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Biology

Rachel Tamayo

BIO16 · 3 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Do not take BIO16 with her if .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest heavyTough graderLittle instructionNo real helpAnti-cheating focus
  • All three reviews rate quality at 1 and reject taking her again.
  • Students say there is little teaching and heavy, punitive testing.
  • Even a good grade is described as coming at a horrible personal cost.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

15/100

Even when a student reports a and grading make the experience punitive and .

Online reviews stress impossible tests; the .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

and minimal instruction make the course feel harder than it should.

Difficulty is high in both formats, with .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

as mandatory while the as not mandatory.

; the one in-person review says attendance was not required.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Every reviewer says no and .

and in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

Tags and comments repeatedly call her a .

Format shift

and in-person BIO16 reviews.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

Students describe heavy studying with little payoff because tests dominate and instruction is thin.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize test weight; .

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Students say she offers little real teaching, shifts blame, and does not help when asked.

Format shift

Teaching criticism is consistent across online and in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

85/100

Reviews and tags repeatedly describe a .

Format shift

Both formats highlight exams as the main grade driver.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

The single in-person review describes a read-it-yourself class with almost no instruction and .

Main concern

Over-focus .

What students said

“This class offered very little instruction and actual teaching. It was more of a read and figure it out yourself type of class.”
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Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online BIO16 reviews call her the and tests designed so even strong students fail.

Main concern

Test weight and lack of constructive help make success feel arbitrary and demoralizing.

What students said

“This was the . .”
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“no amount of studying will help you with to fail.”
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Exam style

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Exams are described as overly hard, heavily weighted, and constrained by aggressive anti-cheating measures.

Test heavyTough graderImpossible online examsAnti-cheating focus

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

The impossible due to cheating concerns.

Impossible online examsCheating focus
“Professor is overly concerned with people cheating on online exams that she makes impossible to complete them.”
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Online

and designed so even smart students fail.

Test heavyHarsh exam weighting
“ work.”
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“ to fail”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you have the is to do that.”

Voice snapshots generated from 3 reviews, highlighting weak teaching and . Credibility rating: Low.

🚨 Teaching Quality

12/100

“This was the . .”

📝

22/100

“she makes impossible to complete them.”

👎 Recommendation

5/100

“ w/her”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She will
  • very little instruction and actual teaching
  • She says she is there to help, but isn't

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Test heavy
  • I got a good grade in her class, but at a horrible price.

Data context

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Analysis sample

3

Recent reviews read by the AI

3

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only three uniformly negative 2021 reviews exist, so but sample size remains low.

Inside 3 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 53

Course coverage

BIO163 reviews

Reported outcomes

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