AI Rate Professor

Biology

Sharon Lynch

BIO10 · BIO110 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.5/5
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Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you are ready to self-teach dense bio material at a very fast pace.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerToo fast for introPowerpoint onlySelf-teach requiredHard examsPolarizing bio
  • Many students say intro bio is taught like a major-level course at breakneck speed.
  • Lectures often feel like reading PowerPoints; .
  • A few still pass and praise her if they are dedicated and self-disciplined.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A and self-teaching; many report failure risk even for strong students.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Intro bio is delivered at major-level speed with and massive content.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

, but students say you must attend every lecture and lab time.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Overall quality is low and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

, and high fail rates dominate student reports.

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

Expect hours of , and lab time beyond lectures.

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Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Common complaints are PowerPoint-only lectures, too fast, and not explaining hard topics.

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of , and a cumulative final often called easier.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person BIO110 is widely called unnecessarily hard, fast, and and the book.

Main concern

Overwhelming speed and weak lecture depth cause many students to fail or struggle.

What students said

“By far the earth.”
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“You have to teach yourself everything on top of the lecture material to get an A.”
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“THIS CLASS IS UNNECESSARILY TOUGH.”
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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.

; lab tests are tough while the final is sometimes easier.

Confusing testsHard lab examsEasier cumulative finalStudy guides provided

Assessment risk

Strict

38/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and lab exams hard; review sheets help and the .

Tricky or confusing examsHard lab testsCumulative final often easierReview sheets before exams
“ is overwhelming.”
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“ and .”
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“She provides a .”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ unless youre commited to dedicating hours of studying and self teaching out of the book.”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews, highlighting speed, self-teaching burden, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

34/100

“Doesn't teach and doesn't care.”

📉 Recommendation Level

30/100

“This ”

🔥 Difficulty Spike

22/100

“It's like she's teaching to bio majors at Berkeley”

📚

22/100

“You have to teach yourself everything on top of the lecture material to get an A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She does all of her lectures off of powerpoints
  • Covering 90 slides that she pulls from the teacher edition, is NOT teaching.
  • goes insanely fast & only teaches from the teacher edition powerpoint

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Already on exam 2 and about 75% of students recieved an F.
  • THIS CLASS IS UNNECESSARILY TOUGH.
  • Prepare to spend ALOT of time outside of class on reading and studying

Theme 3

❤️ Mixed Positive Notes

  • if you follow her study guide, and study, a lot. You'll be able to pass
  • as a teacher.
  • she is actually nice once she sees that you care about learning.

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

74/100

Evidence confidence

Sixteen multi-year in-person reviews show a consistent pattern of high difficulty and mixed but .

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 54
3 out of 53
2 out of 55
1 out of 53

Course coverage

BIO11015 reviews
BIO101 review

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