AI Rate Professor

Psychology

Christina Shih

PSYC100 · PSYC105 · PSYCH185 · PSYCH105 · PYSC105 · 30 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
3.33%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

; switch sections if she is your only option.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnreachableTough GraderUnclear InstructionsHeavy WorkloadAvoid at All Costs
  • Students report classes left without an instructor.
  • Harsh, picky grading on papers and .
  • Heavy workload of papers, group work, and modules with broken links and last-minute deadlines.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

14/100

, and C/F grades dominate even when students complete the work.

Both online and ; online adds months of silence before grades appear.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is not inherently advanced, but , and chaotic modules make it feel much harder.

Online students stress self-teaching from broken modules; and pop quizzes.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

as not mandatory online, yet and participation still affects grades.

Online is mostly asynchronous with optional or unused office hours; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

6/100

Nearly every recent review begs others to drop or switch, with only one older positive outlier.

if any other section exists.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

16/100

; papers get accused of not looking like your own work and discussion wording is nitpicked.

Format shift

; in-person still calls criteria arbitrary and .

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of , so many papers, and short turnarounds on research-style assignments.

Format shift

Both formats report heavy modules; in-person adds 3-to-5-day research paper deadlines and pop quizzes.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students say she is unreachable, unprofessional, and leaves classes without guidance for months.

Format shift

Online reviews center on total silence; in-person reviews center on no-shows and .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

, and modules more than a single high-stakes final.

Format shift

Online leans papers and discussions; some sections also use timed exams and tough midterms.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews echo no-shows to , and heavy papers with almost no teaching.

Main concern

She flakes on scheduled help and still grades harshly with vague criteria.

What students said

“ , and did not show up to our scheduled zoom meeting.”
PSYC105
“Doesnt even teach about subjects and expects you know everything after watching a 5 min video!”
PYSC105
“Her workload is hardly bearable and she has no compassion.”
PSYCH105

Remote format

Online

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students , and an impossible-to-contact instructor.

Main concern

No reliable communication or support when the entire course is asynchronous.

What students said

“ . extremely unreliable, unprofessional, and you can never even reach her.”
PSYC100
“Ive emailed her about 10 times within 3 months and got no response.”
PSYC105
“She is , and when she answers emails it's basically an accusation that you did not read the instructions well enough.”
PSYC105

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Where mentioned, quizzes and timed exams are hard and poorly aligned with .

Timed ExamsHard QuizzesMidtermsOpinion-Based Quiz Items

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments note impossible quizzes with opinion-style items and pop quizzes.

Pop QuizzesOpinion-Based Questions
“ as some questions are opinions not questions”
PSYCH185
“Beware of pop quizzes”
PSYCH105

Online

Online comments mention timed exams, tough midterms, and .

Timed ExamsTough MidtermsQuizzes
“Then and its timed so you need to go fast.”
PSYC100
“ but .”
PSYC105

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . extremely unreliable, unprofessional, and you can never even reach her.”

Voice snapshots generated from 30 reviews spanning 2020-2024, with strong negative consistency online and in person. Credibility rating: High.

📵 Communication Blackout

10/100

“Ive emailed her about 10 times within 3 months and got no response.”

📉 Teaching Quality

12/100

“honestly no clue how she's even still employed, she is so terrible.”

📝

16/100

“Toughest grader and .”

🚫 Recommendation

6/100

“do not take her BY ANY CIRCUMSTANCE. if you ”

Theme 1

📵 About Accessibility

  • you can never even reach her
  • she never attends to them

Theme 2

📝

  • Lots of homework

Theme 3

📚 About Teaching Clarity

  • nothing was explained
  • instructions are hard to understand and confusing
  • she never explained anything clearly

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

30

Recent reviews read by the AI

30

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

30 recent detailed reviews across online and .

Inside 30 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 525

Course coverage

PSYC10517 reviews
PSYCH1055 reviews
PSYC1004 reviews
PSYCH1853 reviews
PYSC1051 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

25 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

2

B 1 · B- 1

C range

13

C+ 3 · C 7 · C- 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

6

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1