AI Rate Professor

Geology

Mike Vanry

GEO105 · GEOLG105 · GEOL105 · GEOL37108 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
91/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
87.5%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if , and engage; you will learn a lot and grades reward effort.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate about geologyCaring and helpfulLecture and lab heavyTests can be trickyClear grading criteria
  • Students praise passion, caring, and and lab.
  • Many call content manageable with .
  • and engagement helps grades.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Some students call it an easy A with notes, but and hard, so an A needs steady attention.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Average difficulty is moderate and labs are easy-going, though science content and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and class notes matter for exams.

Evidence comes only from in-person reviews; .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Nearly all would take him again for passion, caring, and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

68/100

and help, but tricky tests keep grades effort-based rather than free.

Format shift

Based on in-person reviews only.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

About 10 labs, weekly quizzes in and notes.

Format shift

Based on in-person reviews only.

Teaching experience

Excellent

92/100

Consistently praised as passionate, caring, hilarious, and .

Format shift

Based on in-person reviews only.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Mix of , and multiple exams.

Format shift

Based on in-person reviews only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and lab feel passionate and and note-driven exams that can still be tricky.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Love Professor Mike! Definitely loves his job and his students!”
GEOL105
“It was an easy A his lectures were very informative!”
GEO105
“the test are very tricky and a ”
GEOL105

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

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Exams and and are often described as tricky rather than open-book friendly.

Three examsWeekly quizzesTricky testsStudy from lecture notes

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and quizzes that students call tricky or hard; study lecture notes carefully.

Three examsWeekly quizzesTricky testsLecture notes matter
“there is about 10 labs and three exams”
GEO105
“the and a ”
GEOL105
“The ”
GEO105

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Love Professor Mike! Definitely loves his job and his students!”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person , and care. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

92/100

“Love Professor Mike! Definitely loves his job and his students!”

❤️ Caring Support

90/100

“Super passionate about Geology and really cares about his students.”

📝

48/100

“the and a ”

👍 Recommendation

88/100

“I would 100% retake his class! :)”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Love Professor Mike! Definitely loves his job and his students!
  • He's one of the .
  • You can tell that this man is passionate about rocks.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • It was an easy A his lectures were very informative!
  • The .
  • the and a

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Super passionate about Geology and really cares about his students.
  • He's always willing to help.
  • Makes occasionally dad jokes and will hint out solutions to difficult questions.

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Eight detailed in-person reviews from 2018 to 2026 show consistent praise with and attendance.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 3

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

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No letter grade reported

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