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Biology

Wendy Whyte

BIO100 · BIO130 · BIOL130 · BIO110 · BIOLOGY100 · BIOL100 · 105 lifetime ratings

AI rating
17/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
23.68%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

unless you are highly independent and only need to pass a biology requirement.

Best fit · Self Taught ProLecture HeavySelf Teaching RequiredHeavy HomeworkTest HeavyOpen Note Exams
  • The dominant pattern is poor teaching experience, with many , and disconnected from exams.
  • Grades can be passable because of open notes, , and dropped exams, but effort is high.
  • Attendance, fast lectures, weak communication, and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Good grades are possible through open notes, cheat sheets, , and , but students repeatedly report heavy work and hard tests.

Online reviews support open-note tests and , while in-person reviews add many reports of , cheat sheets, and stressful exams.

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

The biology content is often introductory, but , and self-teaching make it feel much harder.

Online reviews call the class challenging but survivable, while and poor test alignment.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

required, and students often feel class time is not useful.

The ; online attendance expectations are not clearly proven.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Most students do not recommend her because , and support is weak despite grade-saving policies.

Online reviews are mixed, while and drive the .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

56/100

Grading has helpful cushions like open notes, cheat , and dropped tests, but tests are often described as hard or timed tightly.

Format shift

Online reviews , and dropped tests, while in-person reviews add cheat sheets and .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students repeatedly cite lots of , and test preparation for an introductory biology class.

Format shift

Both formats describe heavy homework, with .

Teaching experience

Awful

25/100

The dominant feedback says lectures are boring, unclear, fast, poorly connected to tests, and often leave students teaching themselves.

Format shift

Online feedback is mixed, but and engagement.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

, and many tests, with repeated comments calling the course test heavy.

Format shift

Online reviews explicitly mention homework and eight tests, while , and test-heavy grading.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

47 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are overwhelmingly negative about lectures, communication, workload, and test alignment, though some students say grades are manageable with notes or .

Main concern

Students often feel they must teach themselves while and tests.

What students said

“Honestly not that bad and you can pretty easily pass because she lets you use notes for tests but so you kinda have to teach yourself”
BIO100
“AWFUL. took her freshman year and was the .”
BIO130
“Lots of work for a 100 class.”
BIO100

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews describe a and some support, but mixed teaching quality.

Main concern

Students must stay on top of , and timed tests.

What students said

“Wendy's class is challenging, but you can do well if you stay on top of the work.”
BIO100
“Lets .”
BIOLOGY100
“all the hw is online using MHConnect.”
BIO130

Exam style

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Exam policies are student-friendly in materials allowed but risky because many students report , and poor alignment with lectures.

Open Note TestsCheat Sheets AllowedTimed TestsDropped Lowest ExamsTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Varies

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews support open notes or cheat sheets, but many students , and .

Open Note TestsCheat Sheets AllowedShort Time LimitsHard Tests
“ and minimal time.”
BIO100
“lets you use notes for tests”
BIO100
“Lets you use cheat sheet for tests, so write .”
BIO100

Online

, and dropped lowest tests, but also warn about timing and cheating suspicion.

Open Note TestsMulti-Day Test WindowLowest Tests DroppedTiming Risk
“Lets .”
BIOLOGY100
“the and the lowest two are dropped.”
BIO130
“they are open note but as she will suspect cheating if so.”
BIO130

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you can teach yourself this is the class for !”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and recommendation strength. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

25/100

“Lecture only, does not engage with students at all.”

📚 Workload Pressure

25/100

“Lots of work for a 100 class.”

📝

62/100

“ and minimal time.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • You won't learn anything during lecture.
  • lectures are unengaging and only have time for a couple of questions between each.
  • Her powerpoints and ,.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . But the average of .
  • Tons of . Easy A.
  • Very hard to get A.

Theme 3

🧪

  • A ton of online HW, 4 major tests, lecture heavy, tons of , cheat sheets allowed
  • all the hw is online using MHConnect.
  • .e. 25 minutes for 29 questions).

Theme 4

⚠️ About Recommendation

  • unless last semester and .
  • if you can!!
  • .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

105

Lifetime ratings

98/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across many years provide extensive, detailed, and highly consistent evidence, with only a small cluster of positive exceptions.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 516
4 out of 55
3 out of 513
2 out of 533
1 out of 538

Course coverage

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BIO13010 reviews
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BIOL1004 reviews
BIOLOGY1002 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

28 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 3 · A 1 · A- 5

B range

8

B+ 3 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

6

C+ 2 · C 4

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2