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Biology

Carla Digennaro

BIO100 · BIOLAB · BIOBIO · BIOLOGY110 · BIO110 · BIO120 · BIO · BIOL110 · MICRO01 · BIO215 · BIOL100 · BIOL215 · 39 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
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Difficulty
3.3

The decision

Take her if you will attend, grind assignments, and use ; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardPassionate About BioHard TestsLots Of Busy WorkExtra Credit HeavyPolarizing Teaching
  • Passionate instructor with and strong critics
  • Tests often hard while , and EC prop up grades
  • Attendance and busy work matter more than pure lecture brilliance

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Easy B is common with assignments and EC, but an A still needs steady work and .

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Intro bio concepts with mixed reports of easy content versus dense terms and .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Clickers, index cards, blank notes, and grade links make missing class costly.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

56/100

Recommendations split between passionate helpful teaching and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

54/100

and assignment weight cushion grades, but and sometimes uncurved.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

38/100

, and busy work keep the load high across the term.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

58/100

and passionate; others report unclear answers, defensiveness, and wasted class time.

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of labs, small assignments, EC, and and essays.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

many praise passion, EC, and fairness, while , and heavy busy work.

Main concern

, and inconsistent clarity or mood.

What students said

“She understands that not so every test is only worth 6% of your grade.”
BIO110
“ !”
BIO215
“This class isn't as hard as you think it is. I think it is a very easy B. But you need to put in effort to get an A.”
BIOL110

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

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Exams are frequently described as hard, sometimes poorly aligned or cumulative, with study guides and EC as offsets.

Hard Multiple ChoiceEssay QuestionsCumulative FinalStudy GuidesPop Quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, occasional pop quizzes, and large cumulative finals.

Hard Multiple ChoiceEssay QuestionsCumulative FinalPop Quizzes
“ . She's nice but . Not an easy A.”
BIO110
“Her final was cumulative of 25 chapters.”
BIO215
“Tests are typical with ~30 multiple choice and 3/4 essays.”
BIO110

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“This class isn't as hard as you think it is. I think it is a very easy B. But you need to put in effort to get an A. Just do all your assignments, show up to class for clicker questions/index cards and make sure . Tons of EC.”

Voice snapshots generated from 39 in-person reviews spanning 2006-2013, balancing praise and criticism. Credibility rating: High.

🔥 Passion Split

58/100

“She is so passionate about Biology that you can't help but learn.”

📚 Busy Work Load

38/100

“The amount of redundancy and busy work is astonishing.”

🧪

42/100

“ . She's nice but . Not an easy A.”

🎁 Lifeline

58/100

“Tons of EC.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She's very passionate about her work and she shows it when she lectures
  • She is so bad at teaching. The
  • Engaging lectures and lab

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • very easy B. But you need to put in effort to get an A
  • you could get a and still do really well in the class
  • Not an easy A

Theme 3

📝

  • Overall, a very tedious class with a lot of small assignments
  • people with
  • Just do the

Theme 4

⚠️ About Frustrations

  • !
  • Purposely made a and
  • unless you want to fail, PERIOD.

Data context

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Analysis sample

39

Recent reviews read by the AI

39

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-nine in-person reviews over many years provide rich, consistent themes despite polarized opinions.

Inside 39 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 517
4 out of 58
3 out of 56
2 out of 56
1 out of 52

Course coverage

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