AI Rate Professor

Psychology

Maria Lopez

PYSC101 · PSYCH104 · PSHY101 · PSYC1041082 · PSYC103 · PSY101 · PSYC104 · PSYCH103 · PSYC101 · PSYCHOLOGY101 · PHY101 · PYSC103 · PSYCH101 · 223 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
26.14%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

Avoid Maria Lopez unless you are ready to self-teach the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProStorytime Not TeachingTough GraderVague InstructionsIgnores EmailsSo Many Papers
  • Majority say she tells personal stories instead of teaching psychology content
  • Essays and and she is slow or
  • must self-teach from the book

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some students earn As, but many report tough grading, vague rubrics, and .

Online and in ; a small minority still report As.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Psychology content itself is not advanced, but poor instruction and .

Both formats require self-teaching; in .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and you will not pass because lectures and if you attend.

In person is strongly mandatory; online still penalizes missed work and dropped students for missed assignments.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students say , and would-take-again sentiment is low.

A vocal minority loves her stories online and in person, but the .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

essays and little useful feedback.

Format shift

; positive outliers are few.

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Students report , and .

Format shift

Online and in person both complain about so many papers and lots of homework.

Teaching experience

Poor

26/100

Core complaint is that she narrates personal stories instead of teaching psychology and often ignores questions.

Format shift

Negative teaching quality is strong in both formats; a minority find the stories inspiring.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

and tests built from multiple short papers.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize essays and .

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

36 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In person majority call lectures story , and little real psychology teaching.

Main concern

If and you still must teach yourself from the book.

What students said

“All she does is talk about her boring life every single lecture.”
PSYC101
“She is the . !!!!!!!”
PSYC101
“Unless you're ready to read the online textbook and basically teach yourself, I'd say find a different professor.”
PSYCH101

Remote format

Online

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are heavily negative , and lectures that are life stories or reading slides.

Main concern

hard to recover from a bad grade.

What students said

“I have never left a review on ratemyprofessor but I would love to prevent any students from avoiding this professor at all costs!”
PSYC101
“She does not give proper feedback when you get a bad grade, leaving you to wonder what you did wrong.”
PSY101
“The WORST when it comes to emails. In her .... she never responds”
PHY101

Exam style

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Exams and and strict grading rather than student-friendly formats.

Essay Heavy TestsVague InstructionsNo Clear RubricPaper-Based Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In person tests often include life-story material, paper packets, and .

Essay-Based TestsAttendance CriticalLife Stories On TestsUnclear Instructions
“Each "test" was four 1-pg papers, a 3-pg paper, and a PPT, all due the same day with a week to do it”
PSYC1041082
“In will give you a literal F on the paper.”
PSYC101
“Couldnt make a quiz online so ...”
PSY101

Online

Online students report weekly chapter essays, vague prompts, and .

Weekly EssaysVague PromptsHard GradingPoor Email Support
“When she gives assignments she gives extremely vague descriptions and still grades very hard.”
PSYCH101
“ instructions that left many hopeless.”
PSY101
“there are so many essays. DONT bother messaging her about grades”
PSYC104

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“She is the . !!!!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (14 online, 36 in person), , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

26/100

“All she does is talk about her boring life every single lecture.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“I recommend you Do NOT take Psychology with Maria Lopez. Fair warning”

📝 Workload & Papers

24/100

“Be prepared to write essays on each chapter every week with no context or help given!!!!!”

⚖️

22/100

“She does not grade fairly as a normal prof. would.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • All she talks about in class are stories of her life and her ex
  • Only talks about herself goes completely off topic
  • She tells stories and on material

Theme 2

📧 About Communication

  • By the

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • She is a , if you don't have that
  • So many papers

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

223

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years show a large, detailed, and mostly consistent negative pattern with a .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 536
4 out of 522
3 out of 529
2 out of 528
1 out of 5108

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

39 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 2 · A 10

B range

8

B+ 2 · B 6

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

17

Drop/Withdrawal 9 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 6 · Rather not say 1