AI Rate Professor

Political Science

John Roche

POLSC120 · POLI102 · POL102 · POSC102 · POSC101 · POSCI102 · POLISCI102 · POSC100 · POLSC101 · PS101 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
79/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
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Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you attend, read the book, and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardEntertaining lecturesDiscussion-drivenEasy if you show upEssay-heavy testsPolitically opinionated
  • Most students find him engaging, smart, and open to debate with .
  • Grades and lecture-based essays.
  • A minority report hard tests, unclear study guidance, or political bias against conservatives.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

76/100

Many report a B or easy A for showing interest and attending, though a .

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is approachable for political science with entertaining lectures, but essays and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

58/100

Showing up and paying attention is repeatedly linked to good grades, but .

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

74/100

and fair, discussion-heavy classes.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Students who show up and ; .

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Workload

Light

82/100

Typically only three tests, no papers or .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Good

74/100

Many call him entertaining, knowledgeable, and open to debate; a minority find tests misaligned.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grades rest and essay portions.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and three tests; a few students dislike his test style or perceived political leanings.

Main concern

, and some conservatives feel graded down.

What students said

“He's great! He's so nice and really wants to see you do well in the class.”
POSC101
“COOL TEACHER VERY EASY VERY IF U WANT AN EASY A.”
POSC102
“ teaches.”
POLSC101

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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Exams are mostly three in-class tests combining hard multiple choice with .

Three tests onlyMultiple choice and essayEssay from lecturesChapter summaries and key terms

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and essays; essays reward material he emphasized in lecture.

Multiple choice and essayLecture-based essay questionsThree tests
“The exam are muliple choice and essay, but the .”
POSC102
“the class has 3 tests, that is all ”
POLISCI102

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you show interest in the subject and pay attention/show up he will pass you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 in-person reviews spanning a decade, balancing strong praise with test and bias critiques. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

74/100

“He is a very good speaker, very enthusiastic and entertaining.”

👍 Recommendation

74/100

“ !!!”

📗 Easy Path

76/100

“ IF U WANT AN EASY A.”

📝

58/100

“ and he likes to hear what he told you”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are entertaining and he has an independent view on things
  • Great guy. Real smart, very open to debate in class
  • Pleasure to be in his class, he treats his students like adults

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • I did almost nothing in this class and got a B
  • ONLY 3 TESTS, THEY WERE EASY
  • hard

Theme 3

⚖️ About Politics and Fairness

  • I've never heard of him marking a student down for their beliefs
  • if you are
  • He will shut you up any chance he gets

Data context

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Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen reviews spanning 2004-2014 with mixed but detailed opinions give a solid long-term picture.

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 54
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

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