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Biology

Tim Plagge

PHYSOFBEINBEAST · BIO235LAB · BIOL160 · BIOL230 · BIO235 · BIO160 · HUMANANATOMY · BIO230 · BIOL235 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
86/100
RMP rating
4.5/5
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Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you want a rigorous anatomy prep with a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPassionate anatomy expertExtremely helpfulHeavy memorizationExtra credit generousMust-study hard
  • Students call him among the , and passion.
  • Anatomy and physiology demand heavy memorization and steady study from day one.
  • and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

40/100

An A is possible with consistent dedication, but labs and memorization demand serious ongoing effort.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Anatomy content is dense with and lots of material from the start.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

55/100

Quizzes at the start of class and lab work make missing sessions costly even if .

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

and medical students while being deeply helpful.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Students , and willingness to work with those who put in effort.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

and lots of material to cover.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Excellent

90/100

Dominant praise for , and genuine care for student success.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

70/100

, and occasional essays drive grades.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and passion, while warning the class is time-consuming and memorization-heavy.

Main concern

and volume of material if you fall behind.

What students said

“Literally the . Extremely nice and intelligent and absolutely loves his job.”
BIO230
“Probably one of the most time consuming classes ever.”
BIO230
“ , and really seems to want his students to do well.”
BIOL230

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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Lecture exams are mostly multiple choice or scantron while .

Multiple ChoiceLab PracticalsScantronKnown Essay TopicsNo Word Bank on Labs

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; lab exams demand identifying dozens of structures without a word bank.

Multiple ChoiceLab PracticalsScantronNo Word Bank
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HUMANANATOMY
“For each of the 6 lab exams you have to identify about 50 bones/muscles/nerves etc. and spell them correctly (no word bank, no nothing).”
BIO230

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Literally the . Extremely nice and intelligent and absolutely loves his job.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews, highlighting teaching excellence, heavy anatomy workload, and . Credibility rating: High.

⭐ Teaching Excellence

90/100

“Literally the . Extremely nice and intelligent and absolutely loves his job.”

💪 Hard But Fair

40/100

“Easy going and generous yet makes you work HARD He challenges you in a good way”

🎁 Help

72/100

“ , and really seems to want his students to do well.”

📚 Heavy Memorization

28/100

“Probably one of the most time consuming classes ever.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • knows the material extremely well and is overly willing to help

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • NOT an easy class.. but that's anatomy
  • An A is possible with consistent dedication
  • if you study a ton you will get atleast a B

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Extremely nice and intelligent and absolutely loves his job
  • really seems to want his students to do well
  • Awesome educator and cool dude

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen reviews spanning 2009-2015 with detailed, mostly consistent praise and specific workload notes.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 513
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

0

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C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

1

Fail 1