AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Joseph Bahlman

BIOSC040 · BIOSC30 · BIOSC021 · 23 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
39.13%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you can treat anatomy like a full-time job and have no better instructor options.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTest HeavyHigh Drop RateLecture HeavyPolarizingOverwhelming Workload
  • Anatomy with Bahlman is very hard with fast lectures and brutal exams
  • and students teaching themselves
  • A minority love his energy and clarity if they can commit full study time

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

20/100

Even strong students , and exams that feel impossible despite heavy studying.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Anatomy plus fast lectures, dense labs, and and logistically brutal.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and skipping is treated as a path to failure.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

34/100

and many warn others not to enroll despite a smaller group of enthusiastic supporters.

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Homework may be easier but tags dominating.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Labs, review sheets, quizzes, and constant homework overwhelm many students, especially those working full time.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

Supporters praise energetic lectures; , and mismatched to tests.

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

86/100

Success hinges on difficult lecture and .

Format shift

All evidence is in person; no online reviews exist.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and difficult exams with frequent reports of massive attrition.

Main concern

and the workload is crushing for working students.

What students said

“ !!! SAVE YOURSELF!!!!”
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“From a class of 32, about 6 remained.”
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“Unironically the .”
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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.

Exams are high-stakes, complex, and frequently described as harder than taught material with strong anti-cheating paranoia.

Hard lecture examsDifficult lab examsSpelling mattersTest heavyChanging exam style

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person lecture and , and central to the grade.

Lab examsLecture examsSpelling mattersAnti-cheating focus
“ . Spelling matters!”
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“ don't even mimic what he teaches.”
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“Has extreme paranoia about cheating.”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ !!! SAVE YOURSELF!!!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 23 in-person reviews, highlighting exam hardness, attrition, and polarized teaching views. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“Unironically the .”

🔥

18/100

“ don't even mimic what he teaches.”

📉

20/100

“From a class of 32, about 6 remained.”

👎 Recommendation

34/100

“For anybody who plans to take Bio 30 (A&P) with Mr. B, DON'T ENROLL!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he's goated when lecturing
  • Always runs out of time during lecture and rushes the remaining parts.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • class.
  • Anatomy is a hard course in general but Dr. Bahlman makes it 10x harder.
  • , yet most people still failed.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Workload & Survival

  • if you're a working student.
  • there's a lot of hw for this class and
  • Students dropped the class every couple of weeks.

Data context

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Analysis sample

23

Recent reviews read by the AI

23

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

23 detailed recent in-person reviews with consistent difficulty themes and course.

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 55
1 out of 59

Course coverage

biosc-04021 reviews
Biosc-0211 review
Biosc-301 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 3 · A 3

B range

4

B 2 · B- 2

C range

7

C+ 3 · C 3 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 1