AI Rate Professor

Biology

Erica Wagner

BIO420 · BIO300 · BIOL308 · NURSE315 · BIO100 · BIOL430 · BIOLOGY · BIOLOGY308 · BIOL431 · BIO308 · BIOLOGY100 · BIO430 · BIO309 · 38 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
87.5%
Difficulty
3.1

The decision

if and study guides; skip if you need dynamic lecture teaching.

Best fit · Self Taught ProCaring but awkwardLecture heavyStudy-guide drivenTest focusedNo eye contact
  • Students call her kind and fair, yet lectures often feel fast, boring, or .
  • ; study guides and posted slides are the real study path.
  • BIO100/labs can feel manageable while upper bio can feel brutal.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

, but and tough-grader tags mean an A still needs solid study habits.

Nearly ; the one online review is supportive but not grade-focused.

Is the course easy?

Standard

46/100

Intro bio can be passable with notes, but material is dense and upper-level physiology/A&P reviews call it hard.

In-person BIO100/308 dominate; online sample is too small to shift difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

Many tags and comments say skip class and you will not pass, especially for labs and .

and lectures often require showing up; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

and posted materials, while older reviews are more split.

Recommendation strength is strongest in recent in-person BIO100/lab notes; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Homework often full credit and some , but assignments and .

Format shift

In-person comments drive this; .

Workload

Light

62/100

Little busywork overall; main load is studying for exams and .

Format shift

In-person reviews stress minimal HW and test prep; labs add weekly quizzes.

Teaching experience

Average

54/100

Caring and knowledgeable, but frequent complaints about no eye contact, tangents, speed, and boring delivery.

Format shift

In-person delivery critiques dominate; the one online review is strongly positive on support.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Four exams, weekly quizzes, and study-guide-based tests carry most of the .

Format shift

; online evidence only mentions quizzes.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

many say she is sweet and , but pacing, awkward delivery, and .

Main concern

Dense material plus weak and some historical mass withdrawals.

What students said

“I advise to record her lectures instead of note taking, review the , and form consistent study habits”
BIO100
“ but they're straight out of the study guides that she posts on D2L.”
BIO308
“I find myself (and most of the class) taking a withdrawal from the course because she is completely incomprehensible.”
BIO308

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Single online nursing review praises her for reaching out and even sharing an older textbook so the student .

Main concern

Only one online review, so format-specific patterns are thin.

What students said

“At first and she reached out to me, she knew I must not have the book so she provided me a older version until I got my own.”
NURSE315

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are often tough but aligned to posted study guides and ; finals can be cumulative.

Study guidesMultiple choiceSome short essaysCumulative finalWeekly quizzesPractice exams

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

some essays, practice exams, and occasionally no guide for a cumulative final.

Study guides on D2L/CanvasMultiple choiceShort essaysPractice examsCumulative finalWeekly quizzes
“ attention sets u up for test well.”
BIO100
“No study guide for the because it is cumulative :(”
BIO308
“ some short essays.”
BIO308

Online

The only online review mentions quizzes and reading but .

QuizzesReading-heavy
“At first and she reached out to me”
NURSE315

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do those, go to class and you'll pass.”

Voice snapshots generated from 38 mostly in-person biology reviews, balancing caring support against awkward lectures and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Delivery

54/100

“She doesn't make eye contact while she lectures and she is a little awkward but not mean bone in her body.”

📝

52/100

“ but they're straight out of the study guides that she posts on D2L.”

❤️ Student Support

70/100

“ and very sweet.”

⚠️ Difficulty Spikes

30/100

“this class in general is just HARD!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she is a little awkward but not mean bone in her body
  • Lectures not that interesting. I never took notes.
  • She's very sweet and passionate about biology!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Do the homework because .
  • but she does put all lecture notes and study guides on D2L.
  • Most of the class had F's and those who didn't, had D's.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Overall great professor and shows care for her students.
  • She's helpful if but awkward.
  • If that doesn't prove she wants everyone to succeed than I don't know what else would.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

38

Recent reviews read by the AI

38

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

38 reviews over many years show stable themes of awkward delivery and .

Inside 38 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 514
3 out of 59
2 out of 55
1 out of 55

Course coverage

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BIOLOGY4 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 1 · A 1 · A- 1

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1