AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Michael Farris

BIOL185L · 1 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Avoid unless you must take this lab section and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderTest heavyUnclear instructionsInconsistent gradingStressful lab
  • Only one review, and it is strongly negative on teaching clarity and .
  • Course is quiz- and .
  • Student earned an A but .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

An A is possible, but , and strict worksheet scoring make that A costly.

All .

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

Content difficulty is moderate, but .

All .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

as .

All .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

The only reviewer would not take him again and describes a .

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Tagged as a .

Format shift

All .

Workload

Heavy

30/100

, and graded worksheets create a heavy load.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Instructions and and inconsistent; student says first-time teaching showed.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Many quizzes and .

Format shift

All .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

The single in-person lab review describes a and strict grading.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Made this class more stressful than it needed to be. and grading; very inconsistent.”
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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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Assessment centers on frequent quizzes and weighted lab exams; reviews .

Many quizzesLab examsStrict worksheet grading

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person BIOL185L uses thirteen quizzes and .

Many quizzesLab examsStrict worksheet grading
“There's 13 quizzes worth 5 pts. each, three lab exam worth 75 pts.”
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“he grades those pretty strictly”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Made this class more stressful than it needed to be. and grading; very inconsistent.”

Voice snapshots generated from 1 in-person review with low sample confidence. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“ and grading; very inconsistent”

🧪 Assessment Load

78/100

“There's 13 quizzes worth 5 pts. each, three lab exam worth 75 pts.”

👎 Recommendation

18/100

“No”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and grading; very inconsistent
  • First time teaching a higher level biology class and it showed

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • he grades those pretty strictly
  • There's 13 quizzes worth 5 pts. each, three lab exam worth 75 pts.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Stress

  • Made this class more stressful than it needed to be

Data context

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Analysis sample

1

Recent reviews read by the AI

1

Lifetime ratings

22/100

Evidence confidence

A single 2018 review cannot establish consistent patterns across courses or semesters.

Inside 1 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

BIOL185L1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

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B range

0

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C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

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