AI Rate Professor

Political Science

. McMallian

PS1 · POLSCI1 · POSC1 · POLI1 · POLYSCI · PS001 · POLITICALSC1 · POLISCI · PS · PS101 · 40 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid if you want real teaching; only consider her if you need a .

Best fit · Easy A HunterBoring LecturesTests Mismatch BookGenerous CurveNo HomeworkPolitically Biased
  • Lectures are widely called boring, rambling, and disconnected from the tests.
  • little or .
  • Grades can if you read the book and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

72/100

, and often rescue grades even when first tests tank.

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Content itself is intro political science, but lectures wander and .

All evidence is in-person.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

days rather than strict mandates.

All evidence is in-person.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Most students warn others away due to boring, unclear teaching despite some easy-grade praise.

All evidence is in-person.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

70/100

Students report , and that can turn failed tests into decent finals.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Workload

Featherlight

88/100

, and reading as the main out-of-class work.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Lectures are called boring, circular, and content.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grades rest on a handful of tests with no projects and .

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

40 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person reviews paint boring, unorganized lectures with hard or , and .

Main concern

and tests that do not match class discussion.

What students said

“ . Lectures are boring and , book is irrelevant, and .”
POSC1
“badddd teacher! but EASY class. she has random days.”
PS1
“ and we still made out good at the end. She drops lowest test score and gives .”
PS1

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.

A ; many say items come from the book and feel hard or .

Few TestsDrop Lowest ScoreBook-Based QuestionsHeavy CurveScantron

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

lowest score, book-heavy items, and sometimes multiple correct answers.

3-4 TestsDrop LowestBook ReadingHeavy CurveMultiple Choice Tricky
“No homework, 4 tests, lowest score dropped. .”
PS1
“Each problem on the correct but the one that counts is the one with a more precise meaning.”
PS1
“Her curve one class was a 60% gets you an A.”
PS001

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ !! I would rather hammer a nail .”

Voice snapshots generated from 40 in-person reviews, highlighting boring lectures, light workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

😴 Lecture Quality

30/100

“THE ! Made the 16 weeks so boring.. all she does is leture, and what she lecutres .”

📈 Easy Grade Path

72/100

“Yes I agree McMallian is extremely boring, but she is the easiest teacher I've had at Saddleback.”

📝 Test Mismatch

35/100

“ because they had nothing to do with what we went over.”

🪶 Workload Lightness

88/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures are boring and
  • she goes around in circles
  • Her lectures are the
  • pops a movie in and leave

Theme 2

📈 About Grades and Curves

  • She drops lowest test score and gives
  • 60% gets you an A
  • and we still made out good

Theme 3

🗳️ About Bias and Tone

  • continuous dribble of Republican/Tea Party agenda
  • regurgitate her right-wing rhetoric
  • talk about muslims and taliban

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

40

Recent reviews read by the AI

40

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

40 in-person reviews over many years consistently describe boring lectures, light workload, and .

Inside 40 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 56
3 out of 57
2 out of 58
1 out of 516

Course coverage

PS129 reviews
POLISCI3 reviews
POLI11 review
POLITICALSC11 review
POLSCI11 review
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POLYSCI1 review
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PS1 review
PS0011 review
PS1011 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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0

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B range

1

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C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

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