AI Rate Professor

Science

David Dodson

SOILS14 · PLANT14 · SCIENCE · PLANT014 · NRNR02 · SOIL14 · PLANTSCIENCE · NR2 · NR002 · 40 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
37.5%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

if you , and study the MTQTs; skip if you need tight, on-topic teaching.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTangent HeavyMandatory AttendancePop QuizzesPassionateLecture Heavy
  • Passionate about natural resources and soils, but often rambles off topic into politics and stories.
  • Attendance and notes matter; and often open notes.
  • Reviews split hard between favorite professor and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

54/100

An A is doable with , and studying study areas, but slackers and some soils students struggle.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content is moderate; difficulty rises when lectures skip slides or go .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

Many tags and comments say skip class and you will not pass; lateness is called out.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

About one-third would take again; fans love his passion while .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Some call him a ; others say you get what you need if you follow study areas.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

62/100

; , and an environment activity.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Passionate and sometimes funny, but frequent tangents and mixed clarity leave students split.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Pop quizzes, a few midterms or , and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

40 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

mandatory , and strong love-or-hate reactions.

Main concern

Off-topic lectures and .

What students said

“ .”
NR2
“Very rude!! He doesnt care if you ask him for help and give scarcastic comments instead.”
NR2
“All quizzes are in class and open notes.”
NR002

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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In-class quizzes often open notes; exams draw from lectures and MTQT study areas with mixed alignment reports.

Assessment risk

Standard

66/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Pop quizzes are frequently open notes; , and provided study areas more than proctoring tech.

Open Notes Pop QuizzesIn-Class QuizzesMTQT Study AreasNon-Cumulative Final Sometimes
“All quizzes are in class and open notes.”
NR002
“ , but they're short and you get to leave early.”
NR002

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . He genuinely cares about his students and loves to teach.”

Voice snapshots generated from 40 in-person reviews, highlighting passion, tangents, and . Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Passion and Care

70/100

“He genuinely cares about his students and loves to teach.”

🌀 Off-Topic Lectures

40/100

“He gets off topic so much and rambles on.”

🚫

42/100

“If soils are not in your major, Run the other way!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are weird, because he doesn't like what the textbook says so he skips around
  • He goes off on a lot of tangents so beware of that.
  • He's very passionate about his subject which makes it easier to listen.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • As long as you go to class and get the study areas, you should be fine.
  • His quizzes were open notes and easy, but info on.
  • If you don't get an A in his class its your fault.

Theme 3

⏰ and Classroom Culture

  • DO NOT BE LATE! He will put you on blast in front of everyone
  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • BEWARE OF POP QUIZZES

Data context

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Analysis sample

40

Recent reviews read by the AI

40

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

40 in-person reviews over many years with rich detail and stable themes of , and mixed teaching quality.

Inside 40 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 511
3 out of 55
2 out of 510
1 out of 55

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

3

C 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Audit/No Grade 1