AI Rate Professor

Economics

Shahrokh Shahrokhi

EC110 · ECON120 · ECON121 · ECON122 · ECOM120 · ECON110 · 158 lifetime ratings

AI rating
20/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
12.77%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

unless you are comfortable self-teaching from the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-taught courseTest heavyStrict gradingPoor communicationPaid homework platform
  • Many students say they had to teach themselves because lectures, materials, or online structure did not support learning.
  • Grades are often concentrated in a .
  • Students frequently report poor communication, strict deadlines, and unhelpful responses.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Some students earn As by reading and self-teaching, but the and poor support make the A unreliable and stressful.

Online can be mechanically easy for strong self-teachers, while .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Economics content is often made harder by unclear teaching, mismatched materials, and .

Online reviews stress self-teaching from the book, while and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

to passing, while online reviews report strict timing and deadlines.

, while online flexibility is limited by strict deadlines and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Most students do not recommend him because , and .

Both online and on self-teaching and in-person complaints focused on lectures and communication.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Students repeatedly describe tough grading, few graded items, strict deadlines, and little room to recover.

Format shift

Online grading is criticized for paid automated systems and deadline rigidity, while .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Workload ranges from no homework to heavy paid online assignments, but students often describe the work as tedious or stressful.

Format shift

Online reviews more often mention heavy paid assignments, while but higher exam pressure.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

The dominant complaint is that he does not teach clearly, respond helpfully, or support student understanding.

Format shift

Online students often say there is almost no instruction, while unhelpful.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

86/100

Grades are frequently based mostly or entirely on exams, with some online sections adding platform assignments.

Format shift

, while online reviews describe a mix of exams and paid homework systems.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are also mostly negative, with repeated complaints about , rude communication, and grades based on a few tests.

Main concern

The and harsh exam consequences.

What students said

“Never in my life have I had a worse teacher.”
ECON120
“Your grade is 100% exams and he doesn't use blackboard.”
ECON120
“If you show up, listen, and try, you will do well.”
ECON120

Remote format

Online

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are strongly negative, often describing little teaching, paid platforms, strict deadlines, and self-directed learning.

Main concern

Students often feel abandoned and , and their own grade calculations.

What students said

“he's a community college professor who doesn't teach a single day.”
ECON120
“ .”
ECON121
“ as an online class unless you like to read and know that you will be on your own.”
ECON120

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exam risk is high because grades often depend on a .

Test HeavyFew Graded ItemsTimed Online Exams MentionedConfusing Exam Wording

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

few exams, but closed-book status is not clearly proven by the comments.

Test Only GradingFew Graded ItemsConfusing Exams
“every test including the final was 25% of your grade.”
ECON122
“Your grade is 100% exams”
ECON120
“ and worded weirdly.”
ECON120

Online

Online reviews mention timed exam windows and exams weighted heavily, but they do not clearly .

Timed Online Exams MentionedOpen Internet Mentioned In One ReviewTest Heavy
“ , and are basically open internet.”
ECON121
“3 exams but were only available for 1 hour and 15 minutes at a certain time of the day”
ECON121
“75% of ”
ECON120

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you actually want to be taught material and not teach yourself.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and ; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“ , and will mess up your grade.”

⚠️ Recommendation Risk

18/100

“Please trust me on this and .”

🧪

24/100

“Only 4 assigments in the gradbook the whole semster and so literally every test including the final was 25% of your grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He barely made contact with us to ensure we were learning the material.
  • Lecture was awful with nothing but .
  • He has a good attitude and gives great examples of the material in class.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • and does not offer any second chances to fix your grade.
  • , so you
  • a good grade.

Theme 3

💬 About Communication

  • .
  • Most emails I sent were answered by single sentence responses, which were also very vague.
  • Unresponsive, unhelpful, leaves you to fend for yourself.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

158

Lifetime ratings

95/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across eleven years , and poor communication despite a few positive outliers.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 529
3 out of 532
2 out of 527
1 out of 554

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

35 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 9

B range

8

B+ 4 · B 2 · B- 2

C range

6

C+ 3 · C 1 · C- 2

D range

2

D 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

10

Drop/Withdrawal 6 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1