AI Rate Professor

Design

Shari Canepa

INDE62 · INDE20 · INDE52 · HISTORY62 · INDE122 · 21 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
14.29%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Avoid if you can; if required, treat it as a and protect your time and mental energy.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnclear InstructionsLots of HomeworkBelittling FeedbackHeavy WorkloadAvoid If Possible
  • Nearly , and unfair grading.
  • Workload is heavy for intro design courses, with long lectures and little guidance.
  • A few students still earn As, but most say the learning experience is poor.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Many still report A or A+, but and .

Both formats show high grades are possible; online adds .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Intro design courses feel harder than expected due , and little teaching support.

In and overtime; online emphasizes Canvas chaos and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

, and skipping is repeatedly discouraged.

Online and in as required; online still runs over time.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

14/100

and most comments urge students to pick anyone else.

Only rare in-person positives; online .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Students call grading arbitrary, non-transparent, and critical with incomplete syllabi.

Format shift

Online and in person both report unfair grading; online adds favoritism complaints.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Lots of , and classes that run late stack a heavy weekly load.

Format shift

; in person also loses lab time to lectures.

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Common themes are reading slides, belittling students, and forcing self-teaching of core skills.

Format shift

Online tech struggles worsen clarity; in person has more direct reports of public shaming.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Projects and ; tests appear but are secondary to studio output.

Format shift

In person is project-heavy; some .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In person, students still report belittling tone, vague project briefs, overtime classes, and .

Main concern

and public criticism make the room feel unsafe for learning.

What students said

“Caustic and abusive at times”
INDE52
“The lectures are 3 hours of and .”
INDE20
“NOOO! Not shari!! NEVER Shari!”
INDE122

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections amplify disorganization, Canvas confusion, favoritism complaints, and .

Main concern

Tech and time-management issues plus disrespectful feedback make remote sections especially frustrating.

What students said

“She doesn't seem to care about her students and dismisses their concerns, making them feel bad.”
INDE62
“SHE is horrid. . She is rude. She never finishes on time.”
INDE52
“She cant work the computer, unorganized, rambles, doesnt offer support to her students”
INDE20

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment leans on large projects with vague instructions more than clearly structured exams.

Project HeavyTests MentionedUnclear RubricsNo Transparent Weights

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In person, projects and finals dominate; students say expectations are explained after submission or not at all.

Final ProjectsVague Project GuidelinesTests Are Easy If You ReadPublic Critique
“ .”
INDE20
“ . The syllabus is incomplete, so there is no guideline for expectations or weighting of work.”
INDE52

Online

and ; proctoring tools are not clearly described.

Heavy HomeworkUnclear TestsCanvas Confusion
“she ”
INDE20
“She gives no grade scale and expects you to know what she wants.”
INDE62

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“NOOO! Not shari!! NEVER Shari! She is hated by all students except for the students she chooses to love (her pets).”

Voice snapshots generated from 21 Design/Interior reviews, mostly in person with five online, stressing workload and climate. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

16/100

“Great individual, but CAN NOT teach”

👎 Recommendation Rate

14/100

“if .”

📚 Workload

18/100

“Homework averaged about 10 hours per week OR MORE”

⚖️

18/100

“ and non-transparent.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Self taught class
  • lectures would just go off tangents
  • Has the class teach for her instead of .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Work

  • Lots of homework
  • to unclear and ever changing instructions
  • I spent more time on this than Calc.

Theme 3

💔 About Classroom Climate

  • Caustic and abusive at times
  • she belittles us for it
  • I had her mock me in class today in front of the whole class

Data context

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Analysis sample

21

Recent reviews read by the AI

21

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-one recent and older reviews are highly consistent about poor teaching tone and .

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 514

Course coverage

INDE208 reviews
INDE524 reviews
INDE624 reviews
INDE1223 reviews
HISTORY622 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

18 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 3 · A 8

B range

4

B 4

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3