Is this an easy A?
EasyA
72/100Difficulty ratings are very low and students report B or A grades despite terrible teaching.
All evidence is from in-person COUN105 reviews.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Difficulty ratings are very low and students report B or A grades despite terrible teaching.
All evidence is from in-person COUN105 reviews.
Is the course easy?
Students rate difficulty near floor; the pain is instructor behavior, not hard content.
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Is attendance flexible?
Every review lists attendance as mandatory with no flexibility noted.
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Is this professor recommended?
Zero would-take-again responses and every comment explicitly warns students away.
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Course guide
Grading
Fair
50/100
Grades can still land at A or B, but criteria are said to change and feel inconsistent.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Workload
Moderate
48/100
Papers, participation, and group projects appear, but the bigger issue is unclear last-minute work.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Teaching experience
Awful
8/100
Students say he does not teach clearly, is unaccommodating, and can make them feel small.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
30/100
Papers, participation, and group work dominate more than formal exams.
Format shift
All evidence is from in-person reviews.
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Course format
Classroom format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
In-person COUN105 is easy on content but harshly negative on teaching tone, organization, and student support.
Main concern
Disrespectful one-on-ones and constantly changing expectations.
What students said
“I would not recommend him at all!!”
“If you don't want negative energy in your life, stay away.”
“1/10 would not recommend”
Remote format
Low confidence
No stored summary is available for this format.
Main concern
No main concern is stored for this format.
Exam style
Reviews emphasize papers and projects more than formal exams, with shifting grading criteria.
Assessment risk
Standard
55/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
Assessment centers on papers, participation, and group work with unclear changing criteria rather than strict proctored exams.
“the grading criteria is constantly changing”
“always telling us things that were due last minute”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“If you don't want negative energy in your life, stay away.”
“He did not do a good job of teaching the material we were learning for that week.”
“I walked away from a one on one interaction with Prof. Phillips feeling super small and upset.”
“I would not recommend him at all!!”
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Data context
Analysis sample
4
Recent reviews read by the AI
4
Lifetime ratings
52/100
Evidence confidence
Only four reviews, but they are fully consistent in extreme negativity across several years.
Inside 4 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
2 reported outcomes
A 1
B 1
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