AI Rate Professor

Social Science

Ken Schmaling

SOC · HS174 · HS171 · HS140 · HS175 · SCHSBADD · HS134 · HUMANSERVICES · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
84/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.1

The decision

if you will show up do the papers and want a candid funny human-services mentor; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious and RelatableShow Up and PassPaper HeavyMandatory AttendanceSelf-Discovery Focus
  • Most students call him one of the and real learning about self and career.
  • and papers; midterms and finals are described as easy.
  • A few older reviews allege hostility or textbook-only lectures so fit and tone may vary.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

80/100

Show up complete journals and short papers and you are widely said to pass with a strong shot at an A.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Content is described as accessible and though weekly writing adds steady work.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and skipping hurts the grade.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Nearly all recent voices urge taking him for humor fairness and life-changing self insight.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

76/100

and papers with easy midterms and finals.

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Workload

Moderate

52/100

Weekly short papers group journals and .

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Teaching experience

Good

78/100

and transformative mentoring though a few older reviews slam slow textbook reading or bias.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

and reading verifications with easier mid and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

yet work-required with and papers; many rave he is the best while a minority call lectures slow or hostile.

Main concern

Attendance and .

What students said

“Ken is funny and relatable. He is fair and and reading verifications.”
HS140
“The Mid and ! !”
HS140
“If you show up and do your work chances are you will get an A.”
HS174

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

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Midterms and finals are described as .

Assessment risk

Standard

68/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals are repeatedly called easy with and attendance.

Easy MidtermEasy FinalPaper Based Grade
“The Mid and ! !”
HS140
“He is fair and and reading verifications.”
HS140

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you show up and do your work chances are you will get an A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 in-person reviews spanning 2005-2019, highlighting teaching humor workload and rare red flags. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“He is the ! He does require you to work and lazy students won't like him for that, but if you actually want to learn he is the greatest!”

👍 Recommendation Rate

88/100

“TAKE HIS CLASS!”

📝 Workload Reality

52/100

“Hw is not hard( 2 papers each week on group experience, each is no more than 2 pages & to create 5 questions from each book chapter.)”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Ken is funny and relatable.
  • He was candid, honest and often funny.
  • I learned more about myself in his classes than any other class I've ever taken.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Most laid back teacher ever. If you show up and do the work, you'll pass.
  • The Mid and !
  • If you show up and do your work chances are you will get an A.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Concerns

  • HE SPEAKS VERY SLOWLY FOR AN ELDER GENTLEMAN AND STATES HE HAS BETTER THINGS TO DO THAN BE IN CLASS.
  • Be careful, girls. If he is attracted to you, he will treat you hostilely.

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

but sparse recent grade data and a few outlier negatives.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

Course coverage

HS1404 reviews
HS1341 review
HS1711 review
HS1741 review
HS1751 review
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HUMANSERVICES1 review
SCHSBADD1 review
SOC1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 2 · A 1

B range

0

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C range

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D range

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F

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