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Biological Sciences

Karen Perkins

12874MICROBIO · MICRO20 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.6/5
Take again
14.29%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid if you can; MICRO20 under Perkins , and little real teaching support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProOverwhelming workloadTough graderUnorganizedRude when asked for helpPeer-review heavy
  • , and quizzes stack on top of each other.
  • Students often get an A only by self-teaching from the textbook while .
  • Tone is widely described as rude, condescending, and unhelpful when students ask questions.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students still pull A or A- but only after , and .

Online and ; a few older online reviews still show A grades through pure self-study.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Microbiology content plus writing-heavy busywork and tests make the course feel hard beyond the science itself.

Online students stress self-teaching; in-person students stress chaos and mismatched study guides.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Most reviews mark attendance mandatory, with tags like skip class and you will not pass in older in-person notes.

A as optional, but majority of .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

14/100

Would-take-again is about 14 percent and and unhelpful.

Both formats strongly discourage retaking; only rare older reviews say not horrible if you grind.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough grader tags dominate; minor errors and ignore.

Format shift

Online and and .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Weekly quizzes, 10-hour assignments, long papers, peer reviews, labs, and projects stack every week.

Format shift

Both formats report excessive homework and so many papers.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students say she reads slides or forces textbook self-study, answers questions with more questions, and comes off rude.

Format shift

Online emphasizes email rudeness; .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Heavy mix of , and multiple exams.

Format shift

Online leans papers and discussions; and cumulative finals.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person and hybrid sections still , and chaotic instructions; several students dropped.

Main concern

Unorganized lectures, study guides that , and .

What students said

“By far the College.”
MICRO20
“I am really struggling to get some sleep or get time for other classes.”
MICRO20
“She will gaslight you into thinking you are just wrong and are offending her for .”
MICRO20

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online MICRO20 is self-teach heavy with , and rude email replies.

Main concern

, and no real answers when you email for help.

What students said

“A lot of the modules had dates from previous semesters that she didn't bother to fix for this .”
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“The only reason I learned was because of my lab professor, not her.”
MICRO20
“Prepare to self learn/teach A LOT! If your not proactive about staying on top of all the .”
MICRO20

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessments feel high-stakes with frequent quizzes and .

Weekly quizzesTest heavyPop quizzesCumulative finalProctorio mentioned once

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, cumulative finals, and one older Proctorio mention during COVID.

Pop quizzesStudy guides differ from testsCumulative finalProctorio (COVID era)
“Her study guides are and she doesnt provide study material.”
MICRO20
“Because of covid we had to use proctorio even under non-ideal housing situations”
MICRO20

Online

Online reviews emphasize weekly quizzes, test-heavy load, and .

Weekly quizzesTest heavyLate feedback
“Quizzes weekly, 10 hour assignments weekly on top of everything else assigned AND lab.”
MICRO20
“Easy exams if you read the notes and watch her videos.”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“By far the College.”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews (7 online, 7 in , and support failures. Credibility rating: Medium.

💥 Teaching Quality

18/100

“I would give her 0/5 stars if I could.”

📚 Workload Overload

12/100

“She needs to not assign 20 assignments a day.”

🧊 Student Support

20/100

“If you message her most likely won't help you and ignore you then message you whatever she likes.”

📉 Recommendation

14/100

“The ! Although receiving an A, I did not learn anything from her.”

Theme 1

📚 About Workload

  • Lots of homework
  • So many papers
  • I am mentally exhausted and may end up dropping

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Only way to learn in her class is to read the textbook
  • Doesnt rlly teach, just reads off the slides
  • Prepare to self learn/teach A LOT

Theme 3

💬 About Tone and Help

  • she will be very rude
  • narcissistic and feels like whatever she says goes
  • She is rude, and lacks compassion

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

14 detailed recent reviews across online and in-person MICRO20 show consistent , and tone.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 52
2 out of 54
1 out of 58

Course coverage

MICRO2013 reviews
12874MICROBIO1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 4 · 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

4

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1