Cheryl Hackworth

BIO010 · BIO23 · BIO024 · BIOL04570268 · MICRO045 · BIO001A · BIO023 · BIO45 · MICRO · MICRO45 · BIO10 · BIOL010L · BIO045 · 153 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 42/100
RMP rating: 3.3/5
Take again: 46.94%
Difficulty: 3.7

The decision

Only take her if you can handle heavy weekly work and brutal test timing in exchange for piles of ; .

Best fit · Effort For RewardExtra credit heavyHarsh timed testsTough lab graderHeavy homeworkPolarizing style

Abundant and some caring support coexist with .
Timed quizzes and exams often allow only ~30-40 seconds .
Online sections and intimidation; some in-person students praise resources and passability with effort.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Many students earn As only after heavy homework, tough timed exams, and .

; in-person reviews more often say effort plus EC can still yield an A.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Micro and bio content is dense, lecture-heavy, and fast, with labs and .

A few lighter online infectious-disease sections feel more manageable than micro/bio core courses.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Some sections mark attendance optional or not enforced, while many lecture and as mandatory and graded.

Online ; in-person micro/bio labs frequently require presence.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

47/100

and real learning, while the rest urge avoiding her due to grading and tone.

Recommendation is more mixed online, with and harsh labs.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

and tiny point deductions, offset only partly by frequent .

Format shift

common.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students repeatedly report tons of weekly assignments, long labs, and test-heavy weeks.

Format shift

Both formats cite heavy work; .

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Praise for resources and support clashes with frequent reports of and defensive classroom climate.

Format shift

; online has more clarity and tone complaints.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Quizzes and ; but often low weight.

Format shift

Online BIO010 comments .

Luni fit check

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

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

some call her caring with tons of EC and lectures, tough labs, and a harsh classroom tone.

Main concern

, and dense lecture-heavy exams that still demand heavy time investment.

What students said

“Amazing professor! She gives a TON of . All the .”
BIO045

“Condescending, unresponsive, and completely unbothered by dropping class averages. .”
BIO045

“Her lectures are all over the place. Talks for hours. . Gives new material for the test 2 days before the test.”
MICRO

Remote format

Online

26 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students frequently report overwhelming homework, gotcha quizzes with aggressive time limits, and defensive or , though a minority like structured BIO023-style courses and .

Main concern

Extremely short timed tests and fully offset.

What students said

“ aggro time limits to "prevent cheating", you never get to see answers, many of the questions are irrelevant gotchas.”
BIO010

“The " but timed in a way where you have ~30 seconds a question and definitely don't have a chance to consult your notes or the textbook.”
BIO010

“ and you will run out of time just reading the question. .”
BIO45

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

because severe per-question time limits and no backtracking make them high-stress and unforgiving.

Aggressive time limitsOpen note but unusableTest heavyNo answer review

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as hard and lecture-based, sometimes with short timing or last-minute new material, though some say questions come straight from lecture.

Lecture-based testsDifficult examsSometimes short timingFrequent testing

“All the .”
BIO045

“ to get an A even after studying all of the lectures and notes extensively”
BIO045

Online

Online students repeatedly describe open-book tests with ~30 seconds per question, no review of answers, and gotcha items.

Open book timed severelyAbout 30 seconds per questionCannot go backNo answer review

“ aggro time limits to "prevent cheating", you never get to see answers, many of the questions are irrelevant gotchas.”
BIO010

“Way too little time to take tests, it's ridiculous to have less than a minute per question and not be able to go back to questions you weren't sure about”
BIOL04570268

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“The " but timed in a way where you have ~30 seconds a question and definitely don't have a chance to consult your notes or the textbook.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning online and in-person bio/micro sections, highlighting test timing, , and . Credibility rating: High.

⏱️

32/100

“Tests and quizzes give only about 30 seconds per question.”

🎁 Lifeline

70/100

“She gives SO much and will check all of your work before it's due to ensure you get the .”

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30/100

“HARDEST LAB GRADER EVER!!!! ”

🔀 Polarized Experience

47/100

“I don't understand the bad rep she gets. but Cheryl provides so many resources for you to be successful.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

and confusing.
Go to lecture, she explains clearly what .
uses authority for personal validation rather than teaching.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Workload is overwhelming. Extremly hard to keep up.
Tons of make for an easy A.

Theme 3

⏱️ About Exams

have aggro time limits to "prevent cheating"
open book but way too little time is given
would not pass tests without notes 40 seconds per ? on test

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

153

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across multiple bio and micro courses, recent and older, with consistent themes on timing, EC, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 557

4 out of 523

3 out of 521

2 out of 519

1 out of 533

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

36 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 2 · A 14 · A- 1

B range

B+ 4 · B 8 · B- 1

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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

Cheryl Hackworth

Only take her if you can handle heavy weekly work and brutal test timing in exchange for piles of x x; x x x x x.

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HardWork

Challenging

Varies

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🔀 Polarized Experience

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

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D range

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Only take her if you can handle heavy weekly work and brutal test timing in exchange for piles of ; .

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