AI Rate Professor

Biology

Maria Zambrano

BIOL10L79560 · BIO579162 · BIOL10L · BIO10L · BIO79975 · BIO5 · PLS7 · 23 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
8.7%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

; students consistently report a hostile classroom and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProJudgmental and RudeTough GraderLectures Mismatch ExamsBelittling StudentsTest Heavy
  • Nearly universal reports of rude, demeaning, and judgmental behavior toward students.
  • Lectures and .
  • High difficulty with and poor grades.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

14/100

Tough grading, lecture-exam mismatch, and hard to earn.

Both online and and poor grade outcomes.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Content is treated as advanced even in intro courses, with fast lectures and .

Online and in-person students both call the material hard relative to how it is taught.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

and in-person BIO sections.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

Roughly nine in ten reviews and cite rudeness plus ineffective teaching.

Recommendation is near zero in both formats; only two older mixed-positive notes exist.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

and students report little partial credit with exams graded to exact PowerPoint wording.

Format shift

and in-person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Lots of homework, test-heavy structure, timed quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online timed quizzes and .

Teaching experience

Awful

15/100

Students describe , poor explanations, public humiliation, and almost no usable teaching support.

Format shift

Negative teaching reports are consistent online and in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Exams, quizzes, and while lectures rarely align with what is tested.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize quizzes and .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and unapproachable, with lectures that do not prepare students for exams.

Main concern

Public shaming, belittling answers, and .

What students said

“ .!! Judgmental, test have nothing to do from lecture, Please don't take her you that is all you need to know.”
BIO5
“ !! Shes so unprofessional, her lectures teach you nothing, they have nothing to do with the quizzes.”
BIO10L
“Shamed me in front of other students when i left a couple questions blank on the test.”
BIO5

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online BIO and PLS sections are described as , and .

Main concern

Demeaning attitude, 5-minute quizzes with no go-back, and frequent withdrawals.

What students said

“This is the rudest professor I've ever had. She is demeaning, belittling, and makes you feel stupid by asking a simple question.”
BIO5
“Make the horrific decision to take the class with her in spring of 2022 and had to drop after 2 weeks due to her piss poor levels of respect and judgemental attitude.”
BIO5
“Hard to understand. Class revolved around PowerPoint slides. Does not seem to know much about the materials herself.”
PLS7

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are timed, often block going back, and .

Timed QuizzesNo Go-BackLecture MismatchRidiculously Specific AnswersRushed Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

PowerPoint wording, and poorly aligned with lectures or labs.

Rushed ExamsExact PowerPoint Wording1 Minute Per QuestionNo Go-Back
“ and if you say it another way she will not count it unless is written exactly as she wrote it in the .”
PLS7
“ as you only get 1 minute to complete each question and you arent allowed to go back.”
BIOL10L79560

Online

, and feel designed to fail rather than assess learning.

5-Minute QuizzesNo Revise QuestionsPop Quizzes
“ and you can't even go back and revise question, and makes the whole quiz 5 minutes.”
BIO5

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .!! Judgmental, test have nothing to do from lecture, Please don't take her you that is all you need to know.”

Voice snapshots generated from 23 reviews spanning online and , and low recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

💥 Teaching Disaster

15/100

“ !! Shes so unprofessional, her lectures teach you nothing, they have nothing to do with the quizzes.”

🚫

10/100

“Please pick any body except her. I wish Some one would of told me about her skills of teaching and her for us to learn is horrrible.”

⚖️

12/100

“Definitely a attention to detail and go to the class.”

😤 Hostile Climate

18/100

“She's incredibly belittling, demeaning, & apathetic towards her students.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures have nothing to do with the
  • Her lecture and in lecture she just reads them
  • Better off learning it by your self after attending lecture

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This class was not easy
  • and expects you to know things that
  • I dropped her and you can't even go back

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • This is the rudest professor I've ever had
  • She is demeaning, belittling, and makes you feel stupid
  • she will humiliate you in front of everyone atleast once during the semester

Data context

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Analysis sample

23

Recent reviews read by the AI

23

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

23 detailed reviews from 2019-2024 show strong , and .

Inside 23 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 519

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

0

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B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

2

C+ 2

D range

1

D 1

F

0

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No letter grade reported

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Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 1