AI Rate Professor

Economics

Janis Kea

MICRO001B · ECON1 · ECONMICRO1B · ECON1BH · ECON1A · ECONSECT · MACROECONOMICS · MICRO1A · ECONMIC · ECON16 · ECON1B · MICRO1234 · MICRO · MACRO · MACROMICRO · MICROECON · ECON1AB · ECON001A · ECON · ECON001B · 80 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you can self-study dense econ, keep up with weekly Aplia, and and finals.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHeavy Aplia HomeworkHard ExamsCaring but ToughTest HeavyMixed Reviews
  • Many older students loved her clarity, humor, and office help.
  • Recent and online and huge weekly Aplia loads.
  • and willing to help, yet grades and exams feel unforgiving.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

36/100

and appears sometimes, but midterms and finals are hard and heavily weighted, so an A usually takes real grind.

Online reviews sound especially harsh on grades; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Intro econ becomes hard under fast lectures, graph-heavy work, and .

Online students emphasize self-teaching more than in-person students.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

as light or small weight, but lectures and reviews matter for exams and several students urge showing up.

; in-person students stress going to class more.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

45/100

and , yet many older in-person students still call her excellent.

Online evidence leans Avoid; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

Tough grader tags and and limited in later terms.

Format shift

Online .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly Aplia or sink.

Format shift

Online and .

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

, and , but online and some later reviews say you mostly teach yourself.

Format shift

teaching praise.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Midterm and final usually dominate the grade while .

Format shift

Both formats stress high-stakes tests; online adds heavier cumulative finals.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

46 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews split between glowing older praise for and and busywork.

Main concern

and different from practice; .

What students said

“ ”
ECON1AB
“the practiced”
ECON1B
“Seriously, hands down, one of the !”
ECON1A

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections are frequently called self-taught with .

Main concern

and limited help make online the riskiest format.

What students said

“You have to teach yourself everything - the and even after studying for hours, you won't score higher than a 70.”
ECON1B
“ and you have to study 22 CHAPTERS worth of material!”
ECON001B
“Took her online and she was super sweet and helped me when I needed it.”
ECON001A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are high-stakes and often described as harder or and lectures.

Hard Midterm and FinalCumulative FinalTests Differ from HomeworkAplia Practice Gap

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

can make or break the grade and feel harder than practice.

Midterm Plus Final HeavyHard ExamsStudy Guides Sometimes
“ and you only have a midterm and a final!”
ECON1B
“the practiced”
ECON1B
“The , but it's pretty straightforward since she gives a study guide”
ECON001A

Online

Online students report tricky, long, cumulative exams that and notes.

Cumulative FinalTricky Timed TestsHomework-Test Mismatch
“ and you have to study 22 CHAPTERS worth of material!”
ECON001B
“the and even after studying for hours, you won't score higher than a 70”
ECON1B
“Even worse her tests are beyond what is covered in the hws”
ECON001B

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Do yourself a fat favor and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, balancing older and Aplia complaints. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Heavy Online Workload

28/100

“She Honestly assigns 5-9 assignments per week!!”

🎯 Mixed Teaching Praise

58/100

“Ms. Kea is a great teacher, great sense of humor, reviews every class to help students memorize.”

📝

35/100

“ and you have to study 22 CHAPTERS worth of material!”

❤️ Caring Personality

70/100

“She's a hours, and she really does want to help students as much as possible.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • talks really fast
  • you mostly teach yourself online

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • NOT an easy A type class
  • WAY
  • Do good on all those 3 and an Easy A

Theme 3

💻

  • Aplia program is crap
  • and you get a long time to do them

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

80

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years provide rich detail, though and later online frustration.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 536
4 out of 514
3 out of 513
2 out of 58
1 out of 59

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

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B range

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B- 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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