AI Rate Professor

Economics

Nancy Z. Spillman

ECON002 · ECON1 · ECON102 · ECON2 · ECON1N2 · MACROECONOMICS · ECON1103 · ECON105 · ECON001P3114 · ECON001 · ECON101 · ECONS02 · ECONOMICS · ECON · ECON5306 · ECON0302 · 34 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid if possible; this class risks your GPA with and little teaching value.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerWorst Teacher ReputationTest Only GradingCondescendingMandatory AttendanceExpensive Textbook
  • Nearly all reviews call her one of the and .
  • Grade is and little useful lecture.
  • , and outdated comic-strip lectures dominate complaints.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Straight-A students report B or C after heavy study; she is said not to give As and .

All evidence is in-person; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Average difficulty is very high; and .

.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

8/100

two misses and no breaks in long classes.

In-person only.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

and stay away; one outlier praises free-market influence years later.

; all reviews in person.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

10/100

, and reputation for not giving As.

Format shift

All in-person evidence.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Heavy book reading and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Students call lectures useless, condescending, and filled with comics and personal stories.

Format shift

One older positive life-impact review exists among dozens of negatives.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

95/100

Grade is almost entirely three tests with .

Format shift

Repeated across in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

34 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Overwhelmingly negative in-person experience: , and .

Main concern

and ruin GPAs for strong students.

What students said

“STAY FAR FAR AWAY from this teacher! She spends too much time spewing her views and not near enough time teaching what .”
ECON001P3114
“ !!I am a straight A student and I got the highest score in her first 2 tests”
ECON102
“Only 6 PEOPLE showed up for the final out of the 30 that started the class.”
ECON101

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and are not returned for learning.

Three High-Stakes TestsNo Study GuideTests Not ReturnedBook-Heavy ContentNo Extra Credit

Assessment risk

Strict

20/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; lectures and expensive book often fail to align with .

Three tests onlyNo extra creditTests not returnedNo study guide
“Your grade consists entirely of 3 tests. That's it. No . And she doesn't give the tests back”
ECON001P3114
“The and she DOES NOT give a study guide!”
ECON101
“The tests are 70% based on the book.”
ECON002

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“STAY FAR FAR AWAY from this teacher! She spends too much time spewing her views and not near enough time teaching what .”

Voice snapshots generated from 34 in-person reviews with and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

15/100

“HER LECTURES ARE USELESS. She not teaching!! she says its our job to teach ourselves”

📉 GPA Risk

12/100

“Scary hard, Straight A students get C's, no , no missing class. STAY AWAY IF YOU LIKE YOUR GPA!”

🚫 Classroom Climate

10/100

“This lady is a nightmare! She's nasty and will insult you at every possible moment.”

📝 Assessment

20/100

“Your grade consists entirely of 3 tests. That's it. No . And she doesn't give the tests back”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures do not flow with
  • She shows stupid comics that make no sense at all
  • She basically reads the book to you and gives you her opinion

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • doesn't give A's
  • Straight A students get C's
  • !Run & Save yourself

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • condescending
  • will insult you
  • She if possible.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

34

Recent reviews read by the AI

34

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

34 highly consistent negative reviews over many years with detailed policy descriptions; only rare positives.

Inside 34 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 54
2 out of 510
1 out of 518

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1