AI Rate Professor

Culinary Arts

Maria Casado

CUL22 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.2/5
Take again
16.67%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid her cake courses unless you can absorb high supply costs, strict perfection grading, and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerUnprepared LecturesExpensive SuppliesTough GraderGaslights StudentsMandatory Attendance
  • Students report she reads from books unprepared and wastes class time.
  • Cake courses demand $200–$300 in supplies with .
  • Attendance is mandatory and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

and perfection on model cakes make a high grade hard even if you show up and try.

All evidence is from in-person CUL22 reviews; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Hands-on cake work is skill-heavy, hectic, and poorly explained rather than conceptually abstract.

All evidence is from in-person CUL22 reviews; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

All evidence is .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Nearly all students rate quality at 1 and .

Recommendation tone is consistently .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and perfection-to-model expectations with and shifting standards.

Format shift

All grading complaints come from in-person CUL22.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Bake almost every class, lots of , and large recurring supply buys.

Format shift

Workload and cost complaints are in-person only.

Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Students say she reads books , and disrespects student time.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grades hinge on attendance plus a handful of cakes that must match a model picture.

Format shift

No online assessment evidence; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person CUL22 is widely panned for unprepared lectures, heavy , and .

Main concern

High out-of-pocket supply costs plus unclear, shifting perfection standards and poor lecture prep.

What students said

“If you're looking for a good instructor look elsewhere, Maria is a terrible teacher. Legit read off the books, during class, for a lecture!”
CUL22
“ as you will most likely spend a good $300 on supplies alone each class.”
CUL22
“Most awful professor! ... Everything is from youtube & 2 books, learn this stuff at home!”
CUL22

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews emphasize graded cakes and .

Project-Based CakesAttendance WeightedModel-Picture Grading

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and cake projects that must match incomplete model photos.

Project-Based CakesAttendance WeightedModel-Picture Grading
“ and a handful of cakes that need to be exactly like a model picture, but the picture only shows half the cake and colors are barely seeable.”
CUL22

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you're looking for a good instructor look elsewhere, Maria is a terrible teacher. Legit read off the books, during class, for a lecture!”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 in-person CUL22 reviews, highlighting prep failures, supply costs, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

15/100

“Was never prepared, and would refuse to let us leave early even if she had nothing planned for the day.”

💸 Supply Cost Burden

20/100

“ as you will most likely spend a good $300 on supplies alone each class.”

⚖️

18/100

“She expects perfection even when she says she doesn't and will gaslight you a lot about it.”

🚫 Low Recommendation

15/100

“Most awful professor! Took this class in ... her attitude was too much”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Legit read off the books, during class, for a lecture!
  • Shes old doesn't know how to be a better lecturer
  • Everything is from youtube & 2 books, learn this stuff at home!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • She expects perfection even when she says she doesn't
  • if you show and try, you'll pass

Theme 3

💰 About Cost & Workload

  • spend a good $300 on supplies alone each class
  • You'll probably spend around $200 or more
  • You also have to bake a cake almost every time you have class

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Six detailed recent-to-2022 reviews are highly consistent on cost, harshness, and poor prep, but the sample is small and all one course.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 55

Course coverage

CUL226 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Rather not say 2