AI Rate Professor

Life Sciences

Gregg Olsen

PHYSIO1 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
56/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

if you want a strong physio lecturer and can study daily; do not expect an easy A.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest HeavyClear LecturerClinical StoriesDaily Study RequiredMD Standards
  • Physiology is hard no matter what; success needs two-plus study hours almost every day.
  • Lectures and ; tests are tough and .
  • Friendly MD style helps understanding, but because of difficulty.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

A grades exist but require daily multi-hour study and .

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Students repeatedly call physio brutally hard with massive content and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

, though lectures still help.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

Strong lecture praise and test stress.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

Tough-grader tags and .

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Daily two-hour study expectation plus dense slides and .

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Teaching experience

Good

74/100

, and clinically rich even while fearing the exams.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

86/100

; labs and quizzes are secondary.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person Physio 1 students praise clear lectures and approachability while warning that .

Main concern

and high daily study demand.

What students said

“He will tell you, you need to study two or more hours a day to do well and he isn't kidding.”
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“ and quizzes.”
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“Your grade is mostly on the .”
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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.

textbook material and lab quizzes.

Hard Slide-Based TestsTest HeavyLab QuizzesTextbook Fair Game

Assessment risk

Strict

36/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and mainly drawn from lecture slides, with .

Hard Slide-Based TestsLab Book QuizzesTextbook Fair GameFew Non-Test Points
“The but most of the questions come from the slides.”
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“ .; use the book as reference”
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“Information that suppose to be in the . Random stuff pops up.”
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Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Physio as a subject is hard, but he made it easy to understand! !”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 in-person and strong lectures. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

74/100

“Dr. Olsen made a hard course seem less intimidating. The professor is a good lecturer and a great person.”

🧠 Course Difficulty

18/100

“Physiology was a brutally difficult course.”

📝

36/100

“Your grade is mostly on the .”

⏱️ Study Load

28/100

“Prepare to study 2+ hours a day to get a good grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and quizzes.
  • great personal and real clinical stories.
  • He is very friendly and approachable.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • study two or more hours a day to do well
  • .
  • Out of 2 Physio professors at Pierce, he is the easier one.

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Eight fairly detailed 2015-2016 reviews agree on difficulty and lecture quality but form a single-course sample.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

PHYSIO18 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 1 · A- 2

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2