AI Rate Professor

Geography

Anne Saxe

PHGEO1233 · GEOGRAPHY1 · PHYSGEOG · GEOG1 · GEOG2 · GEO1L · GEO200 · GEO1 · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
68/100
RMP rating
3.8/5
Take again
69.23%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you will actually read the chapters weekly; skip if you want a low-effort free A.

Best fit · Effort For RewardGet Ready To ReadTest HeavyWeekly QuizzesTough On DiscussionsGE Friendly If You Read
  • Physical geography GE with and .
  • Many students earn As/ ; others call quizzes test-like and .
  • Online format is common; untimed quizzes and answer-in-book help, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

An A is common if you read every week and , but it is not automatic and .

Online reviews split between Easy A if you read and not an easy A; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Physical geography concepts, especially weather, feel hard for many, even when structure is straightforward.

; online weekly quizzes drive most difficulty comments.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

62/100

Online work is mostly asynchronous reading and quizzes; some sections .

Online evidence dominates flexibility; true seat-time rules are inconsistently reported.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

About seven in ten would take again; praise for structure and .

Online reviews are more polarized; older in-person-tagged comments often still describe online courses positively.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

48/100

, but and rare refusal to round near-A grades appear often.

Format shift

; some in-person-tagged posts still complain about discussion scores.

Workload

Moderate

44/100

Weekly chapter reading, quizzes, and discussions are steady; not light, not crushing if you schedule time.

Format shift

Online weekly quizzes dominate workload talk across both format labels.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

Students , and , though a minority feel brushed off or uncaring.

Format shift

Quality is solid overall; negative spikes are mostly online quiz and discussion friction.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

, and and projects as secondary.

Format shift

and in-person-tagged online-style comments.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Many tagged in person still describe online-style GEOG experiences: book quizzes, discussions, and .

Main concern

and content volume is high for a GE.

What students said

“ so you should be able to get an A by using Google, the textbook, and her notes.”
GEOG1
“Her course is very challenging to pass. She is a nice person though...”
GEO1
“Safe to say if you put in the effort you will get a good grade.”
GEOG1

Remote format

Online

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and discussion posts; rewarding if you read, frustrating if quizzes feel unfair.

Main concern

, and little grade rounding.

What students said

“Easy A as long as you read. Prof Saxe is also very helpful providing feedback at the end of each week.”
GEOG1
“The and but the questions themselves were often hard to understand and not in the book”
GEO1
“ and you'll have to flip through the chapter for a while but every single answer is written out in the book.”
GEOGRAPHY1

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessments are mostly book-driven quizzes and exams; some untimed open-resource quizzes, not heavily proctored in comments.

Weekly QuizzesMidterm And FinalUntimed QuizzesBook-Based Questions

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Comments under in-person flags , and discussion boards rather than closed-book proctoring.

Untimed QuizzesBook And Notes AllowedDiscussion Boards
“ so you should be able to get an A by using Google, the textbook, and her notes. Same with Exams.”
GEOG1
“The final and and some are the questions are tough as well.”
GEOG1

Online

Online sections use weekly quizzes that and final; answers often in the text; proctoring not clearly described.

Weekly QuizzesMidtermFinalAnswers In Textbook
“ a quiz and an assignment due at the end of each week.”
GEOG1
“The course consisted of a a majority of your grade”
GEO1

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Easy A as long as you read. Prof Saxe is also very helpful providing feedback at the end of each week.”

Voice snapshots generated from 35 reviews (17 online, 18 in , and mixed recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Reading Required

44/100

“ ! Weekly reviews that have an unlimited time limit to complete during that week.”

⚖️

48/100

“Can be a , but she is typically fair.”

👍 Recommendation

68/100

“ .”

📝

58/100

“ and lots of work... quizzes and midterms and a final”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Ms. Saxe is very informative and a great professor
  • and her assignments were straight forward
  • The professor is really helpful and straight forward

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • not ez A
  • Do the weekly readings and you will get an A
  • Missed an A by 1% , and she refused to grade A

Theme 3

📖 About Workload

  • You definitely have to read a lot, and there are
  • Get ready to read

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

35

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

35 reviews over many years with detailed online and in-person-tagged comments and .

Inside 35 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 512
3 out of 57
2 out of 52
1 out of 52

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 6 · A- 1

B range

5

B+ 1 · B 4

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1