AI Rate Professor

English

William Burke

ENG47A · ENG101 · ENGL47A · ENG49 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you can handle sarcasm and heavy writing; course level seems to change the experience a lot.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderLots of homeworkCondescendingSarcasticGives good feedback
  • ENG101 , and snarky comments.
  • Lower-level sections sometimes praise him as funny, caring, and helpful.
  • Weekly essays and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

and and thick skin.

In-person reviews dominate; the one online review only reinforces high difficulty.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Daily reading and weekly essays make the course feel demanding for many students.

Evidence is mostly in person; online sample is too thin to reverse the picture.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

as mandatory and tag that skipping hurts your grade.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

; lower courses draw praise while ENG101 draws strong avoid warnings.

Positive recs are in person for ENG47A; ENG101 in person and online are largely no.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

and hard essay scoring appear across most recent reviews.

Format shift

Online and in-person ENG101 comments both stress tough grading.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

workload.

Format shift

; online review implies extreme load.

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Some students love his humor and feedback, while others report yelling, bias, and high-school style control.

Format shift

In-person reviews are split by course level; online evidence is only negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Essays and reading work dominate; little discussion of formal exams.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize papers and reading more than tests.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some call him hilarious and , and a .

Main concern

Personality clash risk is high if you do not handle sarcasm or .

What students said

“he's very condescending and makes snarky comments all the time.”
ENG101
“ .”
ENG47A
“He once yelled at this girl for 30 mins about a citation.”
ENG101

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

The single online review describes crushing difficulty and emotional stress with no redeeming detail.

Main concern

Online workload and tone appear severe based on one highly negative report.

What students said

“This class ended my will to live and made me cry every single night I was enrolled.”
ENG101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment centers on frequent essays and .

Weekly essaysHeavy readingTough paper grading

Assessment risk

Standard

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; no clear Lockdown or webcam policy is described.

Weekly essaysTough graderFeedback on essays
“an .”
ENG101
“ .”
ENG49

Online

One online review reports crushing difficulty but .

Heavy workloadTough grader
“This class ended my will to live and made me cry every single night I was enrolled.”
ENG101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This Professor is one of the . and when you answer he goes off on you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews (1 online, 5 in person), highlighting polarized tone and heavy writing. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎭 Classroom Tone

35/100

“he's very condescending and makes snarky comments all the time.”

📝 Workload

30/100

“Get ready to write and read things almost every day.”

🌟 Positive Outlier

85/100

“Such a great English teacher! .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • .
  • His sarcasm could be seen as being rude and passive.
  • Amazing teacher, super funny and attentive to his students.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He is really biased and grades extremely hard.
  • an .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Conflict

  • He once yelled at this girl for 30 mins about a citation.
  • This class ended my will to live and made me cry every single night I was enrolled.

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Six reviews show a , but the sample is small and only one is online.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 53

Course coverage

ENG1013 reviews
ENG47A1 review
ENG491 review
ENGL47A1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

2

B 1 · B- 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values