AI Rate Professor

Engineering

Tom Sanford

ENG10 · BEGINNERENG01 · ENGIN20 · ENGR60 · ENG60 · ENGR060 · ENGR20 · ENG1020 · ENGR010 · 123 lifetime ratings

AI rating
64/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
Take again
76.81%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you will stay on the weekly notebook schedule; otherwise the busywork and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardNotebook-Heavy GradingBusywork OverloadMessy CanvasSelf-Paced TutorialsPolarizing Mentor
  • Grades hinge on a massive notebook or notes packet that can dominate the .
  • Course content is approachable but the weekly tutorials, handouts, and .
  • Students split hard and earn easy As and those who call the work meaningless busywork.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

70/100

Many students earn As by finishing the notebook and weekly modules, but and high-stakes.

Online reviews stress notebook zeros and vague .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is intro-level engineering software and skills; the real challenge is volume and organization, not concepts.

Both formats describe approachable material with heavier weekly busywork online.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

In-person sections often mark attendance mandatory while many online .

as required; online is usually async.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

About three-quarters would take him again, especially for SolidWorks certification and .

and mentoring more; online .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

58/100

Complete the notebook and assignments and grades trend high, but note checks can feel arbitrary and severe.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

30/100

Weekly chapter tutorials, handouts, Excel packets, robot projects, and end-of-term notebooks pile up fast.

Format shift

Both formats call the notebook a major time sink.

Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Some call him chill and experienced while others say he barely teaches and relies on outdated packets.

Format shift

Online feels more textbook-driven; and projects.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Notebooks, tutorials, projects, and .

Format shift

Online MATLAB leans heavily on notes plus quizzes and exams; in-person ENG10 is project and notebook heavy.

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

31 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person intro and , and certification prep with mixed lecture quality.

Main concern

, and outdated or unfocused class time.

What students said

“Prepare to spend $100 on a robot car and countless hours on busy work”
ENG10
“If you stay on track, it's a guaranteed A”
ENG10
“ . I would take him again 110% !!”
ENG10

Remote format

Online

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and tutorial work with a huge notebook grade and limited live teaching.

Main concern

, and harsh zeroing of high-weight note assignments.

What students said

“gave me a 0 on the final notes assignment worth 45% because i didn't follow GENUINELY NONEXISTENT instructions”
ENG60
“Unclear assignment instructions & grading criteria, even when emailed. Doesn't really teach at all, the entire class is done through 2 textbooks”
ENGR060
“50% of your grade is notes, which he imposes crazy requirements on”
ENG60

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, while certification practice and notebooks drive the real grade.

Open Book QuizzesTake-Home Exam ProblemMCQ MidtermQuiz-Based ExamsCSWA Certification Prep

Assessment risk

Standard

62/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as pretty easy and open-book or quiz-aligned, with SolidWorks aimed at CSWA certification.

Open Book Open NotesEasy Midterm FinalCSWA Exam Prep
“Midterm and ”
ENG60
“ and they are open book, open notes”
ENG60

Online

Online MATLAB uses chapter quizzes, a , and take-home style problems with notebook dominance.

Quizzes Multi-TryMCQ MidtermTake-Home Exam ProblemNotebook Heavy
“There are quizzes for the different chapters and the and a ”
ENGR060
“Tough MCQ midterm (100 questions, 60 mins). Poorly formatted questions w/ errors”
ENGR60

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you want to succeed in his class, it is incredibly easy: . If you stay on track, it's a guaranteed A.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting notebook grading, busywork, and split recommendations. Credibility rating: High.

📓 Notebook Decides the Grade

70/100

“MAKE SURE YOU DO THE NOTEBOOK if you do it you'll get a good grade in the class”

⏱️ Heavy Busywork Load

30/100

“this class is not hard, but it is a time sink and you will not learn much or have fun”

🛠️ Polarizing Teaching Style

62/100

“he almost never *taught* anything. He's reused his class material for so many years that it's all outdated”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • hes a character. if you can
  • Professor Sanford is pretty chill
  • Sanford doesn't really teach, more updates you on deadlines

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • course is pretty easy, tests and
  • if you are willing to put in the work, this course would be easy
  • If you just want an A,

Theme 3

🗂️ About Organization & Workload

  • and confusing
  • . Busy work
  • The notebook is seriously one of the

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

123

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across recent years cover both online and and busywork themes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 584
4 out of 56
3 out of 58
2 out of 510
1 out of 516

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

40 reported outcomes

A range

24

A+ 1 · A 21 · A- 2

B range

7

B 7

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 6 · Rather not say 1