Is this an easy A?
HardWork
30/100An A is possible, but students repeatedly , and surviving harsh grading.
Online , while in-person evidence still says students must work hard for an A.
HIS17A · HIST12A · HIST17B · HIST14 · HIST17A · A17 · HISTORY14 · 31 lifetime ratings
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
An A is possible, but students repeatedly say it requires heavy reading, strong essay writing, and surviving harsh grading.
Online evidence is harsher about unclear grading, while in-person evidence still says students must work hard for an A.
Is the course easy?
The history content can be understandable, but fast lectures, dense reading, and writing-heavy assignments make the course challenging.
Online reviews emphasize confusing prompts and boring videos, while in-person reviews more often praise her passion but still call the class demanding.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance and daily participation are described as required or essential for passing.
Online students complain about having to show up every day, while in-person students directly mention mandatory attendance.
Is this professor recommended?
Most recent and online comments advise against taking her because grading, workload, and unclear expectations create a frustrating experience.
Online recommendations are strongly negative, while older in-person reviews are mixed with some strong praise.
Course guide
Grading
Harsh
18/100
Students repeatedly describe essay and discussion grading as harsh, unclear, arbitrary, or focused on writing style.
Format shift
Online reviews are especially negative about grading, while in-person reviews also call her a difficult grader.
Workload
Overwhelming
12/100
Reviews consistently mention heavy reading, many essays, weekly writing, discussion posts, quizzes, and homework.
Format shift
Both formats report heavy workload, with online students stressing constant posts and essays and in-person students stressing reading and papers.
Teaching experience
Poor
42/100
She is often described as passionate and knowledgeable, but many students find lectures fast, boring, robotic, or hard to follow.
Format shift
In-person reviews contain more praise for passion and knowledge, while online reviews are much more negative about lecture quality.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
35/100
Grades appear driven mainly by essays, discussion posts, readings, homework, and writing assignments, with some quizzes and exams.
Format shift
Online reviews mention weekly discussions, quizzes, essays, a midterm, and a final, while in-person reviews focus more on papers, reading, and homework.
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Course format
Classroom format
High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
In-person students are split between appreciating her passion and criticizing the workload, fast lectures, attendance demands, and grading.
Main concern
The workload and essay standards are high even when students like her enthusiasm.
What students said
“Workload is HUGE!”
“You have to work for an A in this class”
“Meg is a great enthusiastic teacher.”
Remote format
High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
Online students report excessive reading, vague prompts, harsh essay grading, and frustrating lectures.
Main concern
Online grading feels harsh and unclear, especially on essays and discussion posts.
What students said
“Tough grader, I'd read for hours on end to write up a perfect discussion post just to be graded a 2/5.”
“Her grading is ridiculous.”
“Megs discussion and essay prompts are so vague, its difficult to know what she wants.”
Exam style
Reviews do not clearly prove proctoring or book policy, but they describe tough tests, trick questions, and free-response exams.
Assessment risk
Strict
35/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews mention tough tests but do not clearly prove the exact exam format, proctoring, or book policy.
“Tests are tough”
Online reviews mention weekly quizzes, a midterm, a final, free-response exams, and trick questions, but do not clearly prove proctoring or open-book policy.
“One midterm and one final (no multiple choice but free response)”
“Trick questions on the test grew annoying.”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“You can give it your all and if your work doesn't fit into Meg's mystical standards your grade will severely suffer.”
“Fast lectures because she reads them from her notes.”
“Her grading is unfair plain and simple, particularly with the essays.”
“I spent more time on her HW than in my other classes combined.”
“Do yourself a favor, don't take Meg's class.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
31
Recent reviews read by the AI
31
Lifetime ratings
86/100
Evidence confidence
The dataset has 31 reviews across many years and both formats, with consistent detail about workload, grading, lectures, and recommendation risk.
Inside 31 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
13 reported outcomes
A 6
B 2
C+ 1
D 1
No reported values
Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 2