AI Rate Professor

Biology

Scott Rose

MICROBIO · BIOL220 · MICROBIOLOGY · BIO220 · MICRO220 · MICRO · BIO150 · 17 lifetime ratings

AI rating
62/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
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Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you will record lectures, study daily, and want a rigorous microbiology foundation—not a free ride.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLong dense lecturesStudy-heavy microHelpful if you engageTricky true-false examsMandatory attendance
  • Lecture notes and website materials cover nearly everything tested.
  • Course is information-heavy; expect and daily study.
  • Caring and organized for motivated students, but lectures feel long and dry to others.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

An A is possible from his lecture notes, but only after several days of and daily review.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Microbiology content is dense, lectures move fast, and volume of detail is consistently described as overwhelming.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Multiple students report and missing class costs you critical new material.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

66/100

Strong praise for helpfulness and , dryness, and exam trickiness.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

; , but notes make fair As attainable with hard study.

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Workload

Heavy

32/100

Daily study, long lectures, labs, and students.

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Teaching experience

Good

70/100

, and ; some find him redundant, fast, or harsh when correcting mistakes.

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

High-stakes exams with many true-false and matching items dominate, backed by lecture notes and labs.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person BIO/micro sections are lecture-heavy with PDF notes online; , and .

Main concern

Long lectures, dense detail, and tricky true-false exams overwhelm students who cannot study constantly.

What students said

“He types out all the lecture material for you and as long as you know everything on that, you will get an A. But, he is tough, expect to spend several days studying for ”
BIO220
“Buy a digital recorder!!! YOU WILL NEED IT!!!! notes”
MICROBIO
“Great teacher! has for you on his website.”
BIO220

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.

but use tricky true-false and matching that reward careful study.

Tricky true-falseMatching questionsLecture-note basedIn-person exams

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

true-false and matching items that students call tricky.

Tricky true-falseMatching questionsLecture-note based
“ and false questions which throw us all off”
BIO220
“ and matching”
BIO220

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He types out all the lecture material for you and as long as you know everything on that, you will get an A. But, he is tough, expect to spend several days studying for , and lectures are long”

Voice snapshots generated from 17 in-person reviews spanning many , and care. Credibility rating: High.

👨‍🏫 Teaching Quality

70/100

“Rose is a very good teacher. and gives you everything you need to get an A.”

📚 Heavy Content Load

32/100

“TOO MUCH INFORMATION! Overwhelms students with the amount of information”

🎯

66/100

“One of those . Class was tough but he makes the information fun.”

📝

48/100

“ and matching.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Extremely helpful and has the
  • Lectures are so long and the lecture notes that he reads off of are filled with too much information
  • He loves to ramble off about random facts/stories but he is entertaining

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • expect to spend several days studying for
  • i studied alot, only earned a B
  • if you pay attention and study hard, you can earn an A

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • kind and caring professor, while maintaining rigor
  • Careful about making mistakes in his class, might yell at you
  • Prof. Rose is straight up, honest and helpful

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

17

Recent reviews read by the AI

17

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Seventeen detailed in-person reviews spanning 2003-2015 show consistent themes on lecture density, helpfulness, and .

Inside 17 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 53
3 out of 54
2 out of 51
1 out of 51

Course coverage

BIO22010 reviews
MICRO2 reviews
BIO1501 review
BIOL2201 review
MICRO2201 review
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MICROBIOLOGY1 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

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A+ 1

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

0

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D range

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F

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No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1