AI Rate Professor

Biology

Asa Gardner

BIO6L · BIO11 · BIO10 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.9/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid if you need structured teaching—only strong self-teachers and vague exams should risk this class.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDoesn't teachSelf-taught requiredTough graderDisorganizedUnprofessional
  • Most students say they had to teach themselves because .
  • Workload can include huge multi-lab dumps with short turnarounds and .
  • A few students praise intelligence and feedback, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

Even students who , and , so As are not handed out.

Both formats describe hard work; and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

High difficulty ratings and hard without clear instruction.

In-person and online both stress and heavy material.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

and sometimes not, with mixed skip-class warnings.

Online and stable policy story.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most reviewers urge taking another professor; only a .

Both formats lean negative; the .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

, and last-second curve removals paint grading as strict and unreliable.

Format shift

and in-person comments.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Multiple weekly labs, 50-plus-page packets, and .

Format shift

Online reviews describe the most extreme lab volume; .

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Dominant theme is that he does not teach clearly, cancels lectures, and leaves students to self-learn.

Format shift

In-person and online both criticize teaching; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Test-heavy structure with proctored exams and .

Format shift

Online mentions proctored exams; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews mostly report no real teaching, disorganization, sarcasm, and .

Main concern

You may learn almost nothing from lecture yet .

What students said

“Mr. Gardner wouldn't teach. We had to learn everything ourselves.”
BIO6L
“This professor was so disorganized and ”
BIO6L
“Overall great professor, really enjoyed the :)”
BIO6L

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews describe missing lab , and poor prep.

Main concern

and camera policies.

What students said

“every lab is 50+ pgs long and he'll upload several labs 3 days before needing to turn it in.”
BIO6L
“I didnt feel he prepared us for the .”
BIO11

Exam style

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Exams are described as poorly prepared for, sometimes proctored with cameras, and paired with .

Proctored examsCamera requirementsTest heavyUnclear study guidance

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tough because lectures do not match what is tested.

Test heavyUnclear study targetsTough grader
“ as he wouldn't properly teach us concepts and would still put it on exams.”
BIO6L

Online

Online students report camera-on rules for them, proctored exams, and insufficient prep or feedback.

Proctored examsCameras on for studentsLittle feedback
“we were required to keep our cameras on, he himself would not abide by this.”
BIO11
“I didnt feel he prepared us for the .”
BIO11

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Mr. Gardner wouldn't teach. We had to learn everything ourselves.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 , and mostly avoid recommendations. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“Hes all over the place. .”

📚 Workload Crush

18/100

“every lab is 50+ pgs long and he'll upload several labs 3 days before needing to turn it in.”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“ if you are trying to get an decent grade.”

🧪

28/100

“I didnt feel he prepared us for the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Mr. Gardner wouldn't teach. We had to learn everything ourselves.
  • This professor was so disorganized
  • Professor Asa is very intelligent and wants his students to really grasp the material

Theme 2

📉 About Professionalism

  • Very unprofessional mannerism while snapping at students at times
  • when students had any questions sometimes he would answer them sarcastically
  • He would constantly cancel lectures without giving a heads up

Theme 3

📚

  • I ended up teaching myself all the material
  • So many papers

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Eight recent reviews are detailed and mostly consistent on poor teaching, though one strong positive outlier lowers absolute certainty.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

BIO6L6 reviews
BIO101 review
BIO111 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2