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A Dolan

ANTHR010 · ANTH02 · ANTHRO2 · ANTHR02 · ANTHRO002 · ANTHR2 · 14049ANTHR · ANTHR10 · ANTHRO2L · ANTHR02L · ANTH002 · ANTHR002 · ANTHRO02 · ANTHR2L · ANTHR002L · 86 lifetime ratings

AI rating
34/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
26.09%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you are ready for a and heavy midterm weight.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyStrict AttendanceCondescending ToneHigh Fail Stress
  • Exams and and are widely called extremely hard.
  • Many students report rude or unhelpful responses and .
  • A minority of serious students praise deep learning if they study for hours and follow directions perfectly.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Comments stress no easy A, , and .

Both formats warn against expecting an easy A; online timers make grades especially fragile.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Heavy reading, dense material, labs, and .

Online and and ; labs add extra load.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Door locking, no late entry, skip-class tags, and sit-until-time-ends .

In-person door-lock stories are strongest; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

26/100

and many urge others to pick anyone else, despite a vocal minority of fans.

Online leans strongly negative; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

18/100

Tough grader tags, snarky paper feedback, zero for small citation errors, and no are common.

Format shift

Harsh tone appears in both formats; .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Lots of reading, modules, labs, term papers, and high-stakes exams create heavy effort.

Format shift

Online weekly modules and timed quizzes; in-person notes and lab work pile up.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Some call lectures expert and clear, but many say condescending, unhelpful, and hostile to struggling students.

Format shift

Online often unfriendly and merciless; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Quizzes, heavily weighted midterms, finals, and .

Format shift

Both formats are test heavy; and exams.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person classes lock doors, , and split between expert-lecturer fans and hostile-environment critics.

Main concern

Strict and term-paper perfectionism.

What students said

“Locks the door right at start of class, not allowed to leave the class for bathrooms”
ANTH02
“ UNLESS YOUR WANT YOUR GPA TO PLUMMET!”
ANTH002
“I enjoyed the challenging material and concise lectures.”
ANTH02

Remote format

Online

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections , and unforgiving grading with little flexibility.

Main concern

and tough grading can tank GPA even for strong students.

What students said

“An hour only to take a 72 question exam.”
ANTH002
“ ! My GPA drop down to a 1.0.”
ANTH02
“10 question exams 10 minute time limit with no more than one attempt.”
ANTHR002

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard, tightly timed, and heavily weighted with little leniency for mistakes.

Timed quizzesExtremely difficult midterms and finalsTest heavyTight time limitsTerm paper pass/fail risk

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tough; term papers can fail for small citation issues. Reviews do not clearly prove Lockdown Browser.

Heavily weighted midtermsHard testsStrict term paper rulesNo extra credit
“the midterms are so heavily weighted that youll go from an A+ to a C- over night.”
ANTH002
“The 2 midterms are worth 25% of your grade each and the final is 30%.”
ANTHR002
“She gave me an F on a whole essay for citing 1 source wrong.”
ANTH002

Online

Online quizzes and , and questions that feel beyond modules or study guides.

Timed examsShort quiz windowsSingle attemptMaterial beyond study guides
“An hour only to take a 72 question exam.”
ANTH002
“10 question exams 10 minute time limit with no more than one attempt.”
ANTHR002
“midterms and in study guides.”
ANTH02

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ UNLESS YOUR WANT YOUR GPA TO PLUMMET!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (22 online, 28 in-person), highlighting tough exams, strict control, and polarized recommendations. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Recommendation Risk

26/100

“ ! My GPA drop down to a 1.0.”

🧪

22/100

“Midterm and and require hours of preparation prior to taking exams.”

🧭 Polarized Teaching

38/100

“Dr. Dolan is an .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she is very condescending and rude when responding to emails
  • She lectures in a concise manner and introduces a lot of interesting information.
  • she treats her class like were in middle school.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • if you think its an easy A!
  • .
  • I got an A because I spent hours on hours studying.

Theme 3

🚪

  • she locks the door when class starts
  • not allowed to leave the class for bathrooms or to leave early
  • DO NOT HAVE YOU PHONE ON OR BE LATE!

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

86

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across online and and harsh-tone themes despite polarized fans.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 529
4 out of 522
3 out of 55
2 out of 510
1 out of 520

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

27 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 5

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 4

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 2 · C- 2

D range

3

D 3

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 5 · Rather not say 1