AI Rate Professor

Computer Science

Pamela Sorensen

BGN81 · BGN71 · CS6111 · CS61A · BGN101 · CS61 · CS6011A · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.2/5
Take again
6.25%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

if you have any alternative; students overwhelmingly report a .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough graderUnhelpful communicationNitpicky requirementsHeavy homeworkAvoid if possible
  • Near-universal 1/5 quality with and unforgiving.
  • Help is scarce; many say emails get curt non-answers or syllabus-only replies.
  • Course content can be basic office/CS skills, but the experience and grade risk feel miserable.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Even careful students report huge grade swings for tiny errors and doubt anyone gets a clean A.

Harsh A-barrier appears in both online and in-person reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Underlying office skills are basic, but , and perfectionism make the course feel hard.

Online book-version friction .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

Some sections mark attendance mandatory or say skipping tanks the grade; .

Online and in-person both show mixed mandatory .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

Almost every ; and language is intensely negative.

and in-person.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

10/100

and stories of tiny formatting or typing errors destroying grades dominate the record.

Format shift

No format is lenient; online and in-person both describe extreme nitpicking.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of , and repetitive book tasks keep the load high.

Format shift

Online especially piles reading, practice, quiz, chat, and .

Teaching experience

Awful

14/100

Students describe unhelpful, curt, and sometimes unprofessional teaching with little genuine support.

Format shift

Online communication complaints are loudest; in-person still calls her rude and worst-ever.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

and particular assignment requirements outweigh a .

Format shift

; tests also described as trick-oriented.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In person reviews still call her terrible, rude, and subjective with trick tests and no path to an easy A.

Main concern

and unprofessional tone dominate even face-to-face sections.

What students said

“She is TERRIBLE !!!! She give's very low grades, marks you off for the minimalist of errors.”
CS6011A
“She marks you down points for using the wrong font, having the front font size, or wrong font color.”
CS61
“ . Extremely rude. .”
CS6111

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students describe strict blunt grading, outdated book version issues, unread emails, and .

Main concern

Harsh grading plus unhelpful online communication leaves students stuck and demoralized.

What students said

“Rather than help her students understand the coursework, she would post an announcement to "PLEASE READ THE .”
CS6011A
“Incredibly curt and makes you feel stupid when you ask for .”
CS6011A
“My grade jumped from a 79% to a 44% overnight because of a single line of typing.”
BGN101

Exam style

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Tests and graded work are described as designed to catch imperfections rather than reward understanding.

Trick testsNitpicky gradingProofreading testsStrict requirements

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and punish tiny formatting errors on skills work.

Trick questionsFont and format penaltiesSubjective grading
“the . She teaches the .”
BGN71
“ ”
CS61

Online

Online work is graded to exact expectations with broken or and harsh penalties.

Exact-expectation gradingBroken quiz items reportedSyllabus-first policy
“She does not accept anything other than precisely what she expects”
CS6011A
“The .”
BGN71

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ if at all possible.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 highly consistent negative reviews. Credibility rating: High.

🚫

8/100

“ !”

🥚

10/100

“She marks you down points for using the wrong font, having the front font size, or wrong font color.”

📧 No Real Help

14/100

“she will go out of her .”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • Pamela is an .
  • My grade jumped from a 79% to a 44% overnight because of a single line of typing.
  • I doubt anyone ever gets an A.

Theme 2

💬 About Communication

  • Emailing her is a joke, she wont answer
  • Came accross as snippy in online communication.
  • Her correspondence is patronizing and indirect

Theme 3

⚠️ Overall Warning

  • .
  • This is the .
  • if .

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

16 detailed reviews across years and formats with and .

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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3 out of 51
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1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

15 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

7

B+ 2 · B 5

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D- 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1