AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Grace Malinao

PS1 · POL1 · POLSCI1 · POLSC1 · 37 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
47.37%
Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Avoid unless you can treat politics as a full-time job and tolerate heavy, opinionated modules.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerWorkload overloadPassionate politicsEmbedded video quizzesPolarizing toneLecture heavy
  • Online and summer sections dump dozens of .
  • and eye-opening; critics call tone rude, biased, and unprofessional.
  • term and format.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

A grades exist but only after grinding long modules, locked sequential work, and picky expectations.

Online short terms are brutal for grades; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Material is intro government but volume of , and writing raises the real difficulty.

Content level similar; online volume makes it feel much harder.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Many sections require attendance or grade embedded video questions that force full watch-through.

In person often mandatory; online replaces seat time with .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

44/100

passionate learners love her, busy or .

Recent online reviews are much .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

Tough grader tags, high expectations, and .

Format shift

Online and recent terms feel stricter; .

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Students report multi-hour videos, 25-50 weekly tasks, and locked assignment chains.

Format shift

Online overload is the main pain; in and lecture heavy.

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Deep content knowledge and inspiration for some, offset by tone, bias, and organization complaints.

Format shift

In person personality shines for fans; online video pace and tone draw more heat.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Grade driven by weekly modules, embedded video questions, quizzes, and writing more than rare big exams.

Format shift

Both formats assignment-heavy; older in person mentioned a couple open-note exams.

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

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Engaging for supporters who love her passion; , and heavy paper or lecture work.

Main concern

Communication tone and organization complaints can make the class feel like walking on eggshells.

What students said

“Tone is unprofessional and disrespectful at times.”
POLSC1
“she was the sweetest professor I've ever had”
POL1
“ so that's pretty cool”
POLSC1

Remote format

Online

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Tedious modules, multi-hour videos with , and extreme weekly task counts especially in summer and winter.

Main concern

Workload can hit 25-50 tasks per week and leaves little room for jobs or other classes.

What students said

“We had forty six assignments due in the first week of summer classes.”
POL1
“the assignments are 30-50 tasks PER WEEK!”
POLSC1
“open note testing, and she cares.”
PS1

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Open-note exams appear in older reviews, but .

Open note examsEmbedded video quizzesReading quizzesPop quiz style questionsLecture heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Open notes or ; attendance and in-class work also count.

Open notes testsOpen book examsIn-class paper workAttendance graded
“ so that's pretty cool”
POLSC1
“ and she gives the study guides a week prior”
POLSC1

Online

Long videos with , and open-note testing reported by some.

Embedded video quizzesWeekly reading quizzesOpen note testingLocked sequential modules
“open note testing, and she cares.”
PS1
“pop up questions to make sure you're paying attention. If you get the question wrong it affects your grade.”
POLSC1

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Oh by the way, if you have a job, children, and/or other classes feel free to steer AWAY!”

Voice snapshots generated from 38 political science reviews, weighting heavy online . Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Shock

18/100

“We had forty six assignments due in the first week of summer classes.”

🎯 Passion For Politics

70/100

“I feel like a genuine and informed American citizen, and my for-you page is now just focused on politics.”

⚠️ Communication Risk

30/100

“This is the only professor that has spoken to me in a negative tone after having an extremely hard medical emergency.”

👍 Recommendation Split

44/100

“The absolute sweetest and most understanding professor ever.”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Workload

  • 30-50 tasks PER WEEK
  • Needs to reduce workload
  • video assignments would sometimes be upwards of 2 hours

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She's so great and the
  • all lectures are anti-america
  • She really shows how deeply she knows the content.

Theme 3

💬 About Tone & Professionalism

  • walking on eggshells
  • snippy
  • Unprofessional.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

38

Recent reviews read by the AI

37

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

38 reviews with strong recent online detail and consistent workload themes despite opinion split.

Inside 38 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 52
3 out of 55
2 out of 54
1 out of 513

Course coverage

POLSC132 reviews
POL14 reviews
POLSCI11 review
PS11 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

30 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 3 · A 8

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

2

C 1 · C- 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

10

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 6 · Rather not say 2