Is this an easy A?
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8/100Even strong students report , and unusually harsh grading for a 100-level class.
Both formats report harsh grading, with online reviews , and quiz problems.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Even strong students report losing points easily, unclear grading standards, no redos, and unusually harsh grading for a 100-level class.
Both formats report harsh grading, with online reviews adding vague rubrics, late grading, and quiz problems.
Is the course easy?
The course is described as far harder than expected because of heavy reading, confusing prompts, trick quizzes, and unclear expectations.
Online reviews provide most of the evidence for heavy reading and confusing quizzes, while in-person reviews confirm the course feels harder than it should.
Is attendance flexible?
Attendance itself is not clearly documented, but deadlines and late-work rules are described as strict and unforgiving.
Online reviews clearly mention no late work and missed-deadline penalties, while in-person reviews do not clearly discuss attendance or deadline flexibility.
Is this professor recommended?
Students almost unanimously warn against taking her because of harsh grading, vague feedback, poor communication, and high stress.
Both online and in-person reviews are strongly negative, with online evidence being much more numerous.
Course guide
Grading
Harsh
5/100
Reviews repeatedly say she grades hard, gives vague or no rubrics, lowers points without clear explanation, and allows little recovery.
Format shift
Both formats report harsh grading, and online reviews add stronger evidence about vague feedback and unclear rubrics.
Workload
Overwhelming
10/100
Students describe lots of reading, essays, discussion posts, difficult quizzes, and excessive workload for an intro-level course.
Format shift
Online reviews strongly document heavy reading and quizzes, while in-person reviews mention lots of homework and many papers.
Teaching experience
Awful
10/100
Students consistently describe poor communication, confusing instructions, delayed grading, vague feedback, and little help succeeding.
Format shift
Online reviews show severe problems with communication and organization, while in-person reviews mainly confirm the negative grading experience.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
25/100
Reviews mention discussion posts, essays, papers, quizzes, and few graded items, with no clear evidence of traditional exams.
Format shift
Online reviews emphasize discussion posts, essays, quizzes, and assignments, while in-person reviews mention papers and homework.
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Course format
Classroom format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
In-person reviews are also highly negative and focus on extremely harsh grading and excessive workload for an intro class.
Main concern
The main concern is difficult grading with little chance to recover from mistakes.
What students said
“Grades insanely difficult, I would be surprised if anybody has an A in her class.”
“Does not let you redo assignments if you made a mistake.”
Remote format
High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
Online reviews describe heavy reading, trick quizzes, vague feedback, missing grades, poor communication, and harsh grading.
Main concern
The main concern is a high-stress online course with unclear grading and little instructor response.
What students said
“She never grades assignments, so you have no idea how you are doing.”
“The quizzes have trick questions, and there is a lot of reading.”
Exam style
Reviews clearly mention difficult quizzes and assignments, but they do not clearly prove a full exam format, proctoring, webcam, Lockdown Browser, or open-book policy.
Assessment risk
Varies
35/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews do not clearly prove exam policy, quiz format, proctoring, open-book rules, midterm format, or final format.
Online reviews mention difficult quizzes with trick questions, but do not clearly prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book rules, midterm format, or final format.
“The quizzes have trick questions, and there is a lot of reading.”
“Quizzes are full of trick questions and wrong answers”
Student evidence
Top student voice
“If you are reading this, do not take her course; you will regret it.”
“I do not recommend this class for anyone.”
“No rubric is available and u lose points so easily without knowing why.”
“150 pages of reading second week of class, harsh grader, no mercy for AN INTRO LEVEL CLASS.”
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Data context
Analysis sample
12
Recent reviews read by the AI
12
Lifetime ratings
86/100
Evidence confidence
The 12 reviews are recent, detailed, and highly consistent across online and in-person formats despite a smaller sample size.
Inside 12 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
10 reported outcomes
A+ 1 · A 1
B- 1
C+ 1 · C 1
No reported values
No reported values
Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Rather not say 3