AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Nadia Ahmed

80405CS1A · 45C · CS1A · CS1D · 1D · 38 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
37.84%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you already code solidly and ; otherwise pick another professor.

Best fit · Self Taught ProPolarizingLeetCode heavyDisorganizedHuge curveTest heavy
  • Reviews split hard between industry-prep fans and students who call lectures weak or disorganized.
  • HackerRank exams and and time-consuming.
  • A large end-of-term curve or can still produce high grades after heavy stress.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

The work is hard and stressful, but a and often rescue the final letter grade.

; online reviews still report hard grading with little support.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Data structures via LeetCode and timed HackerRanks is intellectually and practically hard for most students.

Almost all difficulty evidence is in-person CS1D; online also calls the subject tough with weak teaching.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and link success to showing up for participation and clarifications.

In-person and ; only a few mark it no.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

36/100

and many recent comments say avoid her, despite a loud minority who love the industry style.

Online reviews are both avoid; and teaching disaster.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Tagged as tough grader and test heavy, yet multiple students describe a and .

Format shift

; online tags stress tough grading and few graded items.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

and projects demand substantial outside time.

Format shift

Heavy workload appears in both formats; online also complains about rushed pacing.

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Common themes are digressions, weak PowerPoint lectures, ignored messages, and students debugging her code.

Format shift

Online is almost entirely negative; in-person has passionate defenders but more scathing teaching critiques.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grade , and limited other categories.

Format shift

In-person and and coding-platform heavy assessment.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some call her the digresses, ignores messages, and fails to teach.

Main concern

Disorganization, weak lectures, and brutal timed HackerRanks dominate complaints.

What students said

“ ”
CS1D
“There's an .”
CS1D
“Don't worry about your grade until the semester is over, since her curve is a 30% boost to your overall grade.”
1D

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Both online reviews are strongly negative about planning, lectures, and HackerRank-centered assessment.

Main concern

Students report non-existent lectures and callous or poorly planned online delivery.

What students said

“Professor Ahmed should not be teaching this class.”
CS1D
“ .”
CS1D

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

hard problems and limited traditional study material.

HackerRank examsLeetCode homeworkTimed coding testsPop quizzesLarge curve

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams rely on hard HackerRanks, handwritten FRQs in some courses, and .

HackerRank examsLeetCode midtermsPop quizzesAll-or-nothing exam questions
“She uses famous Leetcode problems for homework and Hackerrank for Exams.”
CS1D
“ and MCQs that are poorly written.”
45c
“her hackerranks that are insanely difficult for no reason.”
1D

Online

Online students describe LeetCode assignments and .

HackerRank examsLeetCode assignmentsTest heavy
“Uses leetcode for assignments, and HackerRank for exams.”
CS1D
“Lots of practice, but non-existent lectures.”
CS1D

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ to be "cool" and likeable, but should spend her time learning to teach better”

Voice snapshots generated from 39 reviews, mostly in-person CS1D, capturing , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“Just flicked through powerpoints and gave us Leetcodes. No actual teaching.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

36/100

“ ”

📈 Industry Style Work

60/100

“ if serious about software engineering as a career.”

⚖️

55/100

“Like other comments say, there's an .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Weak lectures. No set schedule. Digresses during lectures.
  • .
  • She bounces around and you will have to learn on your own.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Hackerranks that are insanely difficult for no reason.
  • her curve is a 30% boost to your overall grade.
  • Don't worry about your grade until the semester is over.

Theme 3

💻 About Assessment Tools

  • She uses famous Leetcode problems for homework and Hackerrank for Exams.
  • Uses leetcode for assignments, and HackerRank for exams.
  • ? Lol here's a Godot template from long ago, figure it out.

Data context

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Analysis sample

39

Recent reviews read by the AI

38

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

39 reviews over many years show a stable polarized pattern: career-prep fans versus disorganization and weak teaching critics.

Inside 39 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 54
3 out of 51
2 out of 56
1 out of 515

Course coverage

CS1D17 reviews
1D12 reviews
CS1A7 reviews
45c2 reviews
80405CS1A1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

35 reported outcomes

A range

21

A+ 5 · A 15 · A- 1

B range

2

B 1 · B- 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

11

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 3 · Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 1