AI Rate Professor

Biology

Jeff Julius

MICROBIOLOGY1 · BIO34 · BIO55 · BIO18 · BIO60 · BIO1 · 73 lifetime ratings

AI rating
76/100
RMP rating
3.9/5
Take again
70.69%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you want real microbiology depth for nursing or allied health and are willing to work hard for the grade.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerAmazing lecturesTest heavyTough graderNursing prep bootcampCaring but stern
  • Lectures are widely praised as engaging and nursing-school prep, but and detail-oriented.
  • Serious students who record lectures, use office hours, and study hard often earn As; passive students struggle.
  • and class is lecture/test-heavy with little reliance on textbooks.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

As are common for driven students, but and demand deep lecture mastery, so an A is never free.

Almost ; the two online reviews also stress heavy study without guaranteeing easy As.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Microbiology content is dense and conceptual; students say difficulty comes from the material plus trap-style testing.

Challenge comments dominate in-person BIO55/bio60; online sample is too small to change the picture.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and stress that lectures and board notes are the .

; online evidence is mixed and thin.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

About seven in ten would take him again, mainly serious pre-nursing students who value real prep over an easy ride.

Recommendation strength is high in recent in-person micro reviews; online is split one strong yes and one strong no.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

36/100

and tiny-error penalties are common, though some note rounding and .

Format shift

Strict-grading complaints .

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Homework is often light, but , and .

Format shift

In-person students emphasize lecture/study load more than endless homework; .

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

Many call lectures amazing, funny, and career-shaping, while a vocal minority finds him intimidating or disorganized.

Format shift

Teaching praise is strongest in person; online has one glowing and one scathing review.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Course is test-heavy with , and .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize exams over homework, with richer detail in person.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

48 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person micro and bio students split between calling him the and ; success tracks effort and office hours.

Main concern

, and unforgiving partial credit punish casual study habits.

What students said

“May seem intimidating at first but Prof J truly is the . Really cares about his students & prepares you for nursing school.”
BIO55
“I wish they offered other teachers in the afternoon. Truly like someone said I'd rather drag my eyes across the ”
BIO55
“He does cuss a lot, and he is very detail oriented in his exams. BUT he is the .”
BIO55

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

one strong summer Genetics praise for accessibility and , one harsh bio60 complaint about stress and .

Main concern

Very few online reviews make outcomes hard to predict; one student reported extreme stress and no payoff for heavy study.

What students said

“He was so damn good. Like really good. Very patient and office hours.”
BIO18
“lost weight for his class,spent 3 months full of stress.The class is not hard but he makes it so difficult”
bio60

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and board notes rather than simple recognition.

Trick questionsDetail-oriented examsPop quizzesLecture-based testsStudy guides sometimes provided

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as trick-heavy, detailed, and based on spoken lecture content plus quizzes.

Trick questionsTest heavyPop quizzesFree-response lab exams
“You need to know the material in depth bc there are a lot of trick questions.”
BIO55
“He is trying to trick you in his exams. Record everything because and the answers are in what he says”
bio60

Online

Online comments stress stressful, mistake-prone exams but .

High-stress exams
“ ,and ends up messing with the exam”
bio60

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“May seem intimidating at first but Prof J truly is the . Really cares about his students & prepares you for nursing school.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (2 online, 48 in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“Lectures were 3h but he made them so interesting. .”

📈 Difficulty & Grades

38/100

“Class is challenging, so you must be ready and willing to put in the work for the grade you want.”

❤️ Caring Character

80/100

“he is downright one of the .”

⚠️

42/100

“he is very detail oriented in his exams. BUT he is the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • .
  • he
  • Record lectures!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You will need to put forth the effort
  • bad reviews are probably from nursing students that want an easy A

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • super funny and helpful
  • most caring professor
  • scary at first but ...

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

73

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews spanning years, strong and strong lectures, and clear grade/tag patterns support high confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 543
4 out of 511
3 out of 54
2 out of 51
1 out of 515

Course coverage

BIO5530 reviews
BIO18 reviews
bio608 reviews
BIO342 reviews
BIO181 review
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MICROBIOLOGY11 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

46 reported outcomes

A range

21

A+ 7 · A 14

B range

12

B+ 2 · B 9 · B- 1

C range

7

C+ 2 · C 5

D range

3

D+ 1 · D 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Rather not say 2