AI Rate Professor

Science

Carl Babb

PHYS6 · PHYSIOLOGY · ENVISCILAB · PHYS62 · HUMANPHYSIOLOG · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
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Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Skip him for physiology if ; only take if and rigor.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerUnprepared lecturesHard to followBook self-study requiredNice guy bad teacherPolarizing physiology
  • Many physiology students call lectures unprepared, unreadable, and a waste of time
  • You often must learn everything from the book with little lecture or lab support
  • A and useful for rigorous pre-nursing preparation

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

Tough physiology content plus weak lecture support means an A takes heavy independent book work.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Physiology is rigorous and lectures do not clarify the dense detail students must master.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

; lectures are often called useless either way.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

, though a few recommend the rigor.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

Tests demand book-level detail while notes and lectures often miss what is tested.

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Workload

Heavy

30/100

Students report reading the whole book twice and mastering tiny details to compensate for lectures.

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Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Commonly described as unprepared, , and ineffective despite being a .

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Exams and book mastery dominate; labs and lectures are frequently called unhelpful.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person physiology lectures are often called impossible to follow and unprepared, while a few students value his rigor and care.

Main concern

Poor lecture preparation and forced full-book self-teaching.

What students said

“His lectures are terrible, impossible to follow.”
PHYS6
“ if you are expecting to LEARN anything.”
PHYSIOLOGY
“Tough class and a rigorous guy, but I recently interviewed for nursing school and that's what you need”
HUMANPHYSIOLOG

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Exam style

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Exams require full textbook detail and often do not match the notes he provides.

Book-detail examsNotes mismatch testsIn-person physiology examsHeavy self-study

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person physiology testing is strict and book-driven with little reliable lecture alignment.

Book-detail examsNotes mismatch testsHeavy self-study
“The notes he gives you have nothing,nothing to do with the tests.”
PHYSIOLOGY
“You have to learn EVERYTHING in the book, I mean down to the smallest detail.”
PHYSIOLOGY

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Nice guy, horrible teacher. His lectures are terrible, impossible to follow.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews, highlighting unprepared lectures and minority rigor praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“This guy is HORRID as far as his teaching abilities.”

📚

30/100

“you'll likely end up reading the book twice in order to make up for his bad lecturing.”

💪 Minority Rigor Praise

70/100

“Tough class and a rigorous guy, but I recently interviewed for nursing school and that's what you need to succeed in medicine.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He does not prepare for them at all so he cannot answer any questions you have.
  • he stutters during his lectures.
  • He is terrible at explaining.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You have to learn EVERYTHING in the book
  • 15 out of 35 students have dropped.
  • Tough class and a rigorous guy

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Nice guy, horrible teacher.
  • as a caring, fair teacher.

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

Nine in-person reviews from 2004-2008 are detailed and mostly negative on teaching quality, with a smaller positive minority.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 54

Course coverage

PHYSIOLOGY4 reviews
PHYS62 reviews
ENVISCILAB1 review
HUMANPHYSIOLOG1 review
PHYS621 review

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