AI Rate Professor

Biological Sciences

Zarir Marawala

BIOSC030 · BIOSC0450780 · BIOSC45 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.0/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

if possible; , and most students would not take him again.

Best fit · Self Taught ProOff-topic lecturesConfusing examsLots of homeworkTough graderDoes not follow curriculum
  • Students report long, rambling lectures that go far off topic and leave them lost.
  • Exams and and hard to parse; many call him a .
  • Nearly ; half the class reportedly dropped within six weeks.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

and error-prone, and students report B+ or C grades rather than easy As.

Both online and and heavy work; no format shows an easy A.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Content feels hard because lectures are off topic and because of .

Online and and .

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

75/100

.

Online ; in-person often left it unstated.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Every detailed review says do not take him, would not take again, or that half the class dropped.

and in-person reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

; students report right answers marked wrong and .

Format shift

Tough-grader tags appear mainly in online reviews; .

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Lots of homework tags and bulk .

Format shift

.

Teaching experience

Awful

8/100

Students call him a horrible teacher who rambles, confuses material, and reacts poorly to questions.

Format shift

Both formats rate quality 1 and describe off-topic, unfocused teaching.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Tests and .

Format shift

Online reviews mention test-heavy tags; and exams.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students say he ignores the LMC Physiology curriculum, lectures off topic, and and .

Main concern

Does not follow required curriculum; and .

What students said

“He does NOT teach the LMC curriculum for Physiology, he teachers his own.”
BIOSC45
“ so trying to ask.”
BIOSC45
“More than half the class dropped his class 6 weeks in.”
BIOSC45

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students describe extremely , and passive-aggressive responses to questions.

Main concern

, and unhelpful feedback when students ask questions.

What students said

“The lectures were extremally long and a good 40 minutes was him rambling on about a random topic.”
BIOSC0450780
“His classes are beyond lengthy and does not teach well. He also gets upset if we ask questions.”
BIOSC45
“He goes way off topic, long lectures, hes kind of passive aggressive when you ask him questions”
BIOSC030

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are described as , and sometimes error-filled, with little student-friendly design.

Hard testsWordy examsTest heavyExam mistakes

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and and hard to understand.

Wordy examsWordy quizzes
“ what he is trying to ask.”
BIOSC45
“ so trying to ask.”
BIOSC45

Online

and heavy testing alongside homework.

Hard testsTest mistakesTest heavy
“The .”
BIOSC0450780
“The as well.”
BIOSC030

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If . More than half the class dropped his class 6 weeks in.”

Voice snapshots generated from 6 reviews (3 online, 3 in person), highlighting off-topic teaching, heavy work, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🚨 Teaching Quality

8/100

“Prof Marawala is not a good teacher at all.”

👎 Recommendation Rate

5/100

“I would suggest to not get this professor!”

📚 Workload Pressure

25/100

“there is a lot of homework and they usually are due in bulk on certain days”

📝

28/100

“ what he is trying to ask.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he is constantly going off topic and you get completely lost
  • a good 40 minutes was him rambling on about a random topic
  • He also gets upset if we ask questions

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The as well
  • Lots of homework
  • as well

Theme 3

⚠️

  • He does NOT follow the LMC curriculum for Physiology
  • More than half the class dropped his class 6 weeks in
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

6

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Six consistently negative reviews from 2020-2022 across online and , but the sample is still modest.

Inside 6 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 56

Course coverage

BIOSC454 reviews
BIOSC0301 review
BIOSC04507801 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

2

B+ 2

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values