AI Rate Professor

Photography

David Ashcraft

PHOTO5 · PHOT5 · PHOTOPHOT · PHT5 · PHOTO4131 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
98/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
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Difficulty
1.6

The decision

Take David Ashcraft if you want an easy, laid-back photography class and can tolerate lecture tangents.

Best fit · Easy A HunterVery EasyLaid BackFunnyPassionateLecture Heavy
  • Most students describe the class as very easy with minimal workload and strong grade upside.
  • Ashcraft is often seen as funny, passionate, helpful, and motivating.
  • The main drawback is that lectures can drift into long tangents and history-heavy material.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

WalkInThePark

93/100

Students repeatedly call the class easy, mention minimal work, , and final answers, though one says an A .

All easy-A evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Introductory

88/100

The course is a basic photography class that students often describe as super easy and low pressure.

All course-easiness evidence comes from in-person Photo 5 reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

and missing three classes can get a student dropped, while other reviews imply showing up matters.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

87/100

Most students recommend him because the class is easy, fun, and taught by a passionate, helpful professor.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Generous

90/100

Grading appears very lenient because students mention , and taking him because they expect an A.

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Workload

Featherlight

92/100

Many reviews describe minimal work, easy projects, and a low overall workload despite .

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Teaching experience

Good

82/100

Students often find him funny, passionate, and helpful, but some .

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Assessment appears , and a final exam.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

15 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person reviews strongly describe an easy, laid-back class with a friendly teacher, light workload, and some boredom from long lectures.

Main concern

The main concern is that lectures can be boring, unclear, or too focused on history instead of hands-on photography.

What students said

“Easy to pass. just show up.”
PHOTO5
“Also, he gives you the questions and answers for the final!”
PHOTO5
“He is very boring.”
PHOTO5

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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and answers and offers , making exams highly student-friendly, but proctoring and book rules are not clearly proven.

Final Questions GivenFinal Answers GivenExtra Credit Available

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

92/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and answers being given, but do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, or proctoring rules.

Final Questions GivenFinal Answers GivenExtra Credit Available
“Also, he gives you the questions and answers for the final!”
PHOTO5
“he reads the and gives you the answers in order; you just have to write them down”
PHOTO5
“final is 40 questions that he tell you in class with the answers.”
PHOTO5

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Easy to pass. just show up.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and concerns. Credibility rating: High.

Easy A Signal

93/100

“Easy to pass. just show up.”

Teaching Quality

82/100

“The guy knows his stuff, and he's got a great desire to pass his knowledge along and get other people fired up about photography.”

92/100

“Also, he gives you the questions and answers for the final!”

Theme 1

Difficulty and Grades

  • Took this guy's class, super easy man.
  • It's a super easy class
  • ..
  • only because I know I will get an A

Theme 2

Teaching Style

  • Ashcraft is a great teacher!
  • He does talk a lot, and seems to go off on stories all the time, but he's funny and a really cool guy.
  • He makes photography really interesting.
  • He's kinda of crazy, but funny and easy and very helpfull.

Theme 3

Concerns

  • He is very boring.
  • .
  • He gets off on tangents easily and often.
  • teaches more history of photographt then

Data context

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Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifteen reviews across several years show strong consistency on ease, personality, and lecture style, though the data is old.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 57
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 50

Course coverage

PHOTO511 reviews
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PHOTO41311 review
PHOTOPHOT1 review
PHT51 review

Reported outcomes

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2 reported outcomes

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B range

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B 1

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