AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Jane McLaughlin

BIO210 · BIO100 · BIOLA210 · BIO220 · MICRO220 · MICRO · BIOL210 · MICRO210 · BIOA100 · MICRO221 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if ; online intro is much kinder than in-person micro.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSweet but weak lecturerSelf-taught requiredBook-heavy examsExtra credit availableAttendance can cost you
  • but unable to teach; and send you to the book.
  • Micro/BIO210 often feel DIY with hard, book-based tests and .
  • Online BIO100 is far easier with quizzes, late work, and real Easy A reports.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Online and some BIO sections report easy A with curves and EC, but micro often needs heavy book study for a decent grade.

Online reviews push Easy A; in-person micro reviews emphasize hard work for grades.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

In-person micro is repeatedly called super hard and DIY; online intro content is much easier.

Online BIO100 is easy; in-person MICRO/BIO210 is challenging.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Several reviews say attendance is mandatory and .

Online notes optional attendance; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Students love her kindness and EC, but unless .

Online strongly recommends; in-person is mixed and often negative for micro.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Curves, cheat sheets, and help some; others .

Format shift

Online feels generous; in-person micro grading still feels strict for many.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Reading the whole book and ; some report light outside hours with EC help.

Format shift

Online workload is lighter; in-person micro is heavier.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Warm and caring, but many say she cannot teach and .

Format shift

Online teaching praised more; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

and ; homework, quizzes, essays, and EC also appear.

Format shift

Online uses short quizzes and campus exams; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

20 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person micro and BIO210 , and lectures that skip material or feel like stories and activities.

Main concern

DIY teaching plus hard book-based tests; .

What students said

“This is a DIY class. You read the book, she shows up to lectures & brings an activity to do.”
MICRO
“This is a self-learn class. You HAVE to read the book, all of it”
BIOL210

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online BIO100/BIOA100 is student-friendly: easy A with , and .

Main concern

online sections.

What students said

“Her class was an easy A for me. As long as you read, study, you will definitely do well.”
BIO100
“3 exams on campus and all quizzes and hw online. !”
BIOA100

Exam style

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Exams are often book-heavy and tricky; some allow cheat sheets and .

Book-based examsCheat sheets sometimesExtra credit essaysOnline quizzesOn-campus exams for online class

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews describe hard, book-based, sometimes tricky exams with occasional cheat sheets and curves.

Book-based examsCheat sheetsCurvesExtra credit
“Even though she let us have cheat sheets for .”
MICRO210
“ AND let you have a full .”
BIO210

Online

Online reviews describe short online quizzes and some on-campus exams; .

Online quizzesOn-campus examsLate work allowed
“All of her tests were only 50 questions long, online quizzes where only 20 questions long.”
BIO100
“3 exams on campus and all quizzes and hw online.”
BIOA100

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“she doesn't teach anything and basically you read the book to understand what she is talking about.”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 reviews (2 online, 20 in person), highlighting DIY lecture pain versus online ease. Credibility rating: High.

📚 DIY Teaching

38/100

“This is a DIY class. You read the book, she shows up to lectures & brings an activity to do.”

💻 Online Easy A

85/100

“Her class was an easy A for me. As long as you read, study, you will definitely do well.”

❤️ Kind but Weak Lecturer

40/100

“ .”

📝

35/100

“The exams are so hard! Even though she let us have cheat sheets for .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she doesn't teach anything and basically you read the book
  • lectures are a waste of time, she contradicts herself
  • It's a

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • super hard class
  • Her class was an easy A for me
  • AND let you have a full page cheat sheet

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • I LOVE her!! She is so nice and will go above and beyond

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

22 reviews across many years with consistent DIY-teaching and .

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 57
1 out of 53

Course coverage

BIO2105 reviews
BIOL2104 reviews
MICRO3 reviews
BIO1002 reviews
BIO2202 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1