AI Rate Professor

English

Justin McFarr

ENG101H · ENGL100 · ENGLISH100 · ENGL101 · ENG101 · ENG100 · ENGLA100 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
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Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid unless you already write at a high level and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerExtremely Tough GraderHarsh FeedbackUnhelpfulEssay HeavyInconsistent Expectations
  • and Fs reported
  • Little teaching help; students often teach material themselves
  • A few students improved as writers, but

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A is possible only with exceptional writing effort; many strong students still land Bs.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

25/100

High , and strict grammar nitpicking.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Students report max absences and heavy participation penalties for missing class.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

20/100

Most reviews urge students to pick any other professor despite a few who improved as writers.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

Repeated reports of and Ds or Fs handed out freely.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Multiple , and student presentations.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Often called unhelpful and demoralizing, though a .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

20/100

Course is built around several essays and participation with little or no traditional exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Most students describe a harsh, unhelpful English composition experience with and .

Main concern

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What students said

“This teacher is awful. . I used to love English before I took his class.”
ENG100
“Absolutely terrible teacher. Does not help you at all. .”
ENG101
“Very unhelpful. He lacks sophistication in his teaching. He love to belittle people's literacy work.”
ENG101H
“if you can get another professor for ENG 101 DO IT! .. other wise be prepared to work hard for a B”
ENG101

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 is almost entirely graded essays, including at least one pop in-class essay, with harsh standards.

Essay FocusedPop In-Class EssayRewrite Allowed SometimesNo Traditional Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

pop in-class essay rather than standard exams.

Essay FocusedPop In-Class EssayRewrite Allowed SometimesNo Traditional Exams
“no exams, just 5 essays. if you get a D on one its ok, you can still do good. he lets you redo one.”
ENGL101
“1 POP in-class essay, 4 other essays(15% grade each) and final essay worth 20%.”
ENG101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Save yourself.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 and low support. Credibility rating: High.

⚠️ Teaching Quality

30/100

“This teacher is awful. .”

📉

15/100

“He grades way too harsh on EVERYTHING”

🚫 Recommendation

20/100

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📝 Writing Growth (Minority View)

55/100

“he's hard but i honestly did become a better writer towards the end.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Absolutely terrible teacher. Does not help you at all.
  • Very unhelpful(can't emphasize enough.)
  • He love to belittle people's literacy work
  • He's an interesting teacher when it comes to giving lectures.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • gives Ds & Fs like they're candy
  • The else got C or D
  • be prepared to work hard for a B

Theme 3

📝 About Assignments

  • no exams, just 5 essays
  • 1 POP in-class essay, 4 other essays
  • allowed to re-write 1-5 essays
  • Has his students teach his class with 15 minute presentations

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

16 detailed in-person reviews from 2012-2014 show and low teaching help.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 54
3 out of 51
2 out of 59
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

4

B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values