AI Rate Professor

Criminal Justice

Elias Portales

AJ010 · AJ011 · POL001 · AJO10 · POLSC1 · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
41/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
Take again
57.89%
Difficulty
1.9

The decision

Good for a low-effort A if you can tolerate ghosted emails and grades that appear late.

Best fit · Easy A HunterLate gradingGhosts emailsEasy free ACommunication issuesKnowledgeable but overbooked
  • Coursework is usually easy and many students finish with As, sometimes with almost no graded work until the end.
  • , and syllabus inconsistencies are the .
  • In-person students more often praise his knowledge and caring style; online students report more chaos.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

Many call it a free or easy A with , though chaotic grading can still surprise people at the end.

Both formats report easy content; online has more last-week grade shock stories.

Is the course easy?

Introductory

80/100

Difficulty averages low; and writing with manageable assignments.

Online and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

and notes; many online and some in-person sections do not.

In-person more often mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

54/100

About 58% would take again: fine for easy credit, risky if .

In-person recommendations are warmer; .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Work is easy and grades often end high, but .

Format shift

; in-person is more standard lenient.

Workload

Light

76/100

Assignments are repeatedly called easy, though a few sections mention lots of .

Format shift

Both formats are light overall; .

Teaching experience

Poor

40/100

He can lecture well and connect current events, but communication failures and disorganization dominate the experience.

Format shift

In-person teaching reputation is stronger; online quality is much weaker.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

34/100

Grades hinge on readings, written work, and .

Format shift

Online is almost all asynchronous assignments; in-person adds lectures and notes.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person reviews are more mixed-positive on lectures and care, but still , and busy outside priorities.

Main concern

Even in and weak follow-up can tank your standing mid-semester.

What students said

“This class is a free A.”
AJ010
“Incredibly knowledgeable and great at linking material to current events.”
POLSC1
“My grade was on hold as an F for weeks during the semester because he could not grade in time.”
POL001

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online sections frequently report no replies, grades posted at the , and .

Main concern

Communication blackout and last-minute grade changes leave students unable to fix problems.

What students said

“so hard to communicate with him. and .”
POL001
“He rarely updates grades so you never know if you are doing good or not. Ghosts his students and never answers emails.”
AJ010
“The entire semester, only 3 of .”
AJ010

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is mostly easy coursework with little evidence of strict proctored exams.

Assignment-based gradingFew graded itemsLate grade postsEasy assessments

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

74/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments focus on lectures, readings, and .

Lecture and reading basedClear criteria in some sectionsDelayed grading
“This class is a free A. If you don't wanna learn anything ”
AJ010
“ and care about you.”
AJ011

Online

Online reviews describe easy assignments, pop calls in some Zoom settings, and grades withheld until late in the term.

Easy assignmentsDelayed gradingSparse feedbackOccasional Zoom popcorn calls
“ but he makes his own grading system and .”
AJ010
“Grades slow and doesn't update grade until last week of class even though the class was four months long.”
AJ010

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This class is a free A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 reviews (9 online, 10 in person), emphasizing easy grades versus chronic communication and . Credibility rating: High.

👻 Communication Blackout

25/100

“Ghosts his students and never answers emails.”

🅰️ Easy Free A

84/100

“This class is a free A.”

⏳ Grades Arrive Late

30/100

“He does not grade anything until the semester ends so you will be sitting there wondering if you're doing well.”

Theme 1

📬 About Communication and Grading

  • and .
  • I never got the chance to improve because I didn't know what to improve on!!
  • My grade suffered from an A to a C due to his negligence.

Theme 2

📚 About Learning Experience

  • Incredibly knowledgeable and great at linking material to current events.
  • I love Professor Portales.
  • I learned nothing in this class.

Theme 3

❤️ About Personality

  • He is an amazing professor
  • overall very flexible and caring.
  • Great Teacher

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

18

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

19 reviews across online and in-person AJ and political science courses consistently highlight easy work and communication failures.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 58

Course coverage

AJ0109 reviews
POL0014 reviews
POLSC14 reviews
AJ0111 review
AJO101 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

15 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 4 · A 5

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1