AI Rate Professor

Biology

Shizuka Yamada Hunter

BIO · BIO40B · BIO41 · BIO40C · 24 lifetime ratings

AI rating
100/100
RMP rating
4.5/5
Take again
83.33%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you want a demanding but supportive biology class where steady effort is strongly rewarded.

Best fit · Effort For RewardAmazing LecturesCaringExtra CreditDense MaterialFair Exams
  • Students overwhelmingly , and strong support.
  • Biology content is dense and requires steady work, but students say she makes it manageable.
  • , study guides, summary sheets, group exam portions, and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

An A is very reachable because of , and fair exams, but students still need steady effort.

All grade evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Standard

47/100

The biology content is dense and sometimes fast or work-heavy, but .

Only in-person reviews describe the course difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

66/100

and participation help, but recorded lectures and posted notes reduce the penalty for missing class.

as recorded lectures and posted notes.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

92/100

Students strongly recommend her because , and helps students succeed in hard material.

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

80/100

She has high standards, but , and fair exams make grading forgiving for prepared students.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

Students mention dense material and weekly assignments, but most describe the workload as fair and useful.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe workload.

Teaching experience

Excellent

94/100

Most students describe her as , and one of .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews evaluate teaching.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Assessment includes exams, labs, assignments, participation, study guides, and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and describe a caring professor who makes dense biology material manageable with strong support and student-friendly grading tools.

Main concern

The workload and content density can be high, especially in microbiology and A&P.

What students said

“Microbiology is dense class and requires a lot of work, if you are willing to put in the work, you should do well.”
Bio-41
“Offers opportunities as well as . Allows "summary sheets" for exams.”
Bio-41
“Her lectures are very detailed and .”
BIO40B

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

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Exams are demanding but student-friendly because reviews mention , and strong study guides.

Summary Sheets AllowedTest CorrectionsGroup Exam PortionsStudy Guide Matches ExamsExtra Credit

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

86/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews explicitly support student-friendly exams with , and study guides similar to exams.

Summary Sheets AllowedTest CorrectionsGroup Exam PortionsStudy Guide Matches ExamsExtra Credit
“You can bring notes and the study guide to the exam.”
Bio-41
“they have portions that are taken as a group, and as well.”
bio
“The and prac quizzes.”
Bio-41

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Probably one of the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 24 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

94/100

“Her lectures are very detailed and .”

📈 Effort Reward

82/100

“Easy A as long as you put in the effort.”

🧪

86/100

“Offers opportunities as well as . Allows "summary sheets" for exams.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

92/100

“ . Y!!!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • !
  • Great professor, able to condense and make tough information palatable
  • Her lectures are so easy to follow along & feel interactive!
  • She has a unique way of teaching and provides examples to better understand what she is talking about.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Microbiology is dense class and requires a lot of work, if you are willing to put in the work, you should do well.
  • Easy A as long as you put in the effort.
  • It took me 40 hours to study for the , but guess what, I passed!
  • She finds anything (even grammar mistakes) to lower your grades.

Theme 3

❤️ About Support

  • and she notices the class is struggling with.
  • She offers a lot of and a study guide that is just like the exams.
  • She records everything, so if you miss a class you won't fall behind.

Data context

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Analysis sample

24

Recent reviews read by the AI

24

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

There are 24 detailed in-person reviews across several years with strong consistency and a few meaningful dissenting comments.

Inside 24 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 520
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

Course coverage

Bio-4110 reviews
BIO40B8 reviews
bio5 reviews
BIO40C1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

16

A+ 6 · A 9 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 1 · B- 2

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1