AI Rate Professor

Biology

Kristine Okimura

BIO1A · BIO41 · BIOL41 · BIO1ALAB · BIOL1A · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
17/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.7

The decision

unless you can teach yourself from the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProVery difficult examsWeak lecture alignmentNice but inexperiencedSelf-teaching requiredSlow or haphazard grading
  • Most reviews describe Okimura as kind and enthusiastic but ineffective, especially in difficult BIO41 courses.
  • Students repeatedly say lectures, study guides, and exams do not align, making grades risky despite some reports of .
  • because one review says it is worth 20 percent even when lectures are viewed as unhelpful.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Some , but repeated complaints about difficult, misaligned exams make an A feel unreliable and high effort.

All , and no online reviews exist.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

The material is complex and becomes harder because lectures, study guides, and .

Only in-person reviews describe course difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

10/100

One detailed review says attendance is worth 20 percent while .

The attendance evidence comes only from in-person BIOL41 reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

Most students advise avoiding her because teaching quality, exam alignment, and .

All and is mostly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

45/100

, but many others report slow, haphazard grading and difficult exams that undermine fairness.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students report textbook-heavy , and exams that require knowing far more than lectures cover.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews discuss workload.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Most reviews say lectures are useless, unprepared, or copied from the book, though a few praise her passion and care.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Reviews repeatedly focus on difficult exams and poor study guides, with homework and assignments acting as secondary work.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe assessments.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and enthusiastic but inexperienced instructor whose lectures often fail to prepare students for difficult exams.

Main concern

as difficult and poorly aligned with lectures or study guides.

What students said

“Lectures are virtually useless (almost no explanations, just outlines), leaving students to learn on their own.”
BIOL41
“ and beyond the quality of the education we're receiving.”
BIO41
“Lectures are useless, but attendance is worth 20% and .”
BIOL41

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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The because students repeatedly say exams are difficult, random, and poorly matched to lectures, while .

Very Difficult ExamsPoor Lecture AlignmentStudy Guides Not HelpfulRandom Short Answer Questions

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and weak study guides, but do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, webcam, or proctoring policies.

Very Difficult ExamsPoor Lecture AlignmentStudy Guides Not HelpfulRandom Short Answer Questions
“Study guides not helpful - basically, read every chapter word for word.”
BIOL41
“the at all.”
BIOL41
“The short answers Qs are SO RANDOM and stuff we never even talked about in lecture.”
BIOL41

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Unless you want to ruin your GPA, stay far away from this teacher.”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and workload. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“Professor seems like a nice person, but she clearly doesn't know how to teach.”

🧪

22/100

“the at all.”

📚 Workload Pressure

28/100

“Study guides not helpful - basically, read every chapter word for word.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and straight forward with the curriculum, but her obvious dedication to making sure she connects with students makes me comfortable in the classroom.
  • Lectures are virtually useless (almost no explanations, just outlines), leaving students to learn on their own.
  • There is no teaching to speak of here, just a hurried (and verbatim) review of the book during lecture.

Theme 2

🧪 About Exams

  • The bc what she "teaches" doesn't line up with what comes on her exams at all.
  • .
  • On top of her not teaching, the .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Course Risk

  • Unless you want to ruin your GPA, stay far away from this teacher.
  • Lectures are useless, but attendance is worth 20% and .
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen detailed in-person reviews show strong repeated patterns about , and self-teaching risk.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 58

Course coverage

BIOL415 reviews
BIO414 reviews
BIO1A2 reviews
1041 review
BIO1ALAB1 review
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BIOL1A1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

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