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Biological Sciences

Meghan Rodela

BIO185 · BIOL185 · A185 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Take her if you will memorize hard and use ; skip if you need lively lectures or .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTest heavyExtra creditMonotone lecturesTough graderCaring
  • Caring and extra-credit friendly but lectures often dry or slide-reading
  • Exams are memorization-heavy and can feel brutal on time
  • Workload and style class

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

As are possible with study and , but comments stress lots of work, memorization, and tough timed exams.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Material is standard biology difficulty for many, but and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

and two say it was, with a skip-class-you-will-not-pass tag.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

and ; half reject her for dry lectures and crushing exams.

Split .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

48/100

can raise a letter grade for some, while others tag her as a .

Format shift

Only in-person evidence.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students report lots of work, self-made study guides, multiple lecture exams, and a .

Format shift

Workload complaints are entirely in-person.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Described as chill and caring, but , and not always the .

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

, and a major project replacing the final for some.

Format shift

Exam format detail is from in-person BIO185.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person BIO185 reviews split: some call her chill and caring with and self-teaching.

Main concern

and heavy independent study load.

What students said

“She offers a lot of and it can bump you a letter grade”
BIO185
“Lots of work to get an A, but she is great.”
BIOL185
“4 lecture exams, which are just irrational: 70 multiple choice questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 full-page essay question all in 1 hour and 25 minutes.”
BIOL185

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 can pack dozens of multiple-choice plus short and , so they feel strict under time pressure.

Timed multi-part examsHeavy memorizationEssay questions in advance sometimesExtra credit study guides

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and essays under tight time; some get essay prompts early and extra-credit study guides.

70 MCQs plus essays in 85 minutesMemorization heavyEssay questions sometimes in advanceProject instead of final
“70 multiple choice questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 full-page essay question all in 1 hour and 25 minutes.”
BIOL185
“She gives you the and instead of a ”
BIOL185

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Lots of work to get an A, but she is great. She gives you to make study guides for .”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person reviews, highlighting exams, workload, and care. Credibility rating: Low.

🧪

32/100

“4 lecture exams, which are just irrational: 70 multiple choice questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 full-page essay question all in 1 hour and 25 minutes.”

❤️ Caring Support

70/100

“ .”

📚 Workload Cost

28/100

“Professor Rhodela requires a lot from you and gives A LOT of work.”

🎁 Lifeline

65/100

“She offers a lot of and it can bump you a letter grade”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She's very chill and laid back.
  • Not the .
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You will need to study for the exams though.
  • amount of memorization.
  • Lots of work to get an A, but she is great.

Theme 3

⏰

  • it should basically be an online class, as we have to learn everything in our own time
  • so time management is important
  • She gives you to make study guides for .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

38/100

Evidence confidence

Only four reviews from early 2020, mixed and detailed but too few and short-spanned for high confidence.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

BIOL1852 reviews
A1851 review
BIO1851 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

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