AI Rate Professor

Accounting

Laurence Wrathall

BMGT153 · BUS100 · BUS117 · 15 lifetime ratings

AI rating
62/100
RMP rating
4.3/5
Take again
80%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you want to truly learn business law and will do the readings, notes, and on-time work; skip if you want an easy A.

Best fit · Effort For RewardChallenging But RewardingClear Grading RubricLots of HomeworkMandatory AttendanceStructured Business Law
  • BUS117 is tough and assignment-heavy but highly rewarding if you follow the 3-legged stool
  • Clear structure, no grade rounding, and
  • and manageable than harsh in-person pace

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

and help, but no rounding and heavy earn-it grading mean an A requires consistent hard work.

Online BUS100 can feel easier; in-person BUS117 is the hard-work track.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Business law content, long readings, essays, quizzes, and .

In-person difficulty dominates; a few online reviews call it more doable.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and one says even hospital absences are not excused.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

and , though a loud minority warn about workload and strictness.

; in-person splits between love and hate.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

79.99 stays 79.99 and grades must be earned.

Format shift

Strictness is clearest in person; but more passable.

Workload

Heavy

26/100

Weekly , and tests stack up fast.

Format shift

In-person workload complaints are intense; online still busy but better paced.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

and ; some students dislike humor or strictness.

Format shift

Online highlights organization; in-person praises lectures and notes demand.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Weekly quizzes and essays plus multiple tests and .

Format shift

; online focuses on scheduled deliverables.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person BUS117 is challenging, attendance-heavy, and homework-dense; students who grind learn a lot and those who slack hate it.

Main concern

, and no grade rounding.

What students said

“ !!! This is an absurd amount of work for a 3 unit class!”
BUS100
“The class is not easy, but it is very rewarding.”
BUS117
“ if you are in the hospital.”
BUS117

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and professional with , and doable A grades if you stay on top of work.

Main concern

and steady deliverables; not zero-effort.

What students said

“ , and zoom meetings are recorded. Deliverables are scheduled and .”
BUS117
“As long as you stay on top of it, it should be an easy A.”
BUS100
“ .”
BUS117

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests are challenging but fair with and written work; not described as open-book or heavily proctored software.

Challenging Fair TestsPop QuizzesEssays with Presentations

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and multi-page note-taking expectations.

Challenging TestsPop QuizzesNo Grade Rounding
“ but fair.”
BUS117
“a 79.99 will not be rounded to 80.”
BUS117

Online

Online work and quizzes are posted and due online; .

Online Quizzes and TestsScheduled Deliverables
“ and quizzes online and they are fairly easy and all the work is due online.”
BUS100

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Professor Wrathall's class is one of the tougher one's for business majors at Palomar, but you will learn a LOOOOOT.”

Voice snapshots generated from 15 reviews (4 online, 11 in-person), Medium credibility due to strong but polarized opinions.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“Professor Wrathall is an excellent instructor with a and a challenging yet rewarding class.”

📚 Workload Warning

26/100

“This is an absurd amount of work for a 3 unit class!”

⚖️ Earn Your Grade

34/100

“If you want a grade, you have to earn it, a 79.99 will not be rounded to 80.”

👍

72/100

“100000% take this class!”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The class is not easy, but it is very rewarding.
  • Put in the necessary work and you will be just fine.
  • Your GPA will be destroyed if you enter his class.

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Structure

  • and schedule

Theme 3

⏰

  • if you are in the hospital.
  • As long as you attend class, do all your work, and submit it on time, you will be okay.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

15

Recent reviews read by the AI

15

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

15 reviews with a but two polar opposite 1-star spikes lower consistency.

Inside 15 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

BUS11712 reviews
BUS1002 reviews
BMGT1531 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 3 · A 5 · A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values