Jose Abara

PSYM01 · M07 · PSYM07 · PSYCHM07 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 22/100
RMP rating: 1.9/5
Take again: 50%
Difficulty: 3.0

The decision

unless you are fine teaching yourself from the book and only want occasional laughs.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganizedOff-Topic TangentsLecture HeavySelf-Teach RequiredMixed Humor

Most students say lectures ramble about his life more than psychology content.
Many report learning primarily from the book and .
A minority like his humor and and respect.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some students earned As by self-studying the book, but and weak lectures make an A feel uneven.

Online evidence is sparse and milder; most grade and .

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content itself is not extreme, but poor delivery and tangents make learning the material harder than it should be.

; one online review is more neutral.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and one tag warns skip class and you will not pass.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

because lectures are confusing, self-centered, and low value.

The lone online review is friendlier, but .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

and guess-my-grade frustration appear often.

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

58/100

Workload is mainly lectures, tests, and a paper; intensity comes more from confusion than volume.

Format shift

Similar across formats where mentioned.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

, and better suited to another career.

Format shift

online comment.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

, and one paper dominate; section.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and self-teaching.

Main concern

students understand.

What students said

“We talked more about him more than covered course topics.”
PSYM07

“I learned everything from the book. Do yourself a favor and .”
PSYM07

“If you are expecting to learn something, look elsewhere.”
M07

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

The single online review is more positive, citing funny lectures that aided memory and on-time communication.

Main concern

Too few online reviews to trust the lighter tone.

What students said

“The lectures we had he made them funny, so you could have a good laugh and it helped me remember the information.”
PSYM01

Exam style

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some, but others call them tough despite review days.

Lecture-based testsReview daysDrop lowest test

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students describe midterms, a , and review days that .

Midterms and finalReview daysDrop a test score

“Review days are essential since he went over what topics would be on the tests, but they were still tough.”
PSYM07

“2 midterms, 1 final, 1 paper. .”
PSYM07

Online

Online reviews .

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“I learned everything from the book. Do yourself a favor and .”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 reviews, highlighting disorganization, self-teaching, and mixed humor. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“ . Its an easy class, mostly because you can just teach yourself.”

🚫 Recommendation

28/100

“ . Very knowledgeable, intelligent person but not meant to be a professor.”

🎭 Off-Topic Lectures

30/100

“You'll know more about his personal life than about anything else.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Goes off topic a lot and on his own tangents
and is impossible to follow
PowerPoints posted online, but were extremely long

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

I learned everything from the book
as long as
Prepare to play the "guess my grade" game

Theme 3

😂 About Personality

Very funny, but very narcissistic
He is so funny, but has no structure to class

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve reviews across several years show consistent complaints about organization and tangents, with a few positive outliers.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50

4 out of 53

3 out of 50

2 out of 54

1 out of 55

Course coverage

PSYM077 reviews

PSYM013 reviews

M071 review

PSYCHM071 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1 · A 2

B range

B 1

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Not sure yet 1 · Not_Sure_Yet 1

Jose Abara

x x unless you are fine teaching yourself from the book and only want occasional laughs.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Mandatory

Avoid

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📉 Teaching Quality

🚫 Recommendation

🎭 Off-Topic Lectures

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

😂 About Personality

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

unless you are fine teaching yourself from the book and only want occasional laughs.