AI Rate Professor

Biology

Lauren Chroman

BIOL100 · BIOL102 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid if you have any alternative; expect a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerExam-Only Lecture GradesStudy Guides Mismatch ExamsNo Exam Review ReturnedIntro Treated as AdvancedSelf-Teach Required
  • Students almost uniformly warn against taking her intro biology courses.
  • Lecture grades rest on a and exams not returned.
  • Study guides and tests.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Grades skew low with Fs and Cs common, no curve or , and exams that students say go beyond what was taught.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Students say intro content is taught at an advanced level with and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Some mark attendance mandatory and strict on participation, while .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

and repeated direct warnings to choose another professor.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

No curve, no , few graded items, and students report .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

and ; constant heavy studying is required to pass.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Repeated complaints about off-topic rants, unusable slides, and having to teach yourself despite her being personally nice.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

92/100

Lecture grades are described as entirely a handful of and little else.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All in-person reviews describe intro bio as far too hard, poorly aligned exams, and .

Main concern

Failing or low grades from few high-stakes exams that do not match study materials.

What students said

“ . The professor is nice HOWEVER for being an entry level class the work is extremely difficult.”
BIOL100
“ . She treats this class as an advanced class when it is an intro class.”
BIOL102

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 guides that students say miss tested material.

Test HeavyExams Not ReturnedStudy Guide MismatchNo CurveCumulative Final

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person lecture is graded ; students say tests are not returned and study guides do not match.

Test HeavyExams Not ReturnedStudy Guide MismatchNo Curve
“Study guide does NOT match up with the exams back).”
BIOL100
“Lect grade is entirely 4 exams, w/cumulative final that , yet exam .”
BIOL102

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . The professor is nice HOWEVER for being an entry level class the work is extremely difficult.”

Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person reviews with and teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚨 Overall Experience

16/100

“ if you can help it. Set up for failure.”

📝

22/100

“the study guides don't help much for that aren't gone over in the study guides.”

🚫 Recommendation

5/100

“ .”

📚 Self-Teaching Burden

14/100

“Had to !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching

  • She goes on random rants and so
  • .
  • Many students can say the same but we are scared because

Theme 2

📈 About Exams and Grades

  • , so that sucks
  • No

Theme 3

🔬 About Course Level

  • She treats this class as an advanced class when it is an intro class.
  • Teaches things not required at this level.
  • Don't study = fail.

Data context

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Analysis sample

10

Recent reviews read by the AI

10

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Ten recent, detailed, highly consistent negative reviews give solid signal despite a modest sample size.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 54
1 out of 56

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

4

C+ 2 · C 2

D range

1

D+ 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values