Is this an easy A?
HardWork
28/100Students report heavy memorization, diagnostic tests, and many Ds or Fs, with several saying almost nobody earns an A.
; several comments also warn the online format is even riskier with and final.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Students report heavy memorization, diagnostic tests, and many Ds or Fs, with several saying almost nobody earns an A.
All evidence is from in-person reviews; several comments also warn the online format is even riskier with only midterm and final.
Is the course easy?
Content is intro medical terminology but fast volume, long lectures, and hard tests make it feel much harder than it should.
All analyzed reviews are in person.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance is not clearly required, and some say you can pass from the book alone while others say lectures still matter for quizzes and extra points.
All evidence is from in-person reviews that also discuss online as a worse alternative.
Is this professor recommended?
A minority praise her as fair and funny, but many urge students to take medical terminology anywhere else.
All recommendation evidence comes from in-person reviews.
Course guide
Grading
Strict
28/100
Grading is widely described as harsh for an intro class, with hard tests and frequent D or F outcomes.
Format shift
All grading comments are from in-person reviews.
Workload
Heavy
30/100
Students report lots of reading, nightly memorization, weekly quizzes in person, and a high volume of content for the credit.
Format shift
All workload comments are from in-person reviews.
Teaching experience
Average
48/100
Some call her nice and clear if you follow the book, but many say she only reads the text, lectures are boring, and explanations are imprecise.
Format shift
All teaching comments are from in-person reviews.
Assessment method
FocusOnExams
72/100
Grades hinge on hard tests and quizzes drawn from the book and CD, with limited extra credit especially online.
Format shift
In-person reviews note weekly quizzes and extra points that online students lack.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
some find her nice and funny and say the book plus CD is enough to pass, while many call lectures boring book-reading, tests unfairly hard, and the class a nightmare for an intro course.
Main concern
Unorganized materials with text errors and nearly impossible diagnostic tests that produce many Ds and Fs.
What students said
“STAY AWAY FROM THIS TEACHER. SHE MAKES WHAT SHOULD BE A RELATIVELY EASY, INTRODUCTORY CLASS INTO AN UNORGANIZED AND UNHELPFUL BORE”
“The class is very hard. lots of memorizing. Nobody got A!! Most students got D or F!!”
“I was pleasantly surprised at how nice & funny she was. Yes, her lectures are from the book, but that is because she wrote it!”
Remote format
Low confidence
No stored summary is available for this format.
Main concern
No main concern is stored for this format.
Exam style
Exams are content-heavy and diagnostic-style from the book and CD, with online versions especially unforgiving if you miss the midterm or final.
Assessment risk
Standard
42/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person exams are hard, often diagnostic, based on the book and CD, with weekly quizzes and little study-guide support.
“NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE, DIAGNOSTIC THEMED TESTS”
“No study guide for tests or fill-in quizes, vague and misinformed info pre test”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. SHE MAKES WHAT SHOULD BE AN EASY A INTO SOME CRAZY OUT OF THIS WORLD CLASS.”
“Seriously, you're a teacher stop READING FROM THE TEXT BOOK and try TEACHING!!!”
“The class is very hard. lots of memorizing. Nobody got A!! Most students got D or F!!”
“The first thing you receive aside from the text is pages of corrections to the text!”
“Take a Medical Terminology class any where else.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
23
Recent reviews read by the AI
23
Lifetime ratings
62/100
Evidence confidence
Twenty-three detailed in-person reviews span 2004-2010 with consistent themes on book-based lectures and hard grading, but all comments are older and lack recent data.
Inside 23 stored ratings
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