AI Rate Professor

Communication

Samantha Ratzlaff

COMM8 · COMM1 · COMM2 · COMM25 · COMM1000 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
89/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
91.67%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you will show up, participate, and do the writing—she is a strong, caring Comm professor for students who put in steady work.

Best fit · Effort For RewardCaring and supportiveGives strong feedbackParticipation-heavyPaper and reading loadClear grading criteria
  • Nearly all students call her caring, funny, and invested in their success.
  • Attendance and participation are expected; effort tracks closely with outcomes.
  • Workload can bunch up with papers and reading, especially late in COMM25.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

Grades cluster in the B to A- range and students say she does not hand out grades, so an A takes consistent work and participation.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Content is manageable for most Comm classes, but COMM25 is described as one of the harder courses with and papers.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

as mandatory and participation is repeatedly said to matter.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

90/100

About 92% would take her again and most comments call her a and supportive.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

She is not a ; and some call her tough, but grades still trend decent with effort.

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Workload

Moderate

42/100

Expect , and occasional late-semester paper dumps, especially in COMM25.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

88/100

, and genuine care, with only one strongly negative outlier.

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Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Speeches, papers, participation, quizzes, and exams all show up; success depends on doing the ongoing work, not only finals.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Comm courses feel welcoming and and high would-take-again energy, though papers and late-term workload can spike.

Main concern

and one outlier report of a cold, superior teaching vibe.

What students said

“Professor Ratzlaff is is genuinely the so far.”
COMM1000
“You'll get out what you put into this class. and genuinely wants you to pass.”
COMM25
“BETTER OFF WITH ANOTHER COMM PROFESSOR!!Had a rude experience with her.”
COMM8

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

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Exams appear standard and study-able when students track class notes and .

Exam questions previewed in classExtra credit quizzes tied to examsIn-person tests

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and chapter quizzes; students who write down previewed questions do well.

In-class test question previewsExtra credit chapter quizzesStandard in-person exams
“write down the in class.”
COMM2
“Many of the .”
COMM8

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I didn't expect , but it was. I also didn't expect professor Ratzlaff to be my favorite professor this semester, but she was.”

Voice snapshots generated from 12 in-person reviews, highlighting care, participation, and workload themes. Credibility rating: High.

❤️

88/100

“she made everyone feel welcome and made coming to class super fun”

👍 Strong Recommendation

90/100

“ !!!”

📝 Workload Reality Check

42/100

“Reputation towards the end semester to assigne more than half of the ”

⚖️ Fair Not Free Grades

55/100

“Ratzlaff isn't a but doesn't hand out grades either.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She doesn't just read off the .
  • Great sense of humor, a warm demeanor
  • She made the class fun with activities and even with speeches.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You'll get out what you put into this class.
  • This was a difficult class, probably one of the hardest I've taken so far, but I learned a lot
  • the class is easy to pass if you just show up and do your work.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • and genuinely wants you to pass.
  • , and encouraging.
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

12

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve recent in-person reviews across multiple Comm courses show strong consistency on care and teaching quality despite one harsh outlier.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

COMM13 reviews
COMM253 reviews
COMM10002 reviews
COMM22 reviews
COMM82 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

5

A 2 · A- 3

B range

6

B+ 3 · B 3

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values