AI Rate Professor

Biology

Michael Baker

BIO001 · BIO11 · BIO9013 · BIO11L · BIO6438 · BIO102 · BIOBIO1 · BIO44 · ANATO11 · BIO10 · BIO1 · BIOI · 74 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
61.11%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you want rigorous anatomy prep and can study every day; avoid if .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLecture heavyTest heavyTough graderExtra creditSkip class and fail
  • Anatomy-heavy BIO11 is demanding with , and few graded items
  • and clinical tangents help motivated students who rewrite notes and study daily
  • some call him clear prep for premed,

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

An A is possible with daily study and , but , and weed-out quizzes make easy A unrealistic.

; in-person remains closed-format and unforgiving.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Human anatomy volume, histology, and fast summer pacing make the content intellectually heavy for most students.

Both formats rate difficulty high; online lab tests and as brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Skip class and you will not pass is a repeated tag; as required to capture lecture content.

Online and in-person both stress showing up; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

55/100

About 61 percent would take again: great if you want hard premed prep, poor if you need structure or a gentle grade.

Online lean somewhat more positive on ; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

, and few graded categories dominate, though can rescue diligent students.

Format shift

Online reviewers still call him a but .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Daily , and high study time are constant themes.

Format shift

Summer online and in-person accelerated terms are repeatedly called especially crushing.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

and honesty; others slam monotone rambles, no slides, and unhelpful labs.

Format shift

Online students often liked open-note COVID tests; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

and lab exams; homework exists mainly as support or tiny .

Format shift

Both formats are test-heavy; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In person he is known for board/overhead lectures , and no curve, with mixed clarity praise.

Main concern

Many warn about monotone , and a .

What students said

“Monotone boring puts you to sleep. Rambles throughout his lectures and will tell you to study everything, no structure.”
BIO11
“gives lots of - DO IT!”
BIO11
“dont expect him to curve, pity or give you easy A.”
BIO11

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

COVID-era online anatomy still felt hard and test-heavy, but several students praise and .

Main concern

Few , and high drop rates even online.

What students said

“ but was open note.”
BIO11
“He is very clear about what he wants you to know for the exams and !!)”
BIO11
“Lecture heavy and ”
BIO11

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are detail-heavy, often without study guides; online and long.

Test heavyPop quizzesNo study guideExtra creditOpen note online COVID

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and tough, with early pop quizzes and no study guides or curves.

Pop quizzesNo study guideNo curveLong lab and written exams
“2 pop quizzes in the first 2 weeks to weed people out”
BIO11
“ as he does not provide study guides.”
BIO11

Online

Online and heavy , but still demanded memorization of every detail.

Open noteExtra creditFew graded testsHard histology
“ but was open note.”
BIO11
“ . You need to know every little detail about any given structure.”
BIO11L

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Anatomy is not supposed to be easy. Prof Baker is more than lenient with grading and !!!).”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (7 online, 43 in-person), balancing polarized teaching views with consistent hardness themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

62/100

“His lectures are awesome. He may come across as condescending at times, but if you look past that he's not that bad.”

🔥 Course Difficulty

28/100

“You pretty much have to dedicate your life to this class since it's very hard but he makes it interesting.”

🧪

38/100

“ and w/ lab and written run for about 4 hrs each time.”

👍 Recommendation Split

55/100

“He prepared me for hard premed classes so .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • goes on tangents abt his life but they relate to the content
  • but not so much in lab.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • dont expect him to curve, pity or give you easy A.
  • gives lots of - DO IT!
  • Class started at 28 people and ended with 10 people.

Theme 3

📝

  • Beware of pop quizzes
  • which you can find online.
  • Histology makes up 50% of

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

74

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews spanning many years, detailed praise and criticism, and stable themes on difficulty and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 532
4 out of 518
3 out of 512
2 out of 55
1 out of 57

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

7

A 5 · A- 2

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 2