AI Rate Professor

Photography

Ben Wong

PHOTO301LAB · PHOTOGRAPH · PHOTO · PHOTO302 · PHOTO300 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
85/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
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Difficulty
2.4

The decision

Strong choice for beginners who want a patient photo teacher and hands-on practice.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyPatient InstructorEncouragingPhotography Hands-OnKnowledgeableMixed Personality
  • Most students praise patience, encouragement, and real photography learning.
  • Workload centers on darkroom time, prints, and .
  • A minority found him cocky, unhelpful to advanced students, or low-effort.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

68/100

Difficulty is moderate and work includes prints and critiques, but many say you get through with ease under good teaching.

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Is the course easy?

Beginner

72/100

Beginning photo focus with patient teaching and moderate difficulty ratings.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

82/100

Most students recommend him for photography interest despite a few personality complaints.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Students describe high tolerance and getting through material with ease under supportive teaching.

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Darkroom time, multiple prints, critiques, and notes create steady hands-on work without sounding crushing.

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Teaching experience

Good

84/100

Majority call him patient, knowledgeable, and great; a minority cite ego and weak advanced support.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

, and darkroom practice rather than formal exams.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person photo classes are mostly described as patient, hands-on, and encouraging for beginners.

Main concern

Advanced students or those sensitive to personality clashes may feel unsupported.

What students said

“ , and a great instructor.”
PHOTO302
“Ben is an amazing photography teacher. and easy going.”
PHOTO
“Egotistical, spits when he talks, sweats excessive amounts, does not nuture those who are more advanced.”
PHOTO301LAB

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Exam style

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Assessment is project and critique based with print requirements rather than traditional closed-book exams.

Photo CritiquesPrint RequirementsDarkroom PracticeProject Based

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and darkroom time.

Photo CritiquesPrint RequirementsDarkroom Practice
“Gives you a lot of darkroom time. 10 8x10s or 5x7s are required, 15 photo critiques, 1 self critique”
PHOTO300
“Class always seemed to do more printing than learning.”
PHOTO

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ , and a great instructor. I learned a lot more than I thought I would.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 reviews, highlighting patience, hands-on photo work, and minority personality concerns. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“Ben is an amazing photography teacher. and easy going.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

82/100

“I recommend Ben to anyone interested in photography.”

⚠️ Personality Friction

40/100

“Egotistical, spits when he talks, sweats excessive amounts, does not nuture those who are more advanced”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • ; he seems to enjoy teaching
  • always available to help students
  • He really pays attention to his students and gives individual assistance

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You get through this stuff with ease
  • I learned a lot more than I thought I would
  • 10 8x10s or 5x7s are required, 15 photo critiques

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • extremely accepting and encouraging
  • but can get a little cocky
  • Instructor seemed to want to collect paycheck; didn't teach much

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

64/100

Evidence confidence

Nine reviews across several years with mostly consistent themes, though all are older and a few conflict on personality.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
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1 out of 50

Course coverage

PHOTO3024 reviews
PHOTO2 reviews
PHOTO3001 review
PHOTO301LAB1 review
PHOTOGRAPH1 review

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