Is this an easy A?
MissionImpossible
18/100Getting an A is very hard because students report , and major effort even for B or C outcomes.
The , while the single online review also describes tedious work but gives less grade detail.
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The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Getting an A is very hard because students report harsh grading, confusing exams, few A grades, and major effort even for B or C outcomes.
The in-person evidence is overwhelmingly severe, while the single online review also describes tedious work but gives less grade detail.
Is the course easy?
The biology content is fast, reading-heavy, detailed, and often experienced as confusing without strong independent study skills.
In-person reviews provide strong evidence of high difficulty, while the lone online review also calls the course tedious and unpleasant.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance is sometimes not formally required, but students say missing class makes it very hard to keep up.
Attendance evidence comes from in-person reviews only, with no clear online attendance policy.
Is this professor recommended?
Most students advise avoiding him because the exams, grading, workload, and teaching style make success unusually difficult.
Both formats are negative, but the avoid recommendation is driven mainly by the large in-person review set.
Course guide
Grading
Harsh
16/100
Students repeatedly mention super hard grading, no curve, low exam averages, and very few high grades.
Format shift
The harsh-grading pattern is strongly supported by in-person reviews; the lone online review is negative but less specific about grading.
Workload
Overwhelming
18/100
Reviews describe lots of homework, heavy reading, long labs, lab work, pop quizzes, projects, and intense exam preparation.
Format shift
Both online and in-person reviews mention tedious or heavy work, with much richer evidence from in-person classes.
Teaching experience
Poor
42/100
He is often described as knowledgeable and sometimes funny, but many students say lectures are confusing, boring, outdated, or too self-taught.
Format shift
The online review is strongly negative, while in-person reviews are mixed but trend negative.
Assessment method
Balanced
68/100
Grades appear driven heavily by exams, midterms, finals, and lab practicals, but homework, labs, reading, projects, and corrections also matter.
Format shift
Assessment evidence is detailed for in-person classes and only generally negative for the online class.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
In-person reviews consistently describe very hard exams, heavy reading, tough grading, and mixed teaching quality, with some praise for knowledge and humor.
Main concern
Students often report confusing tests, heavy workload, and low class grades even after major effort.
What students said
“Tests are challenging.”
“Grades HW and tests super hard.”
“I worked extremely hard for a B.”
Remote format
Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
The single online review says the course felt outdated, tedious, boring, and damaging to interest in biology.
Main concern
The online course is described as tedious and poorly taught rather than flexible or easier.
What students said
“He makes biology seem like tourcher with tedious homework asignments and incredibly boring labs!”
Exam style
The exam style is high-risk because students repeatedly report very hard, confusing tests, low averages, no study guides, and strict conditions, though test corrections can recover some points.
Assessment risk
Strict
18/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews describe difficult tests, midterms, finals, lab practicals, no study guides, and test corrections, but do not clearly prove open-book or proctoring rules.
“Tests are very tough, but you can do test corrections to get 25-50% credit back.”
“midterm + final”
“There is no study guide for midterms which sucked!”
The single online review does not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, midterm, final, or quiz policy.
Student evidence
Top student voice
“I worked extremely hard for a B.”
“I worked extremely hard for a B.”
“His tests are impossible.”
“He makes biology seem like tourcher with tedious homework asignments and incredibly boring labs!”
“Do not, I repeat. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
50
Recent reviews read by the AI
70
Lifetime ratings
92/100
Evidence confidence
Fifty reviews across many years provide detailed, consistent evidence of extreme difficulty, heavy workload, and mixed teaching reactions.
Inside 50 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
7 reported outcomes
No reported values
B+ 1 · B- 1
C+ 1 · C 2
No reported values
No reported values
Drop/Withdrawal 2