AI Rate Professor

Chicano Studies

Octavio Garcia

CHIC110 · 34 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
11.43%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

Avoid unless you fully buy into , and his nontraditional labor-based grading.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderGroup Project HeavyMandatory AttendanceOff-Topic LecturesRude or Disrespectful
  • Vast majority of students report , and mandatory group labor.
  • and can tank the grade independently of learning.
  • A small minority find him inspiring and rigorous, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Some students earn As with heavy outside work, but , and often disconnected from effort quality.

; most evidence is in-person.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and unclear expectations make the course feel demanding beyond simple content difficulty.

Online and in-person both report high difficulty and confusion.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Attendance is repeatedly mandatory, with drops below 70 percent or few absences blocking an A.

Strict attendance is consistent across formats, strongest in in-person reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

14/100

Roughly one in ; most reviews say run and call him among the .

and in-person samples.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

; labor-based and opinion-aligned grading feels arbitrary and unforgiving.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

24/100

, and ongoing labor outside class.

Format shift

Workload burden is mainly detailed in in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Most describe off-topic lectures, rudeness, ego, and little useful teaching despite occasional passion praise.

Format shift

In-person evidence is densest; online reviews are equally negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

38/100

Grades hinge on group projects, participation-as-attendance, reflections, and papers more than traditional exams.

Format shift

Group and labor-based assessment is the in-person core; online mentions weighted discussions and papers.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students overwhelmingly call lectures off-topic , and attendance harsh; a few praise perspective-changing teaching.

Main concern

, and dependency on teammates.

What students said

“Stay away from this professor.”
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“His lectures made no sense EVER, they were pointless and not related to teaching”
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“Octavio is one of the greatest teachers who is a member of the community here in San Diego”
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Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and strong warnings not to take him.

Main concern

, and grade-crushing weighted assignments.

What students said

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“ , and uninteresting. They often have NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WORK HE ASSIGNS.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Assessment is less classic exam-driven and , and .

Group Project FinalsLabor-Based GradingFew Individual AssessmentsParticipation Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; quizzes called easy by one student but overall grading still harsh.

Group Project FinalsAttendance as GradeLabor-Based Scoring
“all the ”
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“the easy but he gets off topic a lot”
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Online

Online comments emphasize papers, discussions, and .

Heavy PapersWeighted DiscussionsUnclear Syllabus
“bases grades ”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you're taking this subject for a !!!”

Voice snapshots generated from 35 reviews with and climate risks. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Collapse

14/100

“Do not take this class no matter .”

📉 Teaching Quality

18/100

“His lectures are a waste of class time.”

⚖️

18/100

“Had a 79% on Canvas and still failed.”

👥

24/100

“if you get stuck with a group that does nothing, expect your grade to suffer.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Spent all class talking about his personal life, never understood what i was learning.
  • He always goes on talking about something completely out of topic and never actually teaches.
  • His lectures have changed my perspective on how I live my life outside of class

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • .
  • Effort didn't seem to matter, and .
  • if you missed more than three classes a semester you weren't eligible to get an A.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • This professor was very disrespectful to multiple classmates of mine.
  • Comes off very rude.
  • Most discouraging teacher I've ever had.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

35

Recent reviews read by the AI

34

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

35 recent, highly consistent negative reviews with detailed examples give high confidence in the overall pattern.

Inside 35 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 529

Course coverage

CHIC11035 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

33 reported outcomes

A range

9

A 7 · A- 2

B range

7

B+ 4 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

8

C+ 6 · C 2

D range

1

D+ 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

7

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 1