AI Rate Professor

Biology

Steven Scott

MICROBIO · BIOMICR · BIO300 · BIO3MICROBIO · MICROBIOLOGY · BIO13MICRO · BIOL4 · BIO4 · BIO003 · BIOLOGY · BIO42 · BIO3 · MICRO01 · BIOL3 · PATHO · 128 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
51.02%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

if you want rigorous healthcare-style critical thinking and and messy Canvas.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerBrutal ExamsHeavy CurvePassionate LecturerDisorganized CanvasNursing-School Prep
  • not match lectures directly
  • Generous curves, dropped exams, and if you grind
  • Students split hard between life-changing prep and

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A requires heavy study, critical thinking beyond memorization, and .

; online students more often feel the grade is unpredictable until the .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Microbiology, physiology, and patho content is taught at a high conceptual level with dense reading and application-heavy testing.

Difficulty is consistently high in person and online; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Many sections mark attendance mandatory, and .

; some online sections allow optional live attendance but still expect engagement.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

51/100

Roughly half would take him again for learning value, while because of .

In-person recommendation is stronger among students who wanted rigor; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

34/100

Tough grader tags dominate, though curves, dropped exams, and .

Format shift

; online students complain more about unclear or delayed grade posting.

Workload

Heavy

26/100

Lecture-heavy courses with labs, papers or essays, and .

Format shift

and essay finals; online still piles labs, essays, and .

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

Passionate, funny, and caring for some students, yet confusing, disorganized, or factually contested for others.

Format shift

In-person teaching reputation is warmer; online organization and lecture quality draw sharper criticism.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Multiple midterms, lab exams, and routine weekly homework.

Format shift

Both formats are test-heavy; several reviews and essays.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students more often praise passion, humor, and deep learning, while and opaque grade posting.

Main concern

and grades may stay hidden until late in the term.

What students said

“Exams are hard, he drops 1 exam and lets u use a cheat sheet. 2 lab exams 4 lectures and 1 presentation. AND A CURVE!”
BIO4
“ . The questions can be worded in , but .”
MICROBIO
“ ever taken.”
BIO3

Remote format

Online

13 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are more negative, citing empty or confusing Canvas pages, , and .

Main concern

Organization and .

What students said

“THE WORST professor I have ever taken a course from. videos”
BIO42
“This is a self-learn class. If you do not have a strong background in .”
PATHO
“All tests are curved generously. You will not be able to anticipate your grades as .”
BIO3

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are widely described as extremely hard, abstract, and not always lecture-matched, with .

Critical Thinking ExamsAbstract ScenariosEssay FinalsCurveDrop Lowest ExamCheat Sheet Sometimes

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams demand deep why-level understanding, often include multi-page essay finals, and may allow a .

Essay FinalsCritical Thinking TestsCurveDrop Lowest ExamOptional Cheat Sheet
“Final was five 5+ page essays on microbes.”
BIO4
“5 essays -- get started early because they're time consuming!”
BIO3
“Tests were impossible, but he understands that they can be challenging; he offers a lot of and ”
MICROBIOLOGY

Online

Online exams are repeatedly called ridiculously hard, poorly matched to lectures or YouTube content, and graded slowly.

Hard Online ExamsLecture MismatchGenerous CurveSlow Canvas Grades
“ and did not match lectures.”
BIO42
“ don't help you learn how to apply information.”
BIOL3
“The tests are a little challenging but the semester.”
BIO3

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ ever taken. I truly feel his class was a wake up call to the realities of the level of difficulty I will experience in nursing school.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 biology reviews across online and and exam complaints. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

52/100

“He genuinely cares about his students and wants y'all to do good. Yes, it's a rigorous course, but he's a great teacher”

🧪

28/100

“The ! He goes off his own notes for the class.”

📉 Recommendation Split

51/100

“ another professor if you can.”

📈 Learning Payoff

70/100

“Really difficult class but I learnt so much. Glad he pushes us that hard.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • funny lecturer, and
  • Great lectures, he makes sure all his students understand
  • lectures are just mainly YouTube videos

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • not an easy A

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • Does

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

128

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years show a stable polarizing pattern: , and split teaching judgments with rich detail.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 564
4 out of 528
3 out of 59
2 out of 55
1 out of 522

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

40 reported outcomes

A range

12

A+ 1 · A 11

B range

15

B+ 1 · B 14

C range

4

C+ 1 · C 3

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 4