AI Rate Professor

English

Paul Polloczeck

ENGLISH · 24 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
12.5%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Do not take this professor for standard composition unless you already write at an advanced level and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerGPA killerEssay-only gradingHarsh 4-point scaleHigh drop rateBoring lectures
  • Almost all recent reviews warn students to avoid him for English 1A-style courses.
  • Grade depends on about six essays scored on a brutal 4-point scale with little cushion.
  • and report unhelpful feedback.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Essays graded out of 4 with heavy revision help.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

and discussion, but and high-stakes papers make the course feel advanced for 1A.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Most students report and participation, though a .

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Would-take-again is about 12.5% and the dominant .

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

10/100

Near-universal tough-grader reports on a 4-point essay scale where one miss can erase a full grade step.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Only about six graded essays, but and ungraded classwork still demand steady effort.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students say , and lectures are long, dry, or off-topic.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

15/100

Grade is almost entirely essays; quizzes, finals, and .

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person English is widely described as a GPA risk: only a and political or dry, and many students drop.

Main concern

Harsh essay-only grading on a 4-point scale with weak teaching of expectations.

What students said

“Nothing else but your 6 essays count towards your grade but but for no credit.”
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“He grades like it's a PHD level English class. ”
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“No matter how much time and effort you put into this class, you won't be able to get a high score.”
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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.

Course risk is not classic proctored exams but a small set of .

Essay-only courseNo traditional final mentionedIn-class timed essaysDraft feedback if requested

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Reviews describe six or so surprise in-class essays, with little other graded work.

Six essays4-point gradingIn-class essaysNo quizzes or finals
“there are no quizzes finals or u realize if u miss anything on the 6 essays you have to do you will lose a .”
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“Essays are graded out of 4 points with no other grades in the class.”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 24 in-person reviews with . Credibility rating: High.

🚨 Recommendation Warning

12/100

“Yeah, this teacher sucks. .”

⚖️

10/100

“Only grades essays out of 4 so you always end up with a 75% even if it was great.”

📉 Teaching Quality

18/100

“the professor is not good at explaining the grade you on.”

🚪

15/100

“It started off with 25 students and was whittled down to 8 by the end of the semester.”

Theme 1

📝

  • Graded by few things
  • Grades only out of
  • will tank your GPA

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Class Experience

  • LONG & boring lectures
  • all we talked about was politics nothing to do with English
  • Weird awkward teacher, no social skills

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • So many papers
  • Get ready to read
  • Need 3 books and 2 of those books can be rented online

Data context

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Analysis sample

24

Recent reviews read by the AI

24

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

24 recent, highly consistent in-person reviews with repeated grading details and .

Inside 24 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 517

Course coverage

english24 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 1 · A- 2

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

4

C 3 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

12

Audit/No Grade 2 · Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1