AI Rate Professor

Journalism

Warren Swil

J2 · JOURNALISM · COMM1 · COMM001 · JOURNALISM4A · JOURNALISM2 · JOURN2 · JOUR2 · JOURN5 · JOURN7 · JOURN15 · JOURNAL2 · JOURN1 · MASSCOMM1 · MASSCOMM01 · COMM01 · AA · JOURN6582 · 43 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you want a real journalist's standards and can stay on news and papers; skip if you need warmth or .

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate JournalistTough GraderCurrent Events DailyParticipation RequiredPolarizing Personality
  • Strong real-world journalism passion and current-events focus, but delivery feels repetitive or rude to many.
  • Grades lean on papers, attendance, midterm, and .
  • About two in ; if you already care about news and can handle strict standards.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Some get A/B by attending, using study guides, and finishing papers, but As.

All ; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

58/100

Content difficulty is moderate with and current events, not deep theory for most students.

Difficulty comments come only from in-person Journalism and Comm sections.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Attendance and participation are repeatedly required, with skip-class tags and phone-callouts.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Roughly 40% would take again; fans love the professional lens while critics call him rude and .

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

and complaints about subjective papers and hard-to-please standards are common.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

45/100

Printing articles, current-events tracking, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

60/100

and industry passion; others say he cuts students off, is condescending, or boring.

Format shift

Teaching quality evidence is all in-person.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and limited homework or quizzes.

Format shift

Assessment mix is described only in in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Journalism and Comm students praise passion and real-world insight but split , and mandatory participation.

Main concern

Personality friction and content is useful.

What students said

“Mr. Swil is passionate about journalism, and it shows. He starts every class with a .”
JOUR2
“He's rude and dismissive and pretty unhelpful.”
JOUR2
“Your grade is heavily on the and attendance as well as and final.”
COMM1

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.

while larger grades and attendance.

Midterm and finalStudy guidesTerm paper heavyCurrent events quizzes style

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals are often called easier with study guides; papers and accuracy standards stay high.

Study guidesMidterm and finalJournalistic accuracyNo late work
“Midterm and if you use the study guides.”
JOUR2
“Attend the course meetings, read the book, submit a and you'll get A.”
COMM01

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Mr. Swil is passionate about journalism, and it shows. He starts every class with a stimulating discussion of current events. and pertinent.”

Voice snapshots generated from 43 , and personality split. Credibility rating: High.

📰 Real-World Journalism Passion

60/100

“Great Professor, if you want journalism professed by a journalist.”

🧱

35/100

“Grade too hard! Expect your writing to be spotless and perfect to recieve an A+ which is impossible.”

👎 Personality Friction

48/100

“ . He shots down your answers and is rude.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and pertinent
  • It just feels like the same routine everyday
  • he would almost always cut off a student citing there wasn't enough time

Theme 2

📈 About Work and Grades

  • Your grade is heavily on the term paper
  • Easy A.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • He's rude and dismissive and pretty unhelpful
  • He'll call you out if your phone is on during class
  • the most annoying component was how much stuff we had to print out ourselves

Data context

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Analysis sample

43

Recent reviews read by the AI

43

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-three detailed reviews over many years show a stable split between passion praise and toughness or personality complaints.

Inside 43 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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4 out of 58
3 out of 510
2 out of 53
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

7

A 7

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

0

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