Sanford Wright

PS1 · POLSC001 · PHSYC · PLSCI01 · POLSCI1 · POLI1 · POLSC1 · POLISCI1 · POLITICALSCI · POLYSCI1 · POLSCMWF · 21 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 2.4/5
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Difficulty: 3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you excel at pure memorization and a ; many students call him a hard pass.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerVerbatim MemorizationInsulting Classroom ToneHeavy Research PaperPolarizing LecturerRetired

and lectures, which many call copy-machine learning.
A and is often described as long and hard-graded.
and fair if you work; critics say he is rude, rambling, and agenda-driven.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

An A is possible if you memorize notes perfectly and nail a , but effort is high and many fail.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Material load, verbatim recall, and a than a gentle intro.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

, so flexibility cannot be confirmed.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Low quality average and and rigor.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Verbatim exam answers and or personal wording.

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students cite long research papers and dense memorization as the main grind.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Clarity for note-memorizers is real, but rudeness, rants, and humiliation dominate the overall tone.

Format shift

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Grade split between verbatim tests and a the grade.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

21 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

some get As by memorizing board notes and writing the paper, while many report humiliation, rants, and crushing workload.

Main concern

reports of insulting student treatment.

What students said

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POLSCMWF

“MEMORIZE THE NOTES (It's not that hard). ”
POLSC1

“ . UNLESS YOU WANT TO WRITE A 50 PAGE PAPER”
POLITICALSCI

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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and lectures, paired with a high-stakes research paper.

Verbatim MemorizationBoard Notes TestsLong Research PaperNo Multiple Choice

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

plus a lengthy research paper.

Verbatim MemorizationBoard Notes TestsLong Research Paper

“HE GIVES YOU THE . MEMORIZE THE NOTES”
POLSC1

“he expects you to REWRITE EXACTLY what he wrote on the board for the test”
POLISCI1

“He requires a 35 page paper and grades it too hard”
PS1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
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Voice snapshots generated from 21 , and classroom climate. Credibility rating: High.

🧠 Memorize Or Fail

32/100

“ and textbook”

📄 Paper Pressure

22/100

“ . UNLESS YOU WANT TO WRITE A 50 PAGE PAPER”

👎 Classroom Tone

28/100

“Teacher was insulting, mean and enjoyed humilating his students”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He likes to ramble on and on about things not even related to the lecture material
This guy's got a lotta jokes
Rude, insulting,humiliates his students on a dialy basis

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Memorize the notes and you get an A
I got an "A"
Most students failed

Theme 3

📄

Half of your grade is from the research paper
essay quest
He requires a 35 page paper and grades it too hard

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-one reviews over several years show , and polarized personality, despite older dates.

Inside 21 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54

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2 out of 54

1 out of 57

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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Sanford Wright

Avoid unless you excel at pure memorization and a x x x; many students call him a hard pass.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Varies

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🧠 Memorize Or Fail

📄 Paper Pressure

👎 Classroom Tone

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

📄 x x x x

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

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Avoid unless you excel at pure memorization and a ; many students call him a hard pass.

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