AI Rate Professor

Geology

Matthew Taylor

GEOL101 · GEOL100 · GEO101 · OCEAN101 · GEOL01 · OCEA101 · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
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Difficulty
3.1

The decision

; the risk of hostile lectures and bait-and-switch exams is too high.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHostile Lecture StyleOpen Note UnreliableTangents Over ContentExtra Credit TeaseAvoid for OCEA
  • Multiple students call him terrible, mocking, and the .
  • , and can remove study help when angry.
  • A few GE geology sections felt easy with videos and , but the overall tone is strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

and , but hostile policies and sudden closed-note switches raise the real cost of an A.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content can be GE-easy with videos and , yet fast lectures and tangents make learning the material frustrating.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

, and skipping can put you at risk with a professor students say is eager to fail them.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Repeated do-not-take warnings about mockery, poor teaching, and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

, but he may yank those perks and seems willing to punish students he dislikes.

Format shift

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Workload

Light

62/100

and only a , though lectures and tests still demand attention.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Common complaints are too-fast lectures, mockery, surfing tangents, and not answering questions; positive notes are fewer and thinner.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tests and in-class or video notes drive grades more than regular homework, with occasional pop quizzes used as punishment.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person geology and oceanography reviews split between easy GE fillers and scathing reports of fast lectures, mockery, and .

Main concern

He lectures too fast, mocks questions, and if students upset him.

What students said

“He says the and then makes them closed notes 5 minutes before the exam!!”
OCEA101
“He will ... He is HORRIBLE. .”
OCEA101
“ . Offers lots of . .”
GEOL101

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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some open-note open-book tests, others suddenly closed-note with study aids threatened.

Open Note SometimesCan Switch to Closed NotePop QuizzesExtra Credit Videos

Assessment risk

Varies

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and open book, but students report last-minute closed-note switches and punitive pop quizzes.

Open Note SometimesClosed Note SwitchPop Quizzes
“He says the and then makes them closed notes 5 minutes before the exam!!”
OCEA101
“ . Ppts (have all the subject info) found on Blackboard.”
GEOL101

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He is terrible and shouldn't be a teacher. He lectures way too fast... He says the and then makes them closed notes 5 minutes before the exam!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 , and mixed GE ease. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚨 Teaching Disaster

30/100

“He is terrible and shouldn't be a teacher. He lectures way too fast and gives .”

⚠️ and Switch

35/100

“He says the and then makes them closed notes 5 minutes before the exam!!”

📉

28/100

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📗 Occasional Easy GE

70/100

“Easy class. Great class if just trying to fill your GE credits.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He complains about his students & mocks them if they ask a question.
  • Spends more time talking about his drinking days than geology.
  • Monotone. Goes on tangents.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . Offers lots of .
  • .
  • Easy class. Great class if just trying to fill your GE credits.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Conduct

  • He will
  • he would love to fail you

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

52/100

Evidence confidence

Seven reviews with strong agreement on negative behavior in oceanography, but the sample is small and course experiences differ.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

OCEA1012 reviews
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