AI Rate Professor

History

Jonathan McLeod

HIST110 · HISTHIST · HST109 · HIST · HIS109 · HISTO109 · HISTORY109 · HIT109 · HIST639 · HIST109 · 132 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.4

The decision

Avoid unless you are a dedicated history major ready for and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerMonotone LecturesTough GraderHeavy ReadingTake Home EssaysAvoid Unless History Major
  • Lectures are widely called monotone and disconnected from tests.
  • standards.
  • A nice knowledgeable man, but most students strongly advise against him.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

22/100

Strict essays, specific quizzes, and students.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Intro history is treated like upper-division work with massive reading and high writing standards.

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

62/100

Many say lectures are skippable because tests follow books more than class talk.

; a as yes.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Dominant as a last resort for serious history students.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and ultra-specific quizzes.

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Multiple textbooks, constant reading, and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Knowledgeable and , but lectures bore and misalign with assessments.

Format shift

In-person only.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

, and especially strict essays.

Format shift

In-person only.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Nearly all reviews describe boring lectures, , and a .

Main concern

Unfair effort-to-grade ratio with lectures that do not match assessments.

What students said

“Just don't. Even if it's your only option.”
HIST109
“Be prepared to teach yourself all of the course information.”
HIS109
“This class has LOTS of reading!! 5 textbooks. !”
HISTORY109

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

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Exams and essays are hard, specific, and often poorly aligned with .

Take-home essaysHigh essay standardsReading-heavy quizzesLectures mismatch tests

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

standards plus dense reading quizzes.

Take-home essaysTough essay gradingQuiz from heavy reading
“ but REDICULUS!”
HISTO109
“His quizzes are 30% of grade and require a TON of reading”
HIST109
“ .”
HIT109

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Just don't. Even if it's your only option.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person , and . Credibility rating: High.

😴 Lecture Boredom

20/100

“THE most boring teacher I have ever had.”

📝

18/100

“The man simply believes you should be writing a master's thesis in every essay.”

📚

12/100

“This class has LOTS of reading!! 5 textbooks. !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • just lectures the whole time making it impossible to stay focused
  • Doesn't use visual aids ever
  • monotone voice makes class unbearable

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • he's a
  • NOT an easy, put in a basic effort kind of class

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Very smart guy and overall a nice guy
  • He truly is a great guy though
  • willing to help outside of class

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

132

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews over many years show highly consistent negative themes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 514
3 out of 526
2 out of 534
1 out of 541

Course coverage

HIST10935 reviews
1093 reviews
HIS1093 reviews
HIST1102 reviews
HIST1 review
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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

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