AI Rate Professor

English

patrick arbor

A100 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.2/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Do not take Patrick Arbor if you have any other English option.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderDisorganized lecturesUnclear essay promptsMandatory attendanceAvoid
  • and near-floor quality ratings across all reviews.
  • Students call lectures long, dull, and useless while .
  • and D-range grades is the dominant outcome.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Students report tough inconsistent grading, few or no As, and .

All evidence is from in-person A100 reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Material is called high-school level by some, but unclear prompts and content.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

as mandatory with no flexible alternative described.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Every reviewer urges others to skip him, with 0% would-take-again.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

12/100

and almost no easy As.

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Frequent annotating, long lectures, essays, and lots of reading and papers.

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Reviews describe dull, unprepared, confusing four-hour lectures with .

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Assessment centers on essays, annotations, and .

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All seven reviews slam long boring lectures, unclear , and a miserable classroom experience.

Main concern

and no willingness to work with students.

What students said

“ . His lectures are tediously long and lack any substance.”
A100
“This was one of the .”
A100
“He also does not give out A's easily no one in my class got a A and half the people dropped the class.”
A100

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.

and grading feels subjective and harsh, with .

Essay-heavyUnclear promptsOpinion-based gradingTough grader

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and inconsistent tough grading with .

Unclear essay formatsTough graderNo clear rubric
“The prompts for the no real message at the end.”
A100
“He grades off of opinion and not a rubric.”
A100

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . and all over the place.”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 in-person reviews with highly consistent negative themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Recommendation

5/100

“ if you have the choice.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

12/100

“His lectures have no structure, extremely lackluster, and .”

⚖️

12/100

“The and feels unfair, with .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures are tediously long and lack any substance
  • four hour lecture are unhelpful, boring and dull
  • constantly doesn't know what he is doing

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • no one in my class got a A

Theme 3

📝

  • Makes you print out and annotate stories every class
  • Lots of homework

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Only 7 reviews, but they are recent, detailed, and extremely consistent in the negative direction.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 56

Course coverage

A1007 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Rather not say 1