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Mel Pritchard

17A · HISTORY5B · HIST4B · 4A · HIS45578 · HIST17A · HIST17B · 17B · HIST5B · HIST5A · HIST016 · 114 lifetime ratings

AI rating
26/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

if you need an and can self-manage work with little teaching support.

Best fit · Self Taught ProBoring lecturesUnorganizedEssay heavySubjective gradingAttendance often optional
  • Many and tangents.
  • Grades usually rest on a .
  • Some and skipping class, while .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Many say the class is easy if you write the , but and sometimes harsh.

Online and ; in-person has more easy-pass comments.

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Content is not advanced, but dry lectures and .

Difficulty feels similar online and in person; complaints focus more on delivery than concepts.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

and people pass while rarely showing up.

; online still expects some live presence.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

33/100

About one-third would take him again, and the dominant advice .

A minority like the ; online recommendations are weaker.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

and several tough-grader reports.

Format shift

detail from in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

52/100

Workload is mostly a handful of essays and a , but .

Format shift

In person and online both describe few graded items; .

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

as filler, and weak communication.

Format shift

Negative teaching reports dominate both online and in-person samples.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

, and presentations rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

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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

46 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person students repeatedly , and optional attendance after early weeks.

Main concern

You may get little teaching value and .

What students said

“Absolute waste of taxpayer money. ”
17A
“This class is easy if .”
HIST17A
“ if you never want to show up to class”
HIST17B

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, citing no-shows, weak Canvas use, silence on expectations, and .

Main concern

Poor communication and disorganization hit online students especially hard.

What students said

“We watched movies almost daily and he would often fall asleep because he was so lazy.”
17A
“Disorganized, blames Canvas & technology for everything, assigns work with silent expectation & little to no guidance.”
HIST17B
“No syllabus and no showed the 1st week, then scheduled a make up Zoom class that he no showed”
17A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Most classes grade a small set of and a presentation instead of closed-book exams.

Take-home essaysFew graded itemsGroup presentationNo traditional tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

74/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and presentations, with attendance often optional.

Take-home essaysBook reportsGroup presentationAttendance often optional
“All the ”
17B
“Your grade consists of paper, and a group presentation.”
HIST17A

Online

Online reviews emphasize sparse assignments, movies, and .

Few assignmentsMovie-heavy class timeDelayed grading
“Throughout the entire semester, we had 4 assignments only and we were given prompts that made no sense”
17A
“I only received 1 grade back for 1 assignment throughout the semester”
17A

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Absolute waste of taxpayer money. ”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading. Credibility rating: High.

😴 Teaching Quality

24/100

“When he bothers to lecture it's nonsensical and ufinished. The rest of the time he puts on a youtube video and takes a nap or just leaves.”

📝

58/100

“This class is easy if .”

🚫 Low Recommendation

33/100

“ if you never want to show up to class”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his lectures were unstructured , short, and not that informative.
  • Lectures are long and monotone.
  • he puts on slavery videos which don't a purpose other than as filler content.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • There's no hw & only like 5 essays to do for the whole semester.
  • .
  • Getting an A seems impossible.

Theme 3

🗂️ About Organization

  • There was , and nothing communicated.
  • He never emails back and there were no office hours.
  • he never brings them up again.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

114

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years show consistent themes of , and weak lectures.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 511
3 out of 515
2 out of 529
1 out of 548

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

38 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 2 · A 8 · A- 2

B range

11

B+ 5 · B 6

C range

3

C+ 2 · C 1

D range

2

D 1 · D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

10

Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Not sure yet 3