AI Rate Professor

Biology

Amanda Everett

BIO240 · BIO190 · BIO12O · BIO120 · 32 lifetime ratings

AI rating
57/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
62.5%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you can handle a demanding biology course, strict expectations, and a teaching style students experience very differently.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPolarizingHeavy WorkloadCaring For SomeStrict ExpectationsAmazing Lectures
  • Everett is highly polarizing, with many students calling her caring, funny, and clear while others describe rude or humiliating interactions.
  • The , and attendance, so grades usually require real effort.
  • Online and in-person reviews both include strong praise and strong warnings, but , tone, and required tools.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

45/100

Although many students earned A-range grades, repeated comments say students must work hard through readings, quizzes, labs, reports, and attendance.

Online reviews stress quizzes and reading, while , and stronger warnings that A grades are not handed out.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Biology is repeatedly described as hard, reading-heavy, lecture-heavy, and .

Both formats describe difficult biology content, with .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

20/100

Attendance and participation appear important because multiple reviews say skipping class means students will not pass.

Attendance pressure appears in both formats, but .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Recommendation depends on fit because students either praise her as caring and excellent or warn that she is rude and overwhelming.

Both formats are polarized, but .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

50/100

Grading is mixed, with and opportunities in some reviews but , and hard-earned grades in others.

Format shift

Online reviews mention some flexibility and , while in-person reviews include stricter grading complaints.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Workload is heavy because students repeatedly mention lots of homework, reading, quizzes, lab reports, and weekly assignments.

Format shift

Both formats report heavy work, with .

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Teaching quality is polarized, combining strong praise for engaging lectures and support with serious complaints about rudeness and humiliation.

Format shift

Online reviews lean more positive overall, while and include harsher complaints.

Assessment method

Balanced

60/100

Assessment includes quizzes, lab reports, homework, lab pages, assignments, and .

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize quizzes and lecture materials, while and weekly assignments.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

instruction and harsh complaints about rudeness, workload, attendance pressure, and strict requirements.

Main concern

The main concern is a demanding workload combined with reports of rude or humiliating treatment.

What students said

“Her lectures are AMAZING.”
BIO120
“You MUST work hard for your grade and it won't be easy.”
BIO120
“She is so disrespectful and she yells at students and makes them feel embarrassed in front of everyone.”
BIO120

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online reviews are mostly positive about care, access, and feedback, but they still describe tough biology , and .

Main concern

Online students report the class can be hard, quiz-heavy, and reading-heavy.

What students said

“Bio 120 is a pretty difficult class but Amanda made it fun and engaging.”
BIO120
“There was a and the beginning of every lab.”
BIO120
“This one is hard. She could care less if her students passed.”
BIO120

Exam style

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because reviews mention frequent quizzes and , but also one student-friendly note-page policy.

Frequent QuizzesTest Heavy In Some ReviewsRecorded Test And Quiz Monitoring MentionedOne Note Page For Tests

Assessment risk

Varies

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

for tests, and one strict recording setup, but exam policies are not consistent across comments.

Test Heavy In Some ReviewsRecorded Test And Quiz Monitoring MentionedOne Note Page For Tests
“Makes you use a program to record you and your voice while taking a test and quizzes and scans your ID.”
BIO120
“She makes this class very fair, and you're allowed a note page for tests!”
BIO120

Online

Online reviews clearly mention frequent quizzes and tricky quiz questions, but do not clearly .

Frequent QuizzesTricky Quiz Questions
“ .”
BIO240
“There was a and the beginning of every lab.”
BIO120

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“You MUST work hard for your grade and it won't be easy.”

Voice snapshots generated from 32 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

58/100

“Her lectures are AMAZING.”

📚 Workload Pressure

25/100

“She gives so and !”

⚖️ Grade Reality

45/100

“You MUST work hard for your grade and it won't be easy.”

👍 Recommendation Fit

58/100

“ if you can handle a demanding biology course, strict expectations, and a teaching style students experience very differently.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her lectures are AMAZING.
  • and she is pretty cool.
  • She was rude & made me feel uncomfortable to the .
  • She is so disrespectful and she yells at students and makes them feel embarrassed in front of everyone.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You MUST work hard for your grade and it won't be easy.
  • If you do the work and go to class and .
  • Bio 120 is a pretty difficult class but Amanda made it fun and engaging.
  • The bare minimum gave me an easy A.

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • There was a and the beginning of every lab.
  • She gives so and !
  • We had to do our all our lab pages all 30ish pages of them and we had to do a handwritten Prelab and .
  • Lecture videos are very long, but not her fault because she didn't make them.

Theme 4

❤️ About Support And Personality

  • , and reasonable.
  • She really cares and is passionate about her job and wants you to pass her class.
  • She has ZERO empathy for her students.
  • and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

32

Recent reviews read by the AI

32

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-two reviews across online and , but the highly polarized tone requires blended interpretation.

Inside 32 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 55
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 510

Course coverage

BIO12026 reviews
BIO2404 reviews
BIO12O1 review
BIO1901 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

24 reported outcomes

A range

13

A+ 5 · A 7 · A- 1

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 1