AI Rate Professor

Biology

Hector Valtierra

BIOL120 · BIO107 · BIOL107 · BIO120 · MICRO265 · BIO101 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
91/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you will study the handouts and guides; and fair.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious and caringHelpful study guidesFair gradingInteractive lecturesExam note-card support
  • Students love his humor, warmth, and willingness to help in biology and micro
  • Study guides and if you prepare
  • Workload can spike in compressed summer formats but day courses feel manageable

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Exams track handouts and student-built study guides, so solid preparation converts cleanly into strong grades.

; no online sample to compare.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Material can be challenging, especially micro, but he makes it understandable with , and humor.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

, and one review says late students are denied the test.

Based solely on in-person comments.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

95/100

and strong affection for his teaching.

100% would-take-again among those .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

78/100

Students call him extremely fair, with exams aligned to guides and note cards rather than gotcha questions.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Regular studying, weekly lab quizzes, and handouts are expected; summer formats can feel heavy.

Format shift

One summer BIO120 review called the load unreasonable; others found it easy.

Teaching experience

Excellent

93/100

Warm, humorous, interactive teaching with strong help outside pure lecture delivery.

Format shift

Consistently excellent across the in-person sample.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

, and exams dominate, with some projects or discussion posts.

Format shift

In-person evidence only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

as in-person: interactive, funny, fair, with handouts or student-made study guides that map closely to exams.

Main concern

Some summer or compressed offerings pile on many chapters, posts, and tests.

What students said

“In a challenging course he made it interactive ,fun , and understandable.”
MICRO265
“Use the handouts he gives as a study guide wisely & he lets you use a 3X5 card for notes on the tests!”
BIO107
“He is extremely fair in grading and dedicated to his work.”
MICRO265

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.

Exams are study-guide aligned and often allow a small note card, making them fair for prepared students.

Study guides on exams3x5 note card allowedHandouts drive testsWeekly lab quizzesExtra credit field cleanups

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

80/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and student-created study guides, sometimes with a 3x5 note card.

3x5 note cardStudent-created study guidesHandout-based testsWeekly lab quizzes
“he lets you use a 3X5 card for notes on the tests!”
BIO107
“letting us students create the study guides that were directly on the exams”
MICRO265
“85% of the ”
BIO101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He brings warmth, humor, and relevance to a subject I never thought I would find interesting.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person biology and micro reviews with no online sample. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

93/100

“ !”

👍 Recommendation

95/100

“ !”

📝

80/100

“he lets you use a 3X5 card for notes on the tests!”

❤️ Character

90/100

“He's pretty funny and overall fair.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • interactive ,fun , and understandable
  • brings warmth, humor, and relevance
  • cool guy who loves to ferment his own beer

Theme 2

📈 About Exams and Prep

  • study guides that were directly on the exams
  • 85% of the
  • Study and you'll do great!

Theme 3

⚠️ About Workload Spikes

  • for a 100 level class during the summer, the work load is unreasonable
  • This class is very, very easy
  • A lot of studying for the exams though

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Only 9 reviews, mostly older, but they are detailed and consistently positive on teaching and fairness.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

BIO1012 reviews
BIOL1202 reviews
MICRO2652 reviews
BIO1071 review
BIO1201 review
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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

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B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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