AI Rate Professor

Biology

Wendy Holmes

BIO20 · BIOBIO · ANATOMY · BIOLOGY · BIO3 · BIO21A · BIO5 · BIO1 · BIO20ANATOMY · 65 lifetime ratings

AI rating
37/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

unless you can self-teach biology, tolerate disorganization, and rely on or outside study resources.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized courseExam heavyExtra credit helpsNice but unclearSelf-teaching required
  • Recent reviews strongly criticize , and poor Canvas structure.
  • Older positive reviews often praise kindness, , curves, and a passable path with effort.
  • Exam performance dominates the experience, especially in anatomy and biology courses.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

, and cheat sheets can make good grades possible, but and unclear teaching make the A unreliable.

Online evidence is only one review, while and severe exam risk.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

33/100

Biology and anatomy are content-heavy, and students say disorganization, fast pacing, and .

Online evidence mentions fast weekly chapters, while and poor structure.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

38/100

because students say showing up, participating, and keeping up are important, though strict attendance rules are not consistently proven.

The attendance evidence mostly comes from in-person reviews; the online .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

36/100

Recent students frequently advise avoiding her because the class feels disorganized, exam-driven, and .

Online evidence is too thin to generalize, while .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

56/100

Grading can be helped by and curves, but , and no bumps make it feel risky.

Format shift

Online evidence mentions simple assignments, while in-person reviews show mixed leniency with and .

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Students report many assignments, packets, readings, study guides, fast chapters, and .

Format shift

The online review says assignments are simple but frequent, while and .

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

Students often call Holmes nice and knowledgeable, but , and leaves them self-teaching.

Format shift

The single online review is mildly critical, while .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Many reviews say exams make up most of the grade, sometimes around 70% to 90%.

Format shift

; online evidence does not clearly describe grading weights.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

49 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are highly polarized but recent evidence is strongly negative , and self-teaching.

Main concern

Students often say exams and disorganization make the course harder than the subject itself.

What students said

“Expect to rely on self-teaching.”
BIO20ANATOMY
“She is so unorganized and scatter brained.”
BIO20

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The single online review describes a disorganized but manageable class with and fast weekly pacing.

Main concern

One chapter per week may leave too little time to fully understand the material.

What students said

“She is a and repeats herself sometimes during lectures.”
BIO21A
“Lots of assignments, but they are simple enough to complete.”
BIO21A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exam policy varies by course and year, but and hard or poorly aligned tests.

Exam HeavyCheat Sheets MentionedNotes Allowed MentionedTough ExamsStudy Guides May Not Match

Assessment risk

Varies

43/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, study guides that may not match, and some classes allowing cheat sheets or notes.

Exam HeavyCheat Sheets MentionedNotes Allowed MentionedStudy Guides May Not Match
“ and heavily exam-based (about 70% of the grade)”
BIO20ANATOMY
“exams are basically 90% of your grade and classwork is 10%”
BIO20

Online

The single online review does not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, take-home, quiz format, midterm format, or .

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Expect to rely on self-teaching.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and organization. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“Nice person. unorganized and poor professor.”

🧪

43/100

“exams are basically 90% of your grade and classwork is 10% which doesn't help boost your grade at ALL.”

⚖️ Grade Support

56/100

“She offers opportunities for and is very lenient with grading.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • , and labs feel limited.
  • , and doesn't really answer your questions well or even help when you ask.
  • but if you ask her.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You can do every assignment and get 100% and it doesn't positively .
  • so it's very easy to get an A.
  • but she grades on a curve.

Theme 3

🧭 About Organization

  • .
  • .
  • the modules, assignments, and and

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

65

Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across a long time span provide detailed and consistent concerns, though teaching quality appears to vary by year and course.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 516
3 out of 58
2 out of 58
1 out of 518

Course coverage

BIO2022 reviews
BIO20ANATOMY10 reviews
BIO34 reviews
BIO54 reviews
BIO21A3 reviews
Show 5 more courses
377372 reviews
BIO12 reviews
ANATOMY1 review
BIOBIO1 review
BIOLOGY1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

36 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 2 · A 5 · A- 2

B range

18

B+ 10 · B 7 · B- 1

C range

2

C+ 2

D range

2

D+ 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1