AI Rate Professor

Natural Sciences

Beverly Berekian

GEOL100 · GEOLAB · GEOL100L · GEOL185 · ESCI110 · GEO100L · GEO100 · EARTHSCI110 · EARTHSCI115 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
36/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Only take her if and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest-lecture mismatchMandatory attendanceHard fill-in examsPassionate but exhaustingSelf-teach required
  • study materials.
  • as mandatory and skipping hurts grades.
  • Older students praised her energy and geology passion; recent reviews are far harsher.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Getting a , and self-study because lectures and exams often do not line up.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

Content is dense, reading-heavy, and exams are described as .

; no online reviews were available.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that skipping class means you will not pass.

; no online reviews were available.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Would-take-again is very low, and recent comments call her a great person but a and attitude.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

28/100

and complaints about wrong answers marked incorrect and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

Students report lots of , and test-heavy pacing.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Some students love her energy and passion, but many say lectures are exhausting, text-heavy, and poorly aligned with tests.

Format shift

; newer comments are more negative than older ones.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Courses center on multiple exams, quizzes, and a .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

early reviews praise passion and energy, while , and dismissive responses to questions.

Main concern

Tests and , and study guides are weak or missing.

What students said

“ .”
EARTHSCI110
“Her PowerPoints/lectures dont correspond with the !”
EARTHSCI115
“As long as you read and do the work, you should be good.”
GEO100L

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.

Exams are often fill-in and hard, with frequent complaints that tested material does not match lectures or books.

Fill-in examsTest heavyWeak or missing study guidesLecture-exam mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as difficult fill-in tests with little multiple choice and weak alignment to lectures.

Fill-in examsTest heavyNo reliable study guides
“ . All fill in. No multiple choice or true or false.”
EARTHSCI110
“ so the questions will have a diff. words than what she had taught us.”
ESCI110

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Great person, terrible teacher. Multiple issues with .”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 in-person reviews spanning 2007-2025, highlighting exam mismatch, attendance pressure, and polarized teaching praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“At first this professor is pretty cool/makes you excited to learn about science but as time goes on her teaching becomes very exhausting.”

📝

28/100

“Her PowerPoints/lectures dont correspond with the !”

👎 Recommendation

22/100

“ so far.”

📚

32/100

“You need to self teach. .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Makes class interesting and really loves Geology
  • Lectures felt minimally structured--overwhelming tsunami of minutiae
  • She is amazing! she is so passionate about geology

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . All fill in.
  • If CH. word for word

Theme 3

⚠️ About Support & Attitude

  • She makes you feel dumb when asking ?s
  • Can get really snippy and rude for asking questions
  • Shows no empathy to student at all

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen reviews span many years with mixed detail; opinions are polarized between older praise and newer sharp criticism.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 51
3 out of 54
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

GEOL1004 reviews
EARTHSCI1103 reviews
GEO1002 reviews
GEO100L2 reviews
GEOL100L2 reviews
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EARTHSCI1151 review
ESCI1101 review
GEOL1851 review
GEOLAB1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

3

B 2 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values