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Biology

Sean Lahmeyer

BIO5B · BIOL11 · BIO11 · BIO04 · 26 lifetime ratings

AI rating
73/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
76.47%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you love plants and will study the dense material; skip if you need light, spoon-fed biology.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPlant PassionGarden WalksDense LecturesExtra CreditLab Notebooks
  • Passionate botany teacher with memorable garden walks and sketch-based lab notebooks.
  • Lectures can be dense and fast; .
  • and if you stay consistent and attend.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

56/100

and flexible labs help, but dense units and .

Online has one explicit easy-A claim; in-person .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Material is dense and fast-paced, covering many chapters with abstract plant science content.

Both formats call content advanced for the level; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

, and missing days hurts lab and .

and you will not pass; one online review reported attendance not mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

74/100

and unique field experiences despite lecture and .

In-person is mostly positive; online includes a .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

64/100

is common and some call him an , though a few report tough or misaligned tests.

Format shift

Online has both easy-A and ; in-person leans more extra-credit friendly.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Weekly labs, sketch notebooks, and busywork hell.

Format shift

Both formats mention labs and homework; online also tags lots of .

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

Students love his plant passion and garden teaching, but and cannot always answer questions.

Format shift

In-person emphasizes walks and notebooks; online praises engagement and email responsiveness when positive.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

, and rather than one single channel.

Format shift

; online focuses more on labs and weekly work.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students mostly praise hands-on garden walks, sketches, and passion, while critics cite dense slide lectures and .

Main concern

and lecture density can overwhelm weaker science backgrounds.

What students said

“Difficult course but it was amazing. .”
BIO11
“DONT rely on the study guides the questions are way too simple.”
BIO04

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and an easy A with effort; one calls the class a .

Main concern

Inconsistent experience online, including one extreme fail report and .

What students said

“If you put in the work it's an easy A”
BIO04
“ ”
BIO04

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and often feel harder than study guides, with no clear open-book or proctoring details.

Lecture examsLab examsWeak study guidesDense content coverage

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reports multiple lecture and and feel tougher than guides.

Lecture examsLab examsStudy guides too easy
“DONT rely on the study guides the questions are way too simple.”
BIO04
“There are 4 lecture exams & 2 lab exams.”
BIO04

Online

Online reviews do not clearly describe proctoring or .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Difficult course but it was amazing. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 26 reviews spanning online and , and grading support. Credibility rating: High.

🌱 Plant Passion Teaching

72/100

“you can tell he loves plant biology and science in general.”

📚 Dense But Memorable

34/100

“The lectures are because I have trouble keeping up.”

⭐ Lifeline

64/100

“gives a lot of , DO ALL OF IT.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Cool notebooks and sketches.
  • hosted the class at Huntington gardens which made it feel like it wasn't even a class.
  • It seems all he really knows how to do is read off of his slides

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If you put in the work it's an easy A
  • Missing a single day can impact your grade a lot because of labs.
  • the study guides are like 9th grade level difficulty compared to the exams

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • and is very passionate about botany.
  • .
  • He's also always flexible and he responded to my emails really quickly

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

26

Recent reviews read by the AI

26

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

26 reviews span many years with consistent themes , and .

Inside 26 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 56
3 out of 53
2 out of 54
1 out of 51

Course coverage

BIO0417 reviews
BIO115 reviews
BIO5B2 reviews
BIOL112 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

17 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 2 · A 4 · A- 1

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 5

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1