AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Daniela Bruckman

BIO185 · BIOA185 · A185 · BIOLA185L · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
66/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
76.92%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Take her for BIO185 if you will study hard and use ; avoid if you need an easy A or .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTest HeavyExtra Credit LifelineLecture HeavyCaring but FastStudy Guide Provider
  • BIO185 is genuinely hard: , and .
  • She is widely praised as caring, passionate, and .
  • An A is possible with , and lab prep, but not for coasting.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

and study guides help, but students stress it is not an easy A and .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Heavy memorization, fast lectures, and hard lab practicals make BIO185 intellectually and time demanding.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that missing lecture leaves you far behind.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

77/100

About three-quarters would take again; fans call her the while .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Clear criteria and exist, but , and tough-grader tags keep grading firm.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and constant study make the load heavy.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

, and caring; a minority say teaching is poor or office hours unhelpful.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

and some assignments.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person BIO185 lecture and lab: , and a professor many call the best option for a hard class.

Main concern

Exam tricks, pure memorization labs, and one lecture.

What students said

“You will have to work for this class, not an easy A.”
BIO185
“ and even if you know the material, she does tricks in the questions”
BIO185
“Dr. Bruckman is the .”
BIO185

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 dominate and are often called hard or tricky; study guides and soften risk but .

3 midterms + cumulative finalNo curveTough lab examsStudy guidesExtra credit

Assessment risk

Standard

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person BIO185 uses multiple midterms, a , and ; reviews do not clearly prove proctoring software.

Multiple midtermsCumulative finalTough lab examsNo curve
“There's 3 exams and 1 final (cumul), no curve.”
A185
“ but in the end you'll end up learning a lot.”
BIO185
“ .”
BIOLA185L

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“You will have to work for this class, not an easy A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 in-person reviews, balancing praise for care with exam and workload stress. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“Dr. Bruckman is the . Her passion and energy make the class very enjoyable.”

📝

30/100

“ and even if you know the material, she does tricks in the questions”

👍 Recommendation Rate

77/100

“ and lab.”

⚖️ Effort for A

42/100

“Make sure you study the , and do all the , and an A is easily possible.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her lectures are awesome and she truly cares about all her students.
  • She wants everyone to do well not only in her class
  • lectures can be a little dull & Bio 185 isn't easy

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You will have to work for this class, not an easy A.
  • The Bio 185 lab is extremley difficult due to pure memorization

Theme 3

❤️ About Support

  • .
  • she gives extra credits (yayyyy!)
  • she always answered them understandably

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen detailed recent-ish reviews with rich grade and , and consistent extra-credit notes.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

BIO1859 reviews
A1852 reviews
BIOA1851 review
BIOLA185L1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

6

A 6

B range

4

B+ 2 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1