AI Rate Professor

Biology

Robin Roffey

PLANT412 · BIOL412 · BIOL402 · BIO402 · BIO412 · BIO309 · 78 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
Take again
62.5%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

if you want a rigorous biology foundation and will use office hours; if you need an easy A or a light online option.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderTest heavyLecture heavyCaring for hard workersPolarizing bio instructor
  • Intro bio with , and demands steady memorization and study guide work.
  • Dedicated students praise her lectures, humor, office hours, and preparation for future biology.
  • Online and , passive-aggressive tone, and drop risk.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

As are possible with heavy memorization and office hours, but , and many report mid-pack grades or drops.

Online reviewers describe near-impossible pacing; in-person hard workers report fair but .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Intro bio content is dense, lecture-heavy, and treated at a UC-style depth that requires constant studying.

Both formats call the material hard; online adds isolation and pre-recorded lecture fatigue.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

; online still pressures full engagement with weekly lectures and proctored tests.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About three in ; fans love her rigor and support, critics say run for an easier instructor.

In-person recommendations are split but stronger for serious students; online recommendations are mostly negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

26/100

, and little curve dominate both praise and criticism.

Format shift

Strict grading is consistent online and in person, though if you follow study guides.

Workload

Heavy

30/100

Students describe dense lectures, long study guides, labs, frequent quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online workload feels crushing with continuous lectures; in-person load is heavy but clearer for students who study early.

Teaching experience

Average

64/100

Quality splits between inspiring energetic lectures with strong office hours and .

Format shift

; online teaching is mostly rated poor to average.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Grades are driven by hard lecture and lab exams, with study guides and occasional labs or quizzes as support.

Format shift

Both formats are test-heavy; online also stresses proctoring and weekly lecture volume.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

44 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and excellent for serious bio students, while others call exams unfair and .

Main concern

, and a sink-or-swim pace even when study guides exist.

What students said

“Professor Roffey is one of the .”
BIO402
“Professor Roffey is an incredible professor. Yes the material IS hard, but as long as you're consistently studying, you should be just fine.”
BIOL402
“ and confusing, leading many students to rely on YouTube and textbooks instead.”
BIOL402

Remote format

Online

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online BIO402 is widely disliked: dense , and multiple drops.

Main concern

Proctored exams with low averages and a change majors.

What students said

“To whoever is reading this if you want to keep .”
BIOL402
“ and she gives a lot of lectures throughout the whole week.”
BIO402
“Must be very self-motivated to succeed.”
BIO402

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and strictly graded, with online sections using proctoring and low class averages.

Test heavyProctored online examsDense free responseStudy-guide based prep

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; students who rewrite study guides say they are hard but predictable.

Lecture-heavy examsFree-response heavyStudy guides with sample questions
“the .”
BIO402
“ , and she grades very tough on the essay portions.”
BIO402
“ .”
BIO412

Online

Online reviews explicitly report proctored exams, multi-chapter first tests, and averages around 50 percent.

Proctored examsLow exam averagesLecture-heavy tests
“ and she gives a lot of lectures throughout the whole week.”
BIOL402
“She had 8 chapters on our first exam which the average was 50%.”
BIOL402
“Monitors her students while .”
BIO402

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Yes the material IS hard, but as long as you're consistently studying, you should be just fine.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (6 online, 44 in , and polarized teaching quality. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

64/100

“Professor Roffey is one of the .”

⚖️

26/100

“ .”

🧪

30/100

“Most of the grade comes from difficult exams average score of 50%”

❤️ Support For Hard Workers

70/100

“Utilize her office hours; .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She is a super funny and engaging lecturer
  • and confusing
  • in person, she is energetic and expressive, and is very good at her job.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Yes her class is hard but so is every intro bio course.
  • Just find someone else.
  • Put in work and you'll do well.

Theme 3

🧪 About Exams

  • the .
  • Her study guides have sample questions very similar to what she puts on the exam

Theme 4

💻 About Online Sections

  • Must be very self-motivated to succeed.
  • This class made me want to switch my major and !!
  • do yourself a favor and

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

78

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years and both formats show a stable polarized pattern: others.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 529
4 out of 516
3 out of 514
2 out of 56
1 out of 513

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 5

B range

8

B+ 3 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Not sure yet 4