AI Rate Professor

Cabrillo College · Dance

Cid Pearlman

THEA80 · THEA80U · DANCE1 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
26/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Take Cid Pearlman only if you are genuinely interested in dance and can , and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy WorkloadLots of WritingHard QuizzesLimited Guidance
  • Online reviews repeatedly , and difficult quizzes.
  • as picky or harsh, even when several students still earned A-range grades.
  • her caring and clear while others report vague grading and a bad class experience.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

44/100

A grades are possible, but comments show they often require detailed writing, careful guideline-following, and tolerance for .

Online evidence is mostly harsh despite some A grades, while and impossible-expectation complaints.

Is the course easy?

Standard

43/100

The subject can be approachable, but the workload, detailed analysis, and a typical GE.

Online reviews describe more self-teaching and heavier work, while .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

Attendance rules are not consistently described, but .

Online reviews focus on asynchronous videos and readings, while .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Most students do not recommend the class because the workload, grading, and .

Online reviews are mostly negative, while and strong warnings.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

24/100

Students repeatedly call the papers and free-response work.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize harsh grading by the professor or TAs, while and .

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Many reviews mention , and repeated short writing assignments.

Format shift

Online reviews describe the workload as especially heavy, while but still regular analysis writing and quizzes.

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

, but many describe limited lectures, little guidance, confusion, and unreasonable expectations.

Format shift

Online teaching is often criticized as self-guided with minimal lectures, while and .

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Grades appear to come from a mix of writing, discussion, analysis assignments, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online reviews mention quizzes plus frequent writing, while and analysis work with one review saying there are no tests.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews are split between students who found the class welcoming and easy and others who found it tough, vague, or simply bad.

Main concern

The and detail-heavy quizzes or writing.

What students said

“She was very welcoming to new dancers and overall it was an easy class.”
DANCE1
“It felt impossible to meet her expectations.”
THEA80U
“She can grade pretty tough and loves to take 1/2 points off quizzes.”
THEA80U

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students mostly report heavy self-guided work, hard quizzes, and can still be an easy A if guidelines are followed.

Main concern

The main concern is a high workload with limited lectures and and quizzes.

What students said

“Literally SO much homework it took me at least 3 hours and that's without even watching all the 10 videos you're supposed to watch.”
THEA80
“Cid aside from a 5 minute video per week so you pretty much just watch videos and read essays.”
DANCE1
“ so much in such little time.”
DANCE1

Exam style

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Reviews clearly support hard quizzes and detail-heavy testing, but they do not clearly prove proctoring, webcam, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or closed-book policies.

Hard QuizzesObscure Detail QuestionsTest-Heavy GradingNo Clear Proctoring Evidence

Assessment risk

Varies

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and one no-tests structure, but they do not clearly prove open-book, closed-book, webcam, proctoring, or Lockdown Browser policies.

Five QuizzesNo Tests MentionedDetail-Based Quiz Questions
“ though only 5 quizzes but a lot of the questions are minor details she mentions in class so PAY ATTENTION!”
THEA80U

Online

Online reviews describe difficult quizzes and , but they do not clearly prove webcam use, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book exams, or closed-book exams.

Hard QuizzesTest-Heavy GradingObscure Detail Questions
“The and pick obscure details from throughout the course to include, extremely hard to get full credit even with detailed notes.”
DANCE1
“ .”
DANCE1
“quizzes are hard no and very little time to completer.”
DANCE1

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Unless you are super interested in dance and want to know everything there is to .”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and format differences. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

38/100

“There are , you are basically on your own for the course.”

⚖️

24/100

“ , but never terribly punishing.”

📚 Workload Pressure

22/100

“Basically involved watching 20 video clips & reading 2-4 short essays per week (or 1 long), with .”

👍 Recommendation Level

28/100

“ .”

Theme 1

📚 About Workload

  • Literally SO much homework it took me at least 3 hours and that's without even watching all the 10 videos you're supposed to watch.
  • The amount of videos and .
  • Lots of , and weekly quizzes.

Theme 2

⚖️

  • and picky, feels like a writing class.
  • She is completely unreasonable.
  • Anytime Professor Cid disliked my work, she refused to grade it and gave me a zero.

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • if you need assistance.
  • Cid aside from a 5 minute video per week so you pretty much just watch videos and read essays.
  • She was very welcoming to new dancers and overall it was an easy class.

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

The rating is credible because it uses 16 detailed reviews across many years with , and quizzes.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 54
1 out of 56

Course coverage

DANCE17 reviews
THEA80U5 reviews
THEA804 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 1 · A 4 · A- 2

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2