AI Rate Professor

English

Don Satterlee

ENGWR302 · HIST17 · 302ENGLISH · ENG302 · ENGLISH1C · HIST161 · HIST17B · HRS161 · ENG300 · ENG302OR1C · ENGLISH · ENG1C · ENGW300 · ENGLIT302 · ENGWR300 · 51 lifetime ratings

AI rating
46/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.5

The decision

if you can , and following his exact assignment format.

Best fit · Self Taught ProOpinionatedEnvironment-focused lecturesIntimidatingAttendance-heavyPolarizing
  • some call him passionate and easy if you follow his format, others call him pretentious and unhelpful
  • Classes often drift into environment, politics, and media rather than pure English writing
  • Attendance and agreement with his views frequently affect the experience and grade pressure

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Many say following his handouts and guidelines yields an easy A or B+, but and disagreement may hurt.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Average difficulty is modest and many call the class easy if you read, attend, and follow directions, though content can feel off-topic.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

, and point loss for absences or bathroom breaks.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Recommendations are split between easy-A fans and students who found him unhelpful, boring, or hostile to dissent.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

52/100

and , but papers can be graded hard and dispute is discouraged.

Format shift

In-person only across 50 reviews.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Typical load is reading, quizzes, and a .

Format shift

In-person only across 50 reviews.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Average quality around 3.1 with strong praise for passion and equal complaints about condescension and off-topic rants.

Format shift

In-person only across 50 reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of open-book or handout-based quizzes, in-class essays, and some multiple-choice tests.

Format shift

In-person only across 50 reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, humor, and straightforward easy path and critics who find him rude, off-topic, and unhelpful on grades.

Main concern

, and harsh or if you disagree or need guidance.

What students said

“ . He's a pretentious old guy on a power trip who will go out of his way to be unhelpful to students.”
ENGWR300
“ teaches. His lectures are long but easy.”
HIST17
“Easy peasy A. You'll be a .”
ENG302

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams and open-book, with or straightforward formats.

Open-book quizzesHandout-based testsIn-class essaysFree/easy quiz pointsScantron tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

72/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

in-class essays and occasional free answers on tests.

Open-book quizzesHandout-based testsIn-class essaysFree answers on exams
“Read the books; there are open-book quizzes.”
HIST17
“he always give and test.”
HIST17
“Please tell me another English 302 class ”
ENG302

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you want to actually learn ENGLISH !!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and grading tradeoffs. Credibility rating: High.

⚖️ Polarizing Experience

48/100

“If you want to actually learn ENGLISH !!”

📚 Easy Path If You Comply

68/100

“Easy peasy A. You'll be a .”

🔥 Opinionated Lectures

50/100

“This professor is obsessed with the environment. I felt like I was taking a class focused on the bad things we are doing to the world”

🚪

22/100

“Cannot be late or absent”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • teaches.
  • he's mostly concerned with saving the earth
  • He never comes with a relevent lesson or teach through a whole class

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • gives lots of which boosted my grade to an A
  • and
  • if you follow the criteria on how he wants the

Theme 3

😤 About Personality

  • He's a pretentious old guy on a power trip
  • Most of the people in the class were scared to ask him questions
  • he is quite sarcastic its hilarious

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

51

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 in-person reviews spanning many years with consistent polarizing themes give strong confidence despite sparse grade data.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 513
3 out of 515
2 out of 510
1 out of 54

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values