AI Rate Professor

Biology

Thomas McAdam

BIOLM01 · MO1 · BIOM01 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Only take him if you will attend every class, do all , and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardExtra Credit HeavyHard Tests on CurveMandatory AttendanceLecture HeavyPolarizing
  • Tests are extremely hard but a and tons of can rescue the grade.
  • and skipping hurts; lectures are dense and textbook-driven.
  • and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

An A is possible mainly through heavy and a .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

- and exam-heavy, and many students call the material and questions brutal.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that missing class hurts.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

; praise for caring and is offset by hard tests and harsh critics.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

but curve (C at 50%) and abundant soften the pain.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

Frequent quizzes, long exams (including 100-200 question finals), labs, and constant study.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Some love his lectures and care; .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Bio sections are test-heavy with , and heavy extra credit.

Main concern

Extremely difficult exams and .

What students said

“ that the study guides are terrible. However, he gives A TON of ”
BIOLM01
“He grades on a as 100% so it makes it a lot easier to get an A.”
BIOM01
“Take this class if you want to PASS bio not if you want an A in it (a C is 50%)”
BIOM01

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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Exams are described as extremely difficult with poor study and .

Hard in-person examsCurve gradingExtra credit offsetsQuiz every lab

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and frequent lab quizzes; curve and are the main safety nets.

Hard examsCurveExtra creditLab quizzes
“ that the study guides are terrible”
BIOLM01
“4 exams 100Qs each and the ! Gives out a lot of points!!”
BIOM01

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you are willing to work hard, and show up .”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 , and split teaching opinions. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“Prof McAdam is a . Very knowledgeable and challenges you with questions during lectures.”

📈

38/100

“he gives A TON of so that makes up for the difficult tests.”

⚠️ Polarizing Style

30/100

“ . Not only does he ridicule you, he will make you feel so bad that you don't even wanna participate anymore.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Amazing lectures
  • He always asks insane questions and he expect you to know them
  • Lectures via powerpoints straight from the book

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • as impossible, but they are graded on a curve
  • DO ALL OF HIS ! thats how I got an A
  • Even with the and !!!!!!!!!

Theme 3

📅

  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • Yes
  • He gives EC for attendance

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven reviews span 2010-2019 with mixed detail; tone is polarized but , and are consistent.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 5

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

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No letter grade reported

1

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