AI Rate Professor

Geography

Tim Leininger

GEOGRAPHY300 · PHYSGEOG · HUMANGEOGRAPHY · GEOG306 · GEOG310 · GEOG300 · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
30.77%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you can teach yourself geography and and long hard assessments.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnorganizedTough graderConfusing homeworkHeavy readingPoor communication
  • Many students report , and scavenger-hunt due dates.
  • Online sections draw the harshest reviews; several students dropped.
  • A , but overall quality stays low.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

, and multiple drops make a high grade hard to earn.

and scavenger organization; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and homework disconnected from learning raise intellectual load.

Both formats call content harder than necessary; online emphasizes broken resources.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

; others do not clearly require it.

single consistent policy.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Most who state a and poor organization.

; a minority of in-person reviews are positive.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

, and low grades including Ds and withdrawals dominate.

Format shift

Strictness is clearer online; in .

Workload

Heavy

26/100

Lots of , and papers are common complaints.

Format shift

Online and .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Students often call him unorganized, unclear, unresponsive, or a horrible instructor.

Format shift

Online complaints are strongest; a .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Weekly discussions or , and homework.

Format shift

Online details discussions, worksheets, and long quizzes; in person mentions papers and tests.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some recent praise but repeated complaints of hard tests and unclear teaching.

Main concern

and lectures that do not match assessments.

What students said

“ because he makes it hard for no reason!”
GEOG306
“Very lucid professor teaches in a concise class”
GEOGRAPHY300

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online is widely described as unorganized with wrong , and weak communication.

Main concern

, and discouraging or unresponsive instructor contact.

What students said

“ and made it a scavenger hunt to find due dates.”
GEOGRAPHY300
“So confusing and makes this class way more difficult than needed.”
GEOG306

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are long, detailed, and frequently described as harder than needed.

Long detailed examsFill-in-the-blankTime-consuming quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

with lectures.

Long unclear testsAmbiguous questionsLecture-test mismatch
“His lectures possessed .”
PHYSGEOG
“ and expects you to show up everyday for attendance.”
HUMANGEOGRAPHY

Online

Online quizzes and exams are long and detailed with and broken resource links.

Long quizzesDetailed fill-in blanksBroken links during tests
“ . Fill in the blank questions with 4-5 blanks”
GEOG300
“The and time-consuming and it was hard to get a grade higher than a B”
GEOG306

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ because he makes it hard for no reason!”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 reviews across online and in-person geography courses, highlighting organization, difficulty, and communication. Credibility rating: High.

⚠️ Organization Issues

22/100

“ and made it a scavenger hunt to find due dates.”

📚

26/100

“The so , and a waste of time.”

👎 Recommendation

28/100

“Skip this professor.”

Theme 1

🧩 About Course Structure

  • our course didn't have a modules section and we only relied on his announcements
  • a lot of the links he provided don't work anymore

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Some of the
  • Due in the first 5 days of online class: 40 paragraph questions
  • Hard to get a grade higher than a B

Theme 3

💬 About Communication

  • He was very discouraging and horrible communication.
  • I've e-mailed him multiple times to get in touch with him with no luck.

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

18

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

18 reviews across many years with consistent negative themes on organization, workload, and difficulty; some older sparse comments lower detail slightly.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 510

Course coverage

GEOG3066 reviews
GEOG3004 reviews
GEOGRAPHY3003 reviews
HUMANGEOGRAPHY2 reviews
PHYSGEOG2 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 3

B range

2

B 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 4