AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Mark Roessler

POLISCIENCE · POLSCIINTRO · POLSCI1 · POLITICALSCIEN · THEOR1 · POLISCI101 · POLSC11 · PLSC1 · POLISCI · POSC1 · POLYSCI · POLSC1 · POLISCI1 · GOVT10 · POLIT1 · POLISCIE · POLIT11 · POL1 · 50 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
42.86%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you want a demanding poli-sci class and will study for essay-style exams.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest heavyEssay examsTough graderOff-topic lecturesPassionate but demanding
  • Grade is driven almost entirely by hard short-answer or essay exams
  • Lectures can be engaging for some and off-topic or boring for others
  • Study hard with guides and notes if you want a fair shot at a good grade

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

An A is possible with serious study, but and many students report low grades.

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Students , and high expectations even for strong students.

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

and stress that missing class costs a lot of material.

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

43/100

About 43% would take again; fans praise passion while critics warn of failure risk.

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Frequent tough-grader tags and .

Format shift

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Workload

Light

68/100

Little or ; almost everything rides on a few big exams.

Format shift

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Some call him engaging and knowledgeable; others say he is off-topic, rude, or boring.

Format shift

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

and finals with .

Format shift

All evidence comes from In person reviews only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

engaging for motivated students, but many struggle with and off-topic lectures.

Main concern

and very hard essay tests.

What students said

“Ridiculous exams! Hell give you a study guide with 20 terms to study but says he will only test you on 10 of those terms.”
POLSCI1
“your whole . no hw.”
POLSC1
“Not an easy class for the but it is possible to get an A.”
THEOR1

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.

, and graded hard.

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

memorization and study guides that still feel brutal.

Essay examsNo multiple choiceTest heavyStudy guide providedMemorization heavy
“Ridiculous exams! Hell give you a study guide with 20 terms to study but says he will only test you on 10 of those terms.”
POLSCI1
“no multiple choice at all, all the questions are short answer!”
POLSC1
“They are not multiple choice, or fill in the blank or .”
POLSC11

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ , but I wouldn't take the class if you're looking for an easy Pass.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 In person reviews, highlighting polarized teaching and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Experience

55/100

“He's VERY engaging and very knowledgable and passionate about his subject.”

📝

30/100

“Ridiculous exams! Hell give you a study guide with 20 terms to study but says he will only test you on 10 of those terms.”

⚖️ Recommendation Split

43/100

“ if you're looking for an easy Pass.”

📚

68/100

“your whole . no hw.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's VERY engaging and very knowledgable and passionate about his subject.
  • This instructor constantly goes off track with his life stories
  • his lectures are super interesting

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Exams

  • Ridiculous exams!
  • no multiple choice at all, all the questions are short answer!
  • Not an easy class for the but it is possible to get an A.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's really rude and makes you feel stupid for asking stuff.
  • he is super funny too
  • Have you ever met a genius who was underated , that's my guy Prof. Roessler.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

50

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty in-person reviews spanning many years show a stable split between hard-but-rewarding and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 512
3 out of 55
2 out of 59
1 out of 510

Course coverage

POLSC119 reviews
POLISCI16 reviews
PLSC14 reviews
POLSCI14 reviews
POL12 reviews
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333211 review
GOVT101 review
POLISCI1 review
POLISCI1011 review
POLISCIE1 review
POLISCIENCE1 review
POLIT11 review
POLIT111 review
POLITICALSCIEN1 review
POLSCIINTRO1 review
POLYSCI1 review
POSC11 review
THEOR11 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1