AI Rate Professor

Geography

Jack Kranz

GEOGR1 · GEOG1250 · GEOG03 · GEOG001 · GEO101 · GEOGR1319 · GEOGRAPHY1 · GEOG015 · GEO015 · GEO1 · ONLIN0000 · GEOG1 · GEOG101 · GEO115 · GEO15 · GEO001 · GEOG1ONLINE · GEOG2 · GEOGRAPHYLAB · GEOG01 · 53 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
23.53%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

Avoid if you need guidance or a fair easy GE; only take if and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTough GraderTextbook DependentUnresponsive EmailsTricky ExamsMixed Polarized Reviews
  • and frequent low assignment means.
  • Course often runs as rather than taught content.
  • Email and support are slow or nonexistent for many students, online and in person.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

and low class means make an A require heavy effort and luck, not just completing work.

Online and ; online adds more complaints about no feedback.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Intro geography is taught with , and exams students call graduate-level or unfairly specific.

; online leans even harder without lecture support.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

; others mark it mandatory or participation-weighted.

Online reviews ; and recommended.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

Would-take-again is about 24% and recent comments repeatedly and silence.

A , but online and recent tones are strongly negative.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

; students report and class averages in the 50-60% range.

Format shift

and in-person comments.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of , and lab manual worksheets stack up each week.

Format shift

Online heavily tied to the lab manual; and essays.

Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Some find him funny and knowledgeable, but many say content is book-ripped, unresponsive, and poorly taught.

Format shift

Positive teaching notes cluster in older in-person summers; recent online reviews are mostly poor.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and short prompts with frequent quizzes, midterms, and finals that many call test-heavy.

Format shift

Online leans more assignment plus exam from the manual; and exams.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

some praise a chill funny lecturer, , and exams far above intro level.

Main concern

Tough grading with zeros and class.

What students said

“This professor was horrible. I took his geography class, and he is not afraid to give you a , and tests.”
GEO001
“I was mind blown on how unfair &what a .”
GEO001
“Extremely boring class! Concepts are easy. But to pass.”
GEOG1

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections often feel like textbook rentals with , and .

Main concern

, and almost no instructor help.

What students said

“ . He relies on an $80 lab manual for all the home work and Exams. If you have any questions, you will be met with radio silence.”
GEO015
“When over 2/3s of the class does poorly on the the students fault.”
GEO1
“ is on the study guide, and preparation is almost futile because the test material was random.”
GEO001

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are frequently described as specific, tricky, and disconnected from guides, with .

Tricky detailed questionsStudy guides unreliableTest heavyOpen book still hard

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

choice with confusing detail; some open book still hard.

Hard multiple choiceTricky quizzes every classOpen book still difficult
“ as hell. They are multiple choice but and detailed questions.”
GEOG1
“ and notes and they are still difficult.”
GEOGRAPHYLAB

Online

short prompts, and hard without self-teaching.

Tricky quizzes and testsNo reliable study guideTest heavy
“The quizzes and . No study guide and questions are not close general concepts.”
GEO1
“If you do end up taking him I recommend you study using quizlet or else your going to bomb the tests”
GEO001

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . It is more like a semester long textbook rental than a class. You will learn nothing”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and and recurring themes.

📉 Teaching Quality

36/100

“There is nothing that this professor provides that the .”

⚖️

22/100

“He's a .”

🚫 Recommendation

24/100

“ and choose another professor who is way better than him.”

📚 Self-Teaching Load

32/100

“You basically need to go over the whole book on your own.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lessons ripped from the book
  • disorganized. I still don't know How I'm doing
  • he is not involved with the class

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • he is extremely tough and
  • mean of the grades are in the 50%- 60% range
  • THIS IS NOT RUN AS AN ENTRY LEVEL CLASS

Theme 3

📧 About Communication

  • you will be met with radio silence
  • I never once received a response from him all semester
  • Never can get ahold of him

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

53

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews across many years with and unresponsive themes plus clear format splits support a reliable read.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515
4 out of 59
3 out of 57
2 out of 59
1 out of 514

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

17 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 4

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

5

C+ 2 · C 3

D range

1

D+ 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values