AI Rate Professor

Biology

Jim Gilardi

BIO200 · BIO100 · BIOL101 · BIOL200 · BIOL100 · BIO101 · 102 lifetime ratings

AI rating
82/100
RMP rating
4.3/5
Take again
77.27%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Strong pick for Bio if you attend, study learning objectives, and want a funny expert; less ideal for easy online or low-effort paths.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious LecturerTest HeavyAmazing AnalogiesLab QuizzesAccessible Outside Class
  • , passionate lectures and real willingness to help.
  • Expect dense material, frequent quizzes, long lectures, and ; effort is required.
  • manageable for self-starters, frustrating when exams are off-campus or have errors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

As are common when , and office hours, but and unforgiving of vague answers.

; online often feels harder or less guided.

Is the course easy?

Standard

44/100

Content is dense science-major biology with lots of and analogies.

; online self-study increases perceived difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

24/100

and you will not pass, with daily or frequent quizzes.

; online has no traditional seat time.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

80/100

Strong majority praise and ; negatives cluster around online logistics or extreme test specificity.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

56/100

and occasional end bumps, but quizzes and and high detail.

Format shift

In-person notes ; and key mistakes.

Workload

Heavy

38/100

, and multi-exam structure create a heavy but structured load.

Format shift

; online replaces that with long modules and reading.

Teaching experience

Excellent

86/100

Hilarious, passionate, analogy-rich lectures and high accessibility define the dominant student experience.

Format shift

In-person teaching is excellent; online often feels like video modules with less live teaching.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Test-heavy with frequent quizzes; and exams.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize exams; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person BIO200/BIO100 reviews mostly call him one of the best: , but quiz and .

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“Jim is the you understand Biology. He's super funny and is so willing to help.”
BIO200
“Barely passed this class because . The amount of work is just insane.”
BIO200
“Study all the learning objectives (for quizzes and tests) if you want to do well!”
BIO200

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online Bio ranges from manageable with practice quizzes to frustrating with , and key errors.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“He provided a lot of practice exercises (which turned out to be 95% of the exams). It was A LOT of reading, but it is Biology.”
BIOL100
“he makes you take the off”
BIO101
“It's hard to prepare for the exams when the to the module quizzes (that you're supposed to study with) are RIDDLED with wrong answers.”
BIO101

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are in-depth and detail-focused; practice and learning objectives help, but friendliness is only moderate.

Test HeavyLab QuizzesLearning ObjectivesOff-Campus Exams OnlineDetailed Written Portions

Assessment risk

Standard

46/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and frequent lab quizzes reward exact knowledge of learning objectives and lecture detail.

Lab QuizzesLearning ObjectivesDetail Heavy ExamsStudy Guides
“ , so you will have to become familiar with all the little details as well.”
BIO200
“You must use his definitions for .”
BIO200

Online

Online students report hard exams, sometimes off campus, with .

Off-Campus ExamsPractice QuizzesSelf-Paced Modules
“he makes you take the off”
BIO101
“ to the module quizzes (that you're supposed to study with) are RIDDLED with wrong answers.”
BIO101

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Jim is the you understand Biology. He's super funny and is so willing to help.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (6 online, 44 in person), highlighting lecture excellence and quiz-heavy rigor. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

86/100

“ hardest concepts easy to understand.”

😂 Humor and Energy

88/100

“ the time and always stuck in my head.”

📝

46/100

“Barely passed this class because .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

80/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing lectures. .
  • He makes great analogies and jokes.
  • He gets off topic and over-complicates everything.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • If you want a good grade, study hard and pay attention in his class
  • Bumps 5-10 points in the end for everyone.
  • The amount of work is just insane.

Theme 3

💻 About Online Bio

  • It was A LOT of reading, but it is Biology.
  • he makes you take the off
  • only the strong will survive this class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

102

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews with rich detail, multi-year span, and consistent core themes on lecture quality and quiz-heavy assessment.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 571
4 out of 515
3 out of 57
2 out of 56
1 out of 53

Course coverage

BIO20029 reviews
BIO1017 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

27 reported outcomes

A range

13

A+ 2 · A 9 · A- 2

B range

8

B+ 3 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

3

C 2 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 2