AI Rate Professor

Economics

Sam Lee

Courses not reported · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
25/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
16.67%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you are comfortable teaching yourself and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf TeachingPoor CommunicationHeavy WorkloadTough GraderOpen-Note Exams
  • Most reviews are strongly negative despite several A grades.
  • Students complain , and heavy work.
  • One and textbook use.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Some students earned A grades, but the comments describe confusion, heavy work, and self-teaching, so the true effort cost is high.

Online has mixed grade outcomes and self-teaching complaints, while the .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

The economics content may be manageable for some, but and missing materials make the class feel difficult.

Online reviews drive the score because most evidence comes from online sections; .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

Reviews .

Neither online .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most students explicitly warn against taking him because of poor communication and self-teaching.

Online reviews are mostly avoid-level despite one positive review, and the .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

, but most negative reviews include tough grader tags or painful course management.

Format shift

, while the in-person review tags him as a .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Multiple reviews cite lots of , and .

Format shift

Online and workload, though in-person evidence is only one review.

Teaching experience

Poor

32/100

Students repeatedly , and leaves them to teach themselves.

Format shift

Online reviews provide most of the teaching evidence, while the but very negative.

Assessment method

Balanced

58/100

Reviews mention exams, homework, pop quizzes, papers, and assessment type.

Format shift

Online reviews mention exams and homework, while the and pop quizzes through tags.

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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 and reports withdrawal.

Main concern

Evidence is limited but strongly negative.

What students said

“ !”
30849

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, with one and .

Main concern

Students say materials and .

What students said

“You will literally teach yourself.”
30849
“You are allowed to use your notes and textbook for the exams.”
30849

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

The and textbook are allowed, but other exam rules are not clearly proven.

Open NotesTextbook Allowed

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, proctoring, open-book, closed-book, midterm, or .

Online

Online reviews explicitly support open-note and textbook-allowed exams, with .

Open NotesTextbook Allowed
“You are allowed to use your notes and textbook for the exams.”
30849

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ ! Do yourself a favor. You will literally teach yourself.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching quality, workload, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

32/100

“This guy doesn't post anything until literally the day before the course starts, and is very uninformative as far as what he requires of you.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

22/100

“I will never recommend his class to anyone until they want to be in a world of pain.”

🧪

82/100

“You are allowed to use your notes and textbook for the exams.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • You will literally teach yourself.
  • This guy doesn't post anything until literally the day before the course starts, and is very uninformative as far as what he requires of you.

Theme 2

📚 About Workload

  • The way that yet expects us to answer it is unbelievable.
  • !

Theme 3

🧪 About Exams

  • You are allowed to use your notes and textbook for the exams.
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

Only six reviews limit confidence, but the negative pattern is recent and fairly consistent.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

308496 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

2

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