AI Rate Professor

Sociology

Ernesto Bustillos

SOC001 · SOCIO31 · SOC31 · SOCIOLOGY31 · SOC2 · SOCIO1 · SOC1 · SOCIOLOGY2 · SOCIO2 · SOCIOLOGY1 · 83 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
44.44%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

Take him only if you will read weekly, tolerate lecture-heavy delivery, and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough graderLecture heavySoft-spoken you know habitWeekly chapter summariesPolarizing personality
  • Many students call lectures boring, soft-spoken, and filled with you know fillers.
  • ; weekly summaries, quizzes, and .
  • Online sections draw , and quiz fairness.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some call it an easy A with notes and weekly work, while and .

Online reviews lean harder and .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is standard intro sociology, but , and lecture density raise the challenge.

Online comments emphasize harder organization and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and warn that skipping hurts passing odds.

Online as not mandatory; in-person is stricter.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

44/100

; fans praise passion and free materials while critics cite boredom and .

Online recommendations are much weaker than the mixed in-person split.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

; students report nitpicky quizzes, strict summaries, and little partial credit.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize zero sympathy and .

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Weekly chapter summaries, video responses, quizzes, and papers are common, though .

Format shift

Online students describe long weekly assignment stacks; in person varies by term.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Passionate and sometimes inspirational lectures compete with soft speech, filler words, bias complaints, and boredom.

Format shift

In-person is mixed; online teaching reputation is clearly worse.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

, and occasional papers rather than one format alone.

Format shift

; in person often tests plus weekly writing.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person, students split between inspirational free-text passion and complaints , and heavy note-taking.

Main concern

, and picky exams can punish weaker note-takers.

What students said

“Show up and . Weekly short writing assignments are easy just reword your notes done in 30min.”
SOC2
“He is a ”
SOCIOLOGY31
“this class was so easy. SO easy. im the slowest person on earth and it was even easy for me.”
SOC001

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are largely negative, , and little feedback.

Main concern

, and unsympathetic late-work policy hurt grades online.

What students said

“ test date until last minute) and gives unhelpful study guides.”
SOCIO31
“The ; nit-picky with .”
SOC2
“About 3 weeks in to the class I realized he grades very hard.”
SOCIOLOGY1

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are usually moderate-risk classroom style with mixed open/closed notes and .

Multiple choice plus short answerSome open-note sectionsClosed-notes tests reportedPop quizzesNo study guides often

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and short answers; some terms allow open notes on parts, others closed notes, with pop quizzes.

Multiple choiceShort answer essaysOpen-note short answers sometimesClosed notes sometimesPop quizzes
“ and short answer questions (open note).”
SOC2
“Beware of ”
SOCIO31

Online

Online comments focus , and unhelpful study guides rather than proven proctoring tools.

Picky quizzesLast-minute test datesUnhelpful study guides
“he had questions on the . However, he did not specify that there could be more than one answer”
SOC2
“gives unhelpful study guides”
SOCIO31

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Show up and . Weekly short writing assignments are easy just reword your notes done in 30min.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (3 online, 47 in and lecture quality. Credibility rating: High.

⚖️

34/100

“He is a . From my experience he is not good at explaining things either.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“Pretty inspirational dude with lots of cool stories to tell. Learned quite a lot from this professor.”

📚 Workload Reality

42/100

“ so make sure you do them.”

👎 Online Risk

25/100

“This professor gave me the hardest time. Didn't care for my reasonable excuse for missing a .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • uses you know, and like a lot
  • soft spoken!
  • His lectures are straight forward & interesting

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Show up and
  • If you are hoping for anything above a C for

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • he does care about his students
  • Has unrealistic expectations and a huge ego
  • dr bustillos is so nice

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

83

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years with , and workload support high confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 526
4 out of 523
3 out of 516
2 out of 511
1 out of 57

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

20 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 1 · A 7 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 1 · B- 1

C range

3

C+ 1 · C 2

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1