, and and poorly aligned with class talk.
  • A minority say heavy study plus office hours or tutors can work, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Students report heavy outside study still yielding C or worse because tests are harsh and lectures do not prepare them.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

and heavy memorization make the course feel much harder than peers.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

Some sections mark attendance mandatory while many .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Would-take-again is effectively zero, with and rare conditional defenses.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Hard quizzes, heavy final weight, and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students say you must read constantly, do online quizzes, and teach yourself outside class.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Persistent , and little useful exam prep.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

, and a large final outweigh day-to-day lecture value.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person ECON 101/102 is repeatedly described as confusing, tangent-heavy, and and poor outcomes.

Main concern

and a high final weight create high fail or GPA risk.

What students said

“ .”
ECON101
“you will be teaching yourself.”
ECON102
“She has the highest failing rate at SBCC...”
ECON101

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are widely seen as difficult, poorly aligned with lectures, and decisive for the grade.

Hard quizzesHigh-weight finalAnalysis papers graded strictlyNote packet and textbook focusCurve mentioned by some

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

finals, and papers while lectures often fail to preview test content.

Hard quizzesFinal often high weightTextbook or note-packet testsStrict papers
“the final is worth 40% of your grade”
ECON101
“most of , so study that.”
ECON102
“ and as if it were an honors english class.”
ECON101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Barr is hands down the . She goes on tangents every single class and doesn't actually teach the material.”

Voice snapshots generated from 44 in-person reviews, highlighting unclear lectures, self-teaching, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

18/100

“nice lady, horrible teacher. you and lectures endlessly not relating to the topic.”

📉 Recommendation Rate

8/100

“ !!! Horrible teacher, she is very kind and smart but does not teach at all.”

📚

20/100

“You have to read the book and teach yourself if you want to do well in this class.”

🧪

28/100

“Had an A all semester but the -.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Monotone, always talking about her children and speaks so slow it's unbearable.
  • Goes on endless tangents, EVERYONE who i have talked to who have taken her class have nothing good to say.
  • She rambles on about nothing relating to the class.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Be prepared to read. There is no way to get an A in this class unless you work more than is expected of you.
  • Without the .
  • with a 80-90% failing rate, it is not working!

Theme 3

⚠️

  • If you're an Econ major like me, please, please take a class by another economics professor at SBCC.
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Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

44

Recent reviews read by the AI

44

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-four in-person reviews over many years and high difficulty, with only a small positive minority.

Inside 44 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 55
3 out of 55
2 out of 58
1 out of 523

Course coverage

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MICRO1012 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 2 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 1 · B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 1 · Rather_Not_Say 1