AI Rate Professor

English

Alexandre 'Sasha' Kaluzhski

ENG205 · ENGL101 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
14.29%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you want an intense, agenda-heavy English course and and paper volume.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOverwhelming WorkloadPolitical Agenda HeavySlow GradingUnclear InstructionsTough Grader
  • Most students report and .
  • Lectures often feel like rambling poli-sci or Huxley-focused monologues rather than structured English teaching.
  • A and intellectual challenge, but still note heavy difficulty.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and meticulous criteria make a high grade costly even when a few students still pass.

Both online and and heavy effort for grades.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Average difficulty is very , and constant paper load.

Online and in-person both report high difficulty; online adds more confusion about structure.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

and optional in others, with no single consistent policy.

In-person more often mandatory; online mixed optional and mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

and most detailed comments urge students to stay away.

Both formats lean avoid; a and possible to pass.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

and complaints about opinion-based meticulous criteria dominate.

Format shift

Online stresses incomprehensible criteria; in-person still calls him tough but sometimes flexible if committed.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

, and hours that feel unrealistic for a GE.

Format shift

Workload complaints are intense in both formats.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Most call lectures rambling and ; a minority value his caring engagement and challenge.

Format shift

Online is almost uniformly poor; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Assessment centers on constant homework, papers, and .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize papers and homework; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

assignments, and rambling lectures, with a few noting he is kind and willing to discuss content.

Main concern

and lectures that many say make little sense.

What students said

“There are 4 hw assignments a night it's a joke. I couldn't tell you one thing I learned if my life depended on it.”
ENG205
“We spent all semester on Aldous Huxley, and almost NOTHING ELSE. His time in class is spent rambling without giving us any lessons or lecture”
ENGL101
“Professor K. was a kind teacher. He wants to work with you and hear you out.”
ENG205

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students describe confusing , and political lectures with little literature teaching.

Main concern

, and unrealistic assignment load.

What students said

“ but just word salad. Doesn't teach anything about literature but pushes a very specific political agenda.”
ENG205
“Gave us 3 books to read in a 2 day period, assignments unclear, due dates don't align with the work.”
ENGL101
“you literally have like 5 papers due in a week. Unless you love English, I would stay away from this professor.”
ENG205

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Reviews emphasize paper and ; exam friendliness is not clearly proven.

Heavy PapersEssay PromptsReading Responses

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and papers announced on short timelines; closed-book exam policy is not proven.

Short-Turnaround PapersHeavy Homework
“Announces papers on Mon, working draft due Tue, peer review due Wed, paper due Sun, then .”
ENGL101
“There are 4 hw assignments a night it's a joke.”
ENG205

Online

Online comments focus on papers and .

Many PapersUnclear Essay Prompts
“you literally have like 5 papers due in a week.”
ENG205
“ but just word salad.”
ENG205

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Absolute waste of time, effort, patience, etc. So ”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews (7 online, 7 in person), highlighting workload and agenda-driven teaching themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“His time in class is spent rambling without giving us any lessons or lecture”

📚 Workload Overload

12/100

“There are 4 hw assignments a night it's a joke.”

👎 Recommendation

16/100

“Unless you love English, I would stay away from this professor.”

⚖️

22/100

“His criteria for , and always based on his opinions.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Doesn't teach anything about literature but pushes a very specific political agenda.
  • His classes are essentially just ramblings on the concentration of wealth and power
  • Professor K. was a kind teacher. He wants to work with you and hear you out.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • .
  • His criteria for
  • Overall though, it is very possible to pass.

Theme 3

📝 About Workload

  • Gave us 3 books to read in a 2 day period
  • you literally have like 5 papers due in a week
  • So keep up

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

14 detailed reviews across online and in-person from 2020-2026 show strong consistency on workload and teaching complaints.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 59

Course coverage

ENG2057 reviews
ENGL1017 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

3

B 2 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 1