AI Rate Professor

Economics

Bill O'Connor

ECON1 · MICROECON · ALLECON · ECON4 · MACROECON · ECONOMICS · ECON04 · ECON2 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
41/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
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Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you can learn independently and tolerate off-topic lectures.

Best fit · Self Taught ProGoes off topic oftenMixed teaching qualityFair grading for someTest-heavy courseHard to understand
  • Reviews are sharply mixed, with some students praising fairness and .
  • Many comments say lectures drift into stories, which some find entertaining and others find useless.
  • Grades , and attendance, but students often need to study and show up.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Grades can be fair and sometimes easy if students attend, study, and use allowed notes, but the class is not effortless.

All counted reviews are in person, even though one body calls him an online professor.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Economics is described as not easy, and .

All counted course evidence comes from in-person reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

Attendance appears important because tests and understanding depend heavily on showing up, with .

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Recommendation depends on whether students can handle off-topic lectures and .

All .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

, but others report tricky tests and unfair grading.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Workload seems centered on a few tests and studying rather than constant assignments, but the subject still requires effort.

Format shift

Only in-person reviews describe workload.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Many students say he goes off topic, is hard to understand, and .

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Multiple comments say grades are based mainly on tests, with one .

Format shift

All .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mixed, with and off-topic stories balanced by some reports of and manageable tests.

Main concern

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What students said

“this guy spends the whole time telling bs stories and half ass covers lesson plans.”
ECON1
“Allows notes and , although you will need to study.”
ALLECON
“Not that great of an instructor. .”
ECON2

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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Exam comments vary from take-home and , so the overall exam style is inconsistent.

Online TestsTake-Home TestsAllowed NotesThree TestsRetake Option

Assessment risk

Varies

64/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person review evidence mentions online tests, , and one retake option, but no clear proctoring policy.

Online TestsTake-Home TestsAllowed NotesRetake Option
“ and its practically the same one in class”
ECON2
“All of ”
ECONOMICS
“Allows notes and ”
ALLECON
“Grade is only based upon 3 tests but you can retake 1 of the first 2.”
MICROECON

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Man, this guy is really cool, but teaching isnt really his thing.”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and recommendation tone. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

38/100

“Not that great of an instructor. .”

⚖️

58/100

“Allows notes and , although you will need to study.”

👍 Recommendation Level

42/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He tends to go off topic A LOT.
  • Not easy to understand
  • This teacher will go the extra mile if you show interest.

Theme 2

📝 About Tests

  • Only 3 tests.
  • ; and, he hates helping people.
  • All of

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The subject is difficult.
  • The if you read the assignments.
  • It's hard to get a good grade unless you show up every class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen reviews across several years give enough detail to show a consistent , and grading.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

ECON25 reviews
ECON13 reviews
ALLECON1 review
ECON041 review
ECON41 review
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ECONOMICS1 review
MACROECON1 review
MICROECON1 review

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