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Biology

Julia Hoopes

BIO202 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
60%
Difficulty
2.4

The decision

Take only if you can self-manage a and stay on top of .

Best fit · Effort For RewardFirst-semester disorganizationLab waste of timeExtra credit availableTest-heavy gradingCaring but uneven
  • Most reviews note first-semester chaos especially in lab
  • and memorization-based
  • Grades skew easy for some but

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

64/100

Several students earned As and , but tests dominate the grade and can sink you.

All evidence comes from in-person BIO202 reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Content is mostly memorization and compared to intro bio, though .

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

55/100

About three of and care while others reject the and test weight.

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Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

66/100

Students call , and offering .

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Reading and homework and wasted lab time.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Average

54/100

Caring and accessible but repeatedly unprepared in a first-semester BIO202 setup.

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tags and .

Format shift

All evidence from in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person BIO202 mixed: caring and fair when you communicate, but first-semester lab disorganization and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“ , but it turned out alright in the end.”
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“I thought the and .”
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“The biggest waste of time ever.”
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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.

answer and carry most of the grade.

Multiple choiceShort answerTest heavyExtra credit

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

answer; reviews do not clearly prove open-book or proctoring rules.

Multiple choiceShort answerTest heavy
“Mostly multichoice and a few short answer. Read the text/lecture & you're fine.”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ but it was her first semester here so she'll probably figure it out. I thought the and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person , and test weight. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

54/100

“Prof Hoopes was not prepared and wasn't the and structuring the class.”

👍 Recommendation Split

55/100

“If you communicate with her, she makes things work. She can only get better from here!”

🧪 Lab Frustration

40/100

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📝

64/100

“I thought the and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Great personality and really cares for her students.
  • She was fair and listened if there was a problem with a question on the test.
  • She wasn't the and structuring the class.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

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  • The class itself is fairly easy.

Theme 3

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Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

Five detailed in-person reviews from 2018-2019 agree on first-semester disorganization but split on overall quality.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 53
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 50

Course coverage

BIO2025 reviews

Reported outcomes

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