AI Rate Professor

Biology

Karen Hurst

BIO010 · BIO20 · BIO23 · BIO4A · BIO74 · BIO021 · BIO4B · BIO3 · BIO111 · BIO21 · 46 lifetime ratings

AI rating
74/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
64.52%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you will study weekly and want a caring but demanding biology teacher.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate LecturerExtra Credit HeavyTest Heavy BioSlow GraderStudy Guide Focused
  • In person she is widely loved as passionate, caring, and .
  • Course is challenging and test-heavy, but and study guides help motivated students.
  • Online pandemic sections drew and delayed grades.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

As are available with steady study and , but and free-response heavy.

In person rewards study guides; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

, and cumulative finals make the material demanding.

Both formats call content hard; online feels more chaotic.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and warn that skipping tanks your chance to pass.

In person is clearly attendance-sensitive; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

and support despite difficulty and .

In person is strongly positive; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

68/100

Frequent , partial credit, and .

Format shift

In person praises fairness; and delayed.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

, and multiple exams keep the load high.

Format shift

Both formats report heavy work; .

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

She is repeatedly praised as passionate, caring, and .

Format shift

In person teaching is a strength; online pandemic teaching was poorly received.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Lecture and lab exams, quizzes, and .

Format shift

; online exams drew more wording complaints.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person she is often called passionate and , and useful .

Main concern

and slow return of graded work.

What students said

“Honestly this was one of .”
BIO74
“Prof. Hurst definitely cares and wants you to succeed. She's a gem!”
BIO4A

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online BIO sections drew strong , and .

Main concern

Delayed grading and .

What students said

“Half our class withdrew because of their uncertainty of where they stood in the class .”
BIO4A
“The to understand .”
BIO4A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are challenging and often free-response heavy, with study guides and but .

Test HeavyStudy GuidesCumulative FinalExtra Credit QuestionsLab Quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In person exams are hard and cumulative, but , and questions support prepared students.

Cumulative FinalLong Study GuidesPop QuizzesExtra Credit on Tests
“ , so study everyday but she's very nice and gives lots of questions.”
BIO74
“She gives comprehensive study guides so you know exactly what to study.”
BIO21

Online

Online reviews describe oddly worded exams that and outdated study guides.

Oddly Worded ExamsStudy Guides MisalignedDelayed Grade Posting
“ and not related to outdated study guides”
BIO4A
“ .”
BIO4A

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Prof. Hurst definitely cares and wants you to succeed. She's a gem!”

Voice snapshots generated from 46 reviews, highlighting passion, exam challenge, and format split. Credibility rating: High.

❤️ Caring Passion

82/100

“Dr. Hurst sparked a huge interest in it for me.”

🧪 Challenging But Fair

42/100

“Challenging, but fun and you'll learn a lot.”

🎁 Buffer

75/100

“she gives and test.”

🐢

35/100

“she takes forever to return graded stuff, if ever.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She is genuinely excited about the material and makes both lecture and lab engaging.
  • She's a great teacher who wants everyone to suceed.
  • her enthusiasm is contagious.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The and you must work very hard for A.
  • If you studied the and did the study guides then you could figure out what would be on the exams.
  • she grades liniently with partial credits given.

Theme 3

📚

  • once every month
  • Do all the study guides, keep up with them every weekend
  • Lots of up with .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

46

Recent reviews read by the AI

46

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Forty-six reviews across many years and courses show a and a smaller but consistent online-pandemic weakness.

Inside 46 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 53
3 out of 57
2 out of 51
1 out of 57

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

34 reported outcomes

A range

16

A+ 5 · A 9 · A- 2

B range

5

B+ 2 · B 3

C range

3

C+ 2 · C 1

D range

1

D+ 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

8

Not sure yet 7 · Rather not say 1