AI Rate Professor

Zoology

Jeffrey Schmidt

BIO100 · ZOO201 · ZOO200 · ZOO145 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.6

The decision

if you can teach yourself and want a ; otherwise pick another professor.

Best fit · Self Taught ProSmart but poor teacherSelf-teach requiredHard twisted testsCurve saves gradesOff-topic health talks
  • Knows zoology well but rarely teaches it clearly in lecture.
  • Students must self-study textbooks and website notes; tests are hard and often twisted.
  • A , yet many still find the experience frustrating and unrewarding.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Tests are hard and twisted, so an A though a .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Covers a lot of material at high difficulty and often leaves students teaching themselves.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

, though missing class costs you because lectures and notes matter.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

Most students say he is smart but a weak teacher and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Tests are tough, but a .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Long class time, heavy content, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Students praise his knowledge but and impatience.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Hard lecture and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person zoology and anatomy sections feel lecture-heavy, long, and self-directed, with .

Main concern

Weak lecture delivery forces students to learn almost everything on their own.

What students said

“Does not know how to teach. He does know his topic subject but was not able to teach or .”
BIO100
“Be prepared to teach yourself everything.”
ZOO200
“ , but he does grade on a curve”
ZOO145

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 difficult and .

Hard examsTwisted questionsCurve gradingLab exams

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and usually curved.

Hard examsTwisted questionsCurve gradingLab exams
“The class is hard cuz he tends 2 twist ques &/or the answer on the test & quiz.”
ZOO145
“Grades on a curve so that's good as most of the class failed his tests.”
ZOO200

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Does not know how to teach. He does know his topic subject but was not able to teach or .”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person reviews, , and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📚 Teaching Quality

36/100

“Schmidt is very smart but not a very good teacher.”

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28/100

“Be prepared to teach yourself everything.”

📉 Recommendation

32/100

“I hate biology now and use to love it.”

📊

55/100

“I got a B cuz of the curve”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Does not know how to teach
  • Very inpatient, always felt like we were wasting his time
  • He likes to talk a lot of living a healthy life

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • , but he does grade on a curve
  • Study hard and you will receive an A
  • but if you study

Theme 3

📖 About Self-Teaching

  • Use you text book & his website
  • U do have 2 teach yourself cuz he doesn't do a review B4 the test
  • We sat there for 4 hours and taught ourselves from the text

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Eight detailed but older in-person reviews (2008-2014) show consistent self-teach and hard-test themes.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

ZOO2004 reviews
ZOO1452 reviews
BIO1001 review
ZOO2011 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

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