Lyn Conner

ASTR300 · ASTR310 · ASTR320 · ASTRO400 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.8/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 3.3

The decision

Avoid unless you can fully teach yourself from the book and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProReads off notesSelf-teach requiredUnfair timed testsUnclear lecturesDo not take

Most students say she reads notes or and expects self-teaching.
Timed exams and quizzes feel unfair and .
; only a few older outliers are mildly positive.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Even strong self-studiers report middling grades and say tests and .

Both online and ; in-person has more D and C outcomes reported.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Astronomy content plus rushed lectures and standard intro.

Difficulty is high in both formats; online emphasizes timed assessments and boring long lectures.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and note it matters even when lectures are poorly delivered.

; the online review said attendance was not mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

and repeated run-away warnings dominate the review set.

Both online and ; only a couple older in-person notes are milder.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

and unfair timed tests that punish even prepared students.

Format shift

Strict and unfair testing appears in both formats; in-person also reports irritated responses to questions.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Homework volume is not huge, but quizzes, multiple midterms, and .

Format shift

Online and and exams rather than project floods.

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

, and students forced to learn from the book or Google.

Format shift

Criticism is consistent online and in person; a .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grades lean on timed quizzes, multiple midterms, and .

Format shift

Online explicitly centers homework, quizzes, and exams; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

professor they had: notes read aloud, irritated by questions, and self-study required to pass.

Main concern

, and need to teach yourself everything.

What students said

“By far the ”
ASTR310

“you have to teach yourself everything on your own”
ASTR310

“unfair test times less than 45 seconds for 70+ plus questions on the ”
ASTR300

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online ASTR300 student warns , and very little time on quizzes and exams.

Main concern

Extremely short timed quizzes and .

What students said

“You get very little time to complete the exams and quizzes, so study well”
ASTR300

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are frequent, tightly timed, and widely called unfair relative to the lecture quality.

Test heavyVery short timed examsMultiple midtermsStudy guides in some older sections

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students report extremely short timed multi-question exams and .

Under 45 seconds per question reported3 midtermsTest heavy

“unfair test times less than 45 seconds for 70+ plus questions on the ”
ASTR300

“ and 3 midterms. ”
300

Online

Online review stresses very little time for quizzes and , and exams.

Very little exam timeQuizzes and exams

“You get very little time to complete the exams and quizzes, so study well”
ASTR300

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Take another teacher. Had a C when all of my other classes were As.”
Voice snapshots generated from 12 reviews (1 online, 11 in person), highlighting self-teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

20/100

“The . She comes to class read her notes and leave”

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22/100

“unfair test times less than 45 seconds for 70+ plus questions on the ”

🚫 Recommendation

10/100

“ ”

📚 Self Teach Reality

25/100

“You have to do everything by yourself to pass her class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She just reads off of her notes and shows her PowerPoint
Her lectures super
you have to teach yourself everything on your own

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

unfair test times less than 45 seconds for 70+ plus questions
class average for one of our midterms was a 70%
Very difficult

Theme 3

🚫 About Taking Again

Take another teacher
but her

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

12 reviews with a strong consistent negative pattern and ; a few older positives reduce but do not erase confidence.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

4 out of 51

3 out of 52

2 out of 50

1 out of 58

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

A 1

B range

B+ 4 · B 1

C range

C 1

D range

D+ 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

No reported values

Lyn Conner

Avoid unless you can fully teach yourself from the book and x x x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

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

⏱️ x x

🚫 Recommendation

📚 Self Teach Reality

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

🚫 About Taking Again

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you can fully teach yourself from the book and .

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