AI Rate Professor

Social Science

Robert Borton

PHIL101 · PHILOS120 · PHILA100 · PHILETHICS · PHILO100 · PHIL150 · RELIG120 · ETHICS · PHIL15063 · PHIL120 · PHIL100 · LOGIC · 43 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.3/5
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Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you like philosophy and can stay awake through dry lectures for .

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizingDry HumorWeekly QuizzesMonotone LecturesFair Grading
  • Students are sharply split between easy A fans and bored avoiders.
  • , and ; listening and reading matter.
  • and subject knowledge; many others call lectures rambling and dull.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Many report easy grades with attendance and quizzes, but others and papers.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

58/100

Content difficulty depends heavily on interest; and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

42/100

Quizzes are frequent and often tied to class; several students say attending for quizzes is crucial.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

Nearly equal camps of and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

68/100

and willingness to raise marks after discussion.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

, and finals create steady but not crushing work.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Strong subject knowledge and humor for some; monotone rambling and confusion for many others.

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Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Mix of daily or weekly quizzes, short papers, midterms, and finals appears across courses.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

43 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and easy work if attentive; critics cite boring monotone lectures, hard essay tests, and wasted time.

Main concern

Monotone lectures that put many students .

What students said

“ convince him to give higher grade.”
PHIL150
“This guy was so boring. He rambles on when he tried explaining a subject”
PHIL120
“easy A, .”
PHILOS120

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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Standard closed-style class quizzes and essay exams dominate; friendliness depends on paying attention in lecture.

Weekly QuizzesEssay QuizzesMidtermFinalShort Papers

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals based on lectures and readings.

Weekly QuizzesEssay Format ExamsMidterm and FinalShort Papers
“4 short papers, weekly quizzes, a midterm and a final”
PHIL150
“how does 3 questions, 200 pt. tests sound”
PHIL120
“You have to go to class because of the essay format.”
PHIL120

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ convince him to give higher grade. Take his course.”

Voice snapshots generated from 43 in-person reviews, highlighting polarized lecture style and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“Great teacher, does a good job of explaining what at times can be complicated.”

😴 Lecture Style

40/100

“Mr. Borton is the most boring professor I have ever had.”

⚖️

68/100

“ . Overall, class is really easy if you put in a little effort.”

👍 Recommendation Split

52/100

“easy A, .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He talks monotone but he's funny
  • He rambles on when he tried explaining a subject
  • Super smart teacher..He's a good guy that get's a bad reputation

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • quiz everyday. average a 90 and get an a
  • This is one hard class. how does 3 questions, 200 pt. tests sound

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Very helpful and supportive professor
  • he is completely an open book. very smart and a nice guy
  • grades are fair and you can talk him into a better grade if need be

Data context

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Analysis sample

43

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-three in-person reviews over a decade give rich, consistent polarization themes on boredom versus fair easy grades.

Inside 43 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 518
4 out of 55
3 out of 53
2 out of 510
1 out of 57

Course coverage

PHIL12015 reviews
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PHIL1008 reviews
ETHICS3 reviews
LOGIC1 review
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