Marco Giordano

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AI rating: 38/100
RMP rating: 3.0/5
Take again: 51.92%
Difficulty: 3.7

The decision

if you want a demanding, ideology-heavy critical-thinking gauntlet and can match his style; most students seeking a normal English A .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizing IdeologueLecture-Heavy RantsTough GraderConspiracy-Theory FocusVerbose Unclear Prompts

some call him life-changing for critical thinking; many call him unhinged and avoid-at-all-costs.
Heavy reading, long text-dump lectures, and .
Online sections draw more complaints about organization, ideology, and harsh or .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Many earn As, but only after heavy reading, matching his rhetoric, and .

Online reviews stress fighting for an A with ; final paper if they play along.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and massive reading lists make the content intellectually heavy.

Both formats call it college-level-plus reading; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

and skipping risks being dropped; online is more often non-mandatory.

In-person evidence is largely mandatory; online .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

fans praise transformative critical thinking while critics urge total avoidance.

Older in-person alumni praise is stronger; recent .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

; and ideology-aligned writing expectations are common.

Format shift

Online students especially report harsh marks and ; a if you complete work.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and verbose modules create a heavy load.

Format shift

; online adds digging through long text lectures for prompts.

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Brilliant and inspirational for some, rambling and hostile for others; quality is deeply split.

Format shift

; online recent reviews skew poor.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

responses rather than frequent exams.

Format shift

; online uses module responses and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

34 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews split between devotees who credit him with law-school-level critical thinking and detractors who hate the , and .

Main concern

and high-stakes single final paper create stress and .

What students said

“10/10 class Hardest professor I've ever had the .”
ENGL5

“If you dont want a university level .”
ENG1B

“the .”
ENG5

Remote format

Online

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students often describe rambling text lectures, , and strong conspiracy-theory framing that many find alienating.

Main concern

, and ideology-heavy content make online sections especially frustrating.

What students said

“Someone you would find outside a 7/11 yelling at passing cars. A completely un-hinged conspiracy theorist with and deliverables.”
ENG5

“I got an A in his class but fought for my life in doing so. Lectures are worded so excessive and confusing”
ENGL5

“ .”
ENG5

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment centers on papers and responses more than traditional proctored exams; format details are inconsistently described.

Few major papersFinal essay heavySparse midterm exams

Assessment risk

Varies

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Often one high-stakes paper or few graded items with heavy lecture participation; .

Graded by few thingsFinal paper focusLecture participation

“You are only graded by the and rewrite as many times as you want.”
ENGL5

“Only receive a so anxiety is high.”
ENGL1A

Online

Reviews emphasize long written modules and papers; they do .

Text-dump lecturesWritten responsesTough paper grading

“He does "lectures" as extremely long and very difficult to understand text dumps.”
ENG5

“he grades very tough, with , but .”
ENGL5

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Take this class if you want to become a lawyer. You will read essay length instructions that feel like rantings but it builds up to a .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (16 online, 34 in person), highlighting ideology, workload, and grading; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Polarizing Teaching

48/100

“Professor Giordano is less of a professor and more of an experience.”

📚

28/100

“be prepared to buy around 13 books and read them three times cover to cover.”

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30/100

“I got an A in his class but fought for my life in doing so.”

👍 Split Recommendations

48/100

“ !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Amazing lectures
text dumps
red-pilled conspiracy theorist
incredible teacher whom I truly learned from

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

fought for my life
It's an easy A
Lots of homework

Theme 3

⚠️ About Ideology & Clarity

and deliverables
needlessly verbose
Students are expressly forbidden to subject his indoctrination to their own reason

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

150

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed reviews spanning 2017-2026 with consistent themes of , and tough grading support a reliable polarizing profile.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 551

4 out of 519

3 out of 514

2 out of 524

1 out of 543

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

43 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 5 · A 23

B range

B+ 1 · B 5

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 3

Marco Giordano

x x x if you want a demanding, ideology-heavy critical-thinking gauntlet and can match his style; most students seeking a normal English A x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Depends

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Polarizing Teaching

📚 x x x

⚖️ x x

👍 Split Recommendations

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚠️ About Ideology & Clarity

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you want a demanding, ideology-heavy critical-thinking gauntlet and can match his style; most students seeking a normal English A .

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