AI Rate Professor

Applied Arts

Michael Absher

INDT74 · MTT60 · MTT60A · MTT60AB · MACHINETOOL · INTT74 · MTT71 · MTT50 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
93/100
RMP rating
4.5/5
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Difficulty
1.8

The decision

Take him if you want a and hands-on experience.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyExtremely HelpfulStory-Driven TeachingEasy ClassCaring InstructorFun Shop Experience
  • Most students describe Absher as caring, helpful, funny, and easy to work with.
  • His story-heavy teaching style is usually seen as useful, though one review says it wasted time.
  • The workload and evidence.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

86/100

Students repeatedly call him easy, fair, and helpful, so earning an A appears to require modest effort rather than heavy struggle.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

78/100

The courses seem approachable because students describe him as , and practical, though some machine tool work may still require hands-on effort.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Reviews .

Evidence comes only from in-person reviews, with .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

93/100

Students strongly recommend him because , and experienced.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

82/100

Students call him easy and more than fair, with no .

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Workload

Light

84/100

Difficulty ratings are low and comments describe the classes as easy or fun rather than workload-heavy.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

Most reviews praise his help, humor, experience, and care, despite one serious complaint about being absent and unfocused.

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Assessment method

Balanced

45/100

Comments mention finals, a take-home midterm, notes, and lab/shop experience, suggesting .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person reviews are overwhelmingly positive, emphasizing help, humor, low difficulty, and practical shop experience.

Main concern

The main risk is that his long stories may feel off-topic to students who want tightly structured lectures.

What students said

“if you EVER need help, just ask and he is there for you no matter what”
INTT74
“Total waste of time, he just tells stories about everything but Machine Tool Technology.”
MTT60
“Mike absher is one of the easiest teachers that chabot has.”
MACHINETOOL

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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The and finals where notes help, making the exam style relatively student-friendly.

Take-Home MidtermFinals MentionedNotes Helpful

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals, but do not clearly prove proctoring, open-book rules, or .

Take-Home MidtermFinals MentionedNotes Helpful
“ .”
INDT74
“Keep and , because you need them for your finals.”
INDT74

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“if you EVER need help, just ask and he is there for you no matter what and for however long you need help.”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and support; credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

88/100

“Mike has an incredibly fun interesting way of teaching.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

93/100

“ ....even if it is just for fun.”

📈 Ease And Fairness

86/100

“Mike absher is one of the easiest teachers that chabot has.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Tells great stories, generally related to the subject and always informative.
  • Mike has an incredibly fun interesting way of teaching.
  • Total waste of time, he just tells stories about everything but Machine Tool Technology.

Theme 2

❤️ About Helpfulness

  • He really cares about his students and his work and that's really what counts.
  • He wants his students to succeed and he is very willing to help.
  • and he likes to talk to you one on one..

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Mike absher is one of the easiest teachers that chabot has.
  • He is more than fair and cares about the students.
  • GOOD AND FUN CLASS!!

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

13

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is medium because 13 reviews show a consistent positive pattern, but most are old and some are brief or duplicated.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

INDT743 reviews
MACHINETOOL3 reviews
MTT602 reviews
INTT741 review
MTT501 review
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