AI Rate Professor

Psychology

J. Ben Newkirk

PSYCH7355 · PSYCHOLOGY · PSYH · PSYCH120 · PSYBIO · PSY215 · PSYC120 · STATS215 · PSYCH140 · PSYCH7118 · PSYALL · PSCH140 · STATISTICALPSY · PSY140 · PSYCH215 · PSY301 · PHYSIOPSYCH · PSYCH101 · PSYCHOLOGY120 · PSY1 · STATS666 · PSY141 · PHIL110 · PSY120 · PSCH120 · 231 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you want a and can handle harsh treatment.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerRude to studentsRidicules questionsHard testsTeach yourself from bookHigh dropout rates
  • Most students describe him as arrogant, rude, and dismissive when asked questions.
  • Classes run at graduate-level difficulty with hard, broad tests and low pass rates.
  • A small minority praise high standards and transfer prep, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Hard, picky tests and students who self-study the book.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Intro psych is taught like graduate school with dense detail, fast or unfocused lectures, and .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

; students focus more on hostile lectures and .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

Overwhelming majority say do not take him due to rudeness, poor teaching, and high failure risk.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

Students call him an and very few people passing.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

30/100

and memorization of the book are required because lectures do not prepare you for exams.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Common themes are , and little care whether students learn.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Grades hinge on hard tests that often mismatch lectures, with students forced to master the textbook alone.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person psych and stats classes feel hostile, with ridiculed questions, off-topic rants, and .

Main concern

Mean classroom climate and students failing or withdrawing.

What students said

“He was referred to by many students as Newjerk. He had the in a proff.”
STATS666
“ ! ! NEVER KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.. TEST WERE SO HARD”
PSYCH120
“RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN! 192 RATINGS SAY DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS.”
PSY140

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 are described as extremely hard and detail-heavy, with poor alignment to class content.

Hard broad testsLecture-test mismatchHigh fail rates

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and poorly matched to lectures, with many students failing or withdrawing.

Hard broad testsLecture-test mismatchHigh fail rates
“TEST WERE SO HARD, NO ONE IN THE CLASS DID WELL!”
PSYCH120
“ the least important topic.”
PSY215
“He passed around the grade book a few days ago and only one person is passing.”
PSYCH7118

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Newkirk was by far the . I ever had in college; The WORST!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and hard exams. Credibility rating: High.

😠 Classroom Climate

15/100

“Anyone who asked a question was ridiculed.”

📉 Teaching Quality

18/100

“He loves psych and knows everything about it, BUT his teaching methods stink.”

🚫 Recommendation

15/100

“PLease save yourself the misery he is the most awful prof. in the intire world.!!! !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He ridicules his students for having questions
  • He gets up in front of the class and talks
  • I just tuned him out

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • only one person is passing
  • I studied really hard to get a D
  • learned on my own = teacher was useless

Theme 3

😠 About Character

  • meanest professor I have ever met
  • arrogant and rude
  • Newjerk

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

231

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews spanning many years show consistent complaints about personality, teaching, and exams.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 55
3 out of 511
2 out of 535
1 out of 5163

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

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B range

1

B- 1

C range

0

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D range

0

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F

0

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