AI Rate Professor

Geology

John Cook

GEO025 · OCEAN001 · GEOLOGY15 · OCEAN1A · GEOL1A · GEO101 · GEOLOFCA · GEO015 · GEOGEO · GEOL001 · GEOLO101A · GEOL015 · GEO15 · PSCI010 · GEO001 · OCEANOGRAPHY · GEOL1B · GEOLAB01A · GEOL15 · OCEAN01 · GEO1A · GEOL001A · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
82/100
RMP rating
4.3/5
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Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you will study the guides and ask for help; you will learn a lot and can earn a strong grade with steady effort.

Best fit · Effort For RewardStudy-guide driven testsExtra credit plentifulPassionate about geologyHelpful if you askMemorization heavy
  • Most , and many paths to a solid grade.
  • Success comes from memorizing study guides and showing up; not a free A, but fair and doable.
  • A minority report he goes too fast, is phone-strict, or unclear; labs and field trips add work.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

Study guides, , and notes create many paths to a good grade, but most say it is not a free A and requires real study.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

52/100

Content is mostly memorization with and lots of material; difficulty ratings cluster around moderate.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

Missing lecture or because tests cover everything he presents in class.

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

78/100

Large majority call him awesome and him unclear or harsh.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

68/100

Fair grading with and grades often tilted in students' favor when they study the guides.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Often little or and study questions, but , and heavy memorization add load.

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Teaching experience

Good

80/100

, and and helpful, though a few students found lectures fast or boring.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

and notes, with open-book quizzes and supporting the score.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

35 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person geology and oceanography students mostly praise his passion, study guides, , and helpful office hours, while a smaller group finds him fast, strict, or .

Main concern

, and a few reports of harsh or unclear teaching.

What students said

“awesome awesome teacher!! EXTREMELY helpful and clear! gives lots of room to earn a good grade. not an easy A which is good, teaches you to work!”
GEO1A
“If you prepare the study guide and note, you will get an easy A.”
GEOL1B
“ , and looks at you like an idiot for asking for help.”
GEOGEO

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams are tough but predictable from study guides and notes; buffers.

Study Guide DrivenOpen Book QuizzesMemorization HeavyExtra Credit Available

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; pop quizzes are open book while exams still need real study.

Study Guide DrivenOpen Book QuizzesExtra Credit Available
“ and then, but they're open book. , but if and do the study questions, you'll be fine.”
GEOLOGY15
“Pay attention and memorize the ENTIRE study guide, which is a TON of stuff, and you will do well. .”
GEOL015

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“awesome awesome teacher!! EXTREMELY helpful and clear! gives lots of room to earn a good grade. not an easy A which is good, teaches you to work!”

Voice snapshots generated from 35 in-person reviews, balancing strong praise for passion and study-guide fairness against a minority of harsh critiques. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

80/100

“amazing teacher! makes you love the world of geology through his enthusiasm.”

📈 Grade Opportunities

68/100

“Great teacher...Gives a lot of opportunities to get a good grade. Also gives a lot of notes so be prepared to write but as long as you do the excercises and study the study questions...you'll get a good grade.”

⚠️ Minority Friction

35/100

“very . ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He is a and keeps on the master schedule.
  • You can tell he is passionate about Geology.
  • GREAT teacher! Teaching style in .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • not an easy A which is good, teaches you to work!
  • If you prepare the study guide and note, you will get an easy A.
  • . def. a rock nerd.

Theme 3

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  • He's a stickler about phones.
  • I had to buy a and text and it was barely used.

Data context

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Analysis sample

35

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-five detailed in-person reviews over many years show a .

Inside 35 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 524
4 out of 56
3 out of 52
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

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Reported outcomes

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