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Melvin Pritchard

HIST1B · HIST17A · HIST17B · HIST5A001 · HIST005B · HIST005 · 017A · HIST005A · HIS17A · 24 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
2.7

The decision

unless you only need low-effort credit and are ready to teach yourself.

Best fit · Self Taught ProAvoidNo CanvasUnresponsiveSleeps In ClassUnclear Expectations
  • Students across many years describe negligence, missed emails, and little real teaching
  • Lectures often become unrelated videos while and opaque
  • Course can be passable with low learning value, but

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some students pass with low effort, but and .

Both formats report low-effort credit possible, but .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

62/100

Content is not intellectually hard; the challenge is confusion, poor structure, and sparse teaching.

Online and in-person students both say the class is doable but poorly taught.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

, though a few sections required it.

and in person, with a few mandatory exceptions.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Would-take-again is effectively zero and .

and in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

28/100

Few graded items, tough or , and grades often appear very late or not at all.

Format shift

and in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

Usually a handful of papers and a group presentation rather than constant homework, but .

Format shift

Paper and presentation load is similar across formats.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students describe sleeping in class, rambling lectures, ignored emails, and almost no useful instruction.

Format shift

Teaching failure is reported heavily online and in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

22/100

Assessment centers on essays, book reports, and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person classes are repeatedly called boring and and missing grades.

Main concern

Sleeping during class, lost papers, and grades returned weeks or months late.

What students said

“ .”
HIS17A
“Falls asleep during class, and constantly .”
HIS17A
“He just shows films and he sleeps through them.”
HIST1B

Remote format

Online

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are described as chaotic, with , and little instruction.

Main concern

Zoom sessions.

What students said

“A negligent and disorderly professor. .”
HIST17B
“Very unprofessional, and even yelled at one of my classmates on a zoom lecture.”
HIST17A
“ , and overall just an awful teacher.”
017A

Exam style

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Assessment is mostly papers and presentations with ; reviews do not clearly prove standardized proctored exams.

PapersGroup presentationBook reportUnclear promptsVideos instead of lecture

Assessment risk

Varies

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person assessment is mainly essays, book reports, and .

EssaysBook reportGroup presentationLate grading
“For and a group presentation.”
HIST17B
“Only got 1/6 papers graded.”
HIS17A

Online

Online reviews mention midterms or presentations but , and weak structure more than formal proctoring.

Unclear midtermsLate gradesNo Canvas
“ . Doesnt follow the syllabus.”
HIST17B
“I passed with an A without doing any of the "required" reading.”
HIST17B

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 24 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and avoidance. Credibility rating: High.

💥 Teaching Disaster

12/100

“Without a doubt the .”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

5/100

“ on this app.”

📭 Unresponsive

15/100

“ .”

😴 Classroom Neglect

10/100

“Falls asleep during class, and constantly .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Lectures are just videos that .
  • He just shows films and he sleeps through them.
  • The lectures are rambles and some class periods are devoted to documentaries rather than lecture.

Theme 2

📬 About Communication

  • and he wont send an email if he's absent.
  • , and is very hard to get a hold of outside class
  • .

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If you want an Easy A, . If you .
  • Expect to wait to recieve a .
  • I didn't find out what my grade was until I checked my transcript during the winter break

Data context

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Analysis sample

24

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-four detailed reviews over several years are highly consistent about poor teaching and communication.

Inside 24 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 58
1 out of 516

Course coverage

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HIST005A3 reviews
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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

17 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 1 · A- 2

B range

4

B 4

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Not sure yet 7 · Rather not say 1