AI Rate Professor

Biology

Jonathan Okerblom

BIO211 · BIOL211 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
88/100
RMP rating
4.3/5
Take again
85.71%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

Take him if you want a tests are hard.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaringExam CurveExtra CreditTest HeavyEasy Going
  • He is widely seen as caring, fair, and highly student-supportive.
  • Exams are challenging but curved, with and .
  • Some students get an easy A yet learn less because lectures can ramble.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Curves, , and flexible lab credit produce many A and A+ .

Online emphasizes easy grades with less learning; in person still grades generously but .

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Physiology is not inherently easy, though he breaks it down and supports students heavily.

Online reviews call it manageable; in .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

52/100

Online attendance is often optional, while .

Online is flexible; in .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

84/100

, and grade support despite occasional lecture drift.

; in person is strongly positive.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

86/100

, and lab resubmissions make grading student-friendly.

Format shift

and ; online also allows flexible lab submission.

Workload

Light

74/100

Few assignments and manageable work overall, though the course is test-heavy.

Format shift

Online notes very manageable workload; in .

Teaching experience

Good

80/100

Students love his care and fairness, with mixed notes on tangents and .

Format shift

Online more often criticizes followability; in person more often praises clarity and support.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tags and comments repeatedly describe a test-heavy structure with labs and around it.

Format shift

; labs matter more as credit recovery online.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person he is praised as , and challenging but .

Main concern

and the class is test-heavy.

What students said

“ !! He cares SO much about his students”
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“ but based on critical thinking rather than memorization.”
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Remote format

Online

4 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online physio is accommodating with and flexible labs, but slides and lectures can be .

Main concern

You may pass easily without absorbing much material.

What students said

“ . and they can be submitted whenever.”
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“You'll get a good grade but at the cost of learning less with him.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams can be challenging and critical-thinking based, but curves and soften the risk.

Curved ExamsExtra CreditStudy GuidesChallenging TestsFlexible Labs

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams are challenging but fair, with , and .

Challenging ExamsStudy GuidesExam CurveExtra Credit
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“ though and gives .”
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Online

Online exams are described as not that hard and .

Exam CurveFlexible Lab CreditExtra Credit
“ .”
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“ . However, he tends to go off track a lot”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Professor Okerblom is extremely caring and probably the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 reviews across 4 online and 3 in-person physiology sections. Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Student Care

90/100

“he genuinely cares about you”

📈 Grade Safety Net

84/100

“He ”

🧠 Learning Tradeoff

55/100

“great choice if you need to pass physiology but not if you need to learn the material”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • very accommodating and understanding
  • tends to go off track a lot
  • breaks down in a way that is easy to understand

Theme 2

📊

  • is offered throughout the semester

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • !!
  • really care, and is easy going

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Seven recent detailed reviews across online and in-person BIO211 paint a .

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

BIO2114 reviews
BIOL2113 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 4 · A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

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