AI Rate Professor

Automotive Technology

Andrew Gold

AUTO300 · 14 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.1/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

Do not take AUTO300 with Gold if you have any other option; students urge dropping when his name appears.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganizedNo Real LecturesHarsh GraderEgo ProblemsAvoid AUTO300
  • Students describe missing lectures, unclear criteria, and .
  • Course feels misaligned with automotive objectives and more like stress than skill-building.
  • .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Even students who and failed or dropped peers under heavy stress.

Online and easy path to A.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

10/100

Difficulty comes from chaos, missing instruction, and misaligned work rather than well-taught hard content.

Both formats describe extreme difficulty tied to disorganization.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

flexibility narrative.

Online and as mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

; reviews urge cancellation, dropping, and avoiding the bachelor track if he teaches.

Unanimous avoidance online; in-person sample is small but equally negative.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

8/100

Students call grading inconsistent, biased, and unmerciful with and .

Format shift

Online emphasizes arbitrary grades; .

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of homework, quizzes, group projects, and a .

Format shift

Online stresses useless heavy work; and few labs.

Teaching experience

Awful

8/100

Reviews describe no prepared lectures, unanswered questions, disrespect, and ego over student learning.

Format shift

Both formats describe teaching failure; online sample is larger and more detailed.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

, and projects dominate while labs and lectures are scarce.

Format shift

and assignments; .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Two in-person reviews still , and .

Main concern

Few labs and lots of .

What students said

“ , and has a big ego.”
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“ . We had only 3 labs.”
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Remote format

Online

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online AUTO300 reviews are almost uniformly scathing about , and .

Main concern

and high-stakes papers.

What students said

“This professor is the . Save yourself from the stress and stay away.”
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“Inadequate qualifications from him and a lack of lectures made it challenging to learn rather than stress.”
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“ if you see his name.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment feels punitive and opaque, with and little instructional support.

Harsh GradingFinal Paper HeavyUnclear CriteriaFew Labs

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person notes many homework and quizzes with only a few labs; .

Homework and QuizzesFew Labs
“He will give you lots of and expect them to be done by the due date, no exceptions.”
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Online

Online reviews do not detail proctoring tools; , and a high-stakes final paper.

Final PaperUnclear RubricsGroup Projects
“Only thing he cares about is SAE and the .”
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“ .”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“This professor is a waste of money. He has ruined a semester of my life... If you .”

Voice snapshots generated from 14 reviews with near-unanimous negative themes on teaching and grading. Credibility rating: Medium.

💥 Teaching Disaster

8/100

“This professor was by far the experience.”

🚫 Recommendation

5/100

“ if Gold is teaching it. if you see his name.”

📉

8/100

“ and seems arbitrary.”

📚

10/100

“He does not have any course lectures prepared for the class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lack of lectures made it challenging to learn rather than stress.
  • Cannot answer questions clearly.
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • , and has a big ego.
  • and .
  • expects them to be done by the due date, no exceptions

Theme 3

⚠️ About Student Impact

  • This class of Auto 300 has significantly impacted my mental health negatively.
  • He has ruined a semester of my life.
  • Professor Gold has failed his students and has failed Rio Hondo College.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

14

Recent reviews read by the AI

14

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Fourteen highly consistent negative reviews give a , but the sample is smaller and clustered around one AUTO300 offering.

Inside 14 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
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2 out of 51
1 out of 513

Course coverage

AUTO30014 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

14 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 7 · Rather not say 1