AI Rate Professor

Geography

Matthew Nordstrom

GEOV05 · GEOGVO1L · ESRMV01 · GEOVO5 · GEOGV01L · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
4.0/5
Take again
60%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Take him only if you are a geoscience major ready for and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderLecture HeavyPop QuizzesCaringSkip Class Fail
  • Passionate and caring but and powerpoints stay offline.
  • and skipping risks failing.
  • while intro lecture overwhelms non-majors.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

40/100

, and mixed A/B/C outcomes mean an A takes serious study.

and lab courses.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Intro content and overwhelms non-majors despite lighter labs.

Lecture courses feel harder than the .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

Multiple tags and comments say skip class and you will not pass or will get talked to.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

55/100

About 60% would take again; labs and majors like him while overwhelmed intro students would not.

Split .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Lecture-heavy classes with large test ranges and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

62/100

Funny, caring, and ; hard to reach as adjunct and not for non-majors for others.

Format shift

and overwhelming lectures.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Exams, pop quizzes, and .

Format shift

Group projects and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person geography and ESRM courses mix a passionate teacher with , and .

Main concern

Tests spanning seven chapters and .

What students said

“his tests cover about 7 chapters making it hard to study for.”
GEOVO5
“ if you arent a geoscience major its a lot of info for an intro class.”
GEOV05
“Mr. Nordstrom is very funny and easy to follow.”
GEOGV01L

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and exams are kept so students cannot reuse them to study.

Multi-Chapter TestsPop QuizzesTests Kept By ProfessorNo PowerPoints Online

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

pop quizzes and no posted slides.

7 Chapter TestsPop QuizzesTests Not ReturnedMandatory Attendance
“his tests cover about 7 chapters making it hard to study for.”
GEOVO5
“he also keeps all tests, therefore you cant use them to study.”
GEOVO5
“Beware of pop quizzes”
ESRM-V01

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you arent a geoscience major its a lot of info for an intro class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews, highlighting passion versus heavy multi-chapter testing. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

62/100

“Mr. Nordstrom is very funny and easy to follow.”

📚 Test Burden

35/100

“his tests cover about 7 chapters making it hard to study for.”

🚫

15/100

“skip 1 class and you will get talked to.”

👍 Split Recommendation

55/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Prof. Nordstrom is a good guy that is passionate about the subject.
  • He's pretty chill.
  • Mr. Nordstrom is very funny and easy to follow.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • tests are on 7 chapters
  • i was very overwhelmed.

Theme 3

⏰

  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • skip 1 class and you will get talked to.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Five in-person reviews from 2018-2024 with mixed but detailed accounts of tests and attendance.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 51
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 50

Course coverage

ESRM-V011 review
GEOGV01L1 review
GEOGVO1L1 review
GEOV051 review
GEOVO51 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

5 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values