AI Rate Professor

Physical Education

Melissa Karolides

EXER145A · EXSC145A · YOGA100 · YOGABEG · YOGA102 · PHYE168 · YOGA168 · HE101 · 24 lifetime ratings

AI rating
93/100
RMP rating
4.7/5
Take again
91.67%
Difficulty
2.1

The decision

if you want stress relief and a gentle, spiritual practice—not a high-intensity workout class.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyInspirational YogaCaring GuideMeditation FocusParticipation MattersBeginner Friendly
  • Students leave class calm, strong, and inspired through meditation and paced yoga
  • Attendance and participation drive the grade; skip class and you will not pass
  • One critic wanted a hard workout and disliked heavy life-talk, but most love her approach

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

, and few graded items make solid grades attainable with consistent attendance.

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Is the course easy?

Introductory

86/100

Beginner-friendly yoga with modifications; physical challenge is light to moderate and focused on practice, not intensity.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

and you will not pass; she checks absences carefully.

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Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

90/100

Most students strongly recommend her for stress relief, beginner yoga, and life skills, with about 92% would-take-again.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

86/100

Graded by few things with late-work flexibility, , and open-notes tests in some terms.

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Workload

Light

78/100

Mainly , and light open-notes tests—no heavy textbook load for yoga.

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Teaching experience

Excellent

92/100

Passionate, clear pose instruction with meditation, modifications, and a calm supportive classroom culture.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Participation, journals/logs, and projects outweigh traditional exams; some terms use open-notes tests.

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

24 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

warm, inspirational instruction with meditation, breathing, and modifications for all levels.

Main concern

; students seeking intense cardio-style yoga may feel mismatched.

What students said

“I would be stressed walking into the class and I literally left class stress free.”
EXSC145A
“Melissa and warm/gentle in her words.”
EXSC145A
“ .”
EXSC145A

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.

When tests appear they are open-notes style, and , and simple projects.

Open Notes TestsParticipation HeavyExtra CreditFew Graded Items

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person , and occasional open-notes tests.

Open Notes TestsParticipation HeavyExtra Credit
“ and 21 days log project/diary documenting your progress towards your yoga-related goal.”
YOGA102
“Lots of ”
EXER145A

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I would be stressed walking into the class and I literally left class stress free. We did amazing breathing techniques that opened up my third eye.”

Voice snapshots generated from 24 in-person reviews, balancing yoga praise with one workout-mismatch critique. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

92/100

“Melissa and warm/gentle in her words.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

90/100

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🧘 Stress Relief

88/100

“If you have ANY sort of !”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • introduces yoga in a way that an experienced /non-experienced yogi can understand
  • calm and gentle soul and makes people feel comfortable
  • focuses on the spiritual aspect of yoga- meditation is part of the practice

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Her classes are not difficult but you will learn a lot and enjoy it
  • Make sure you show up to class, she checks who is absent
  • and 21 days log project

Theme 3

⚠️ Mismatch Warning

  • Looking for yoga?
  • spent most of class speaking about our goals in life/other topics
  • about 20 mins of actual ( ridiculously easy)yoga

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

24

Recent reviews read by the AI

24

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

24 reviews over many years with strong theme consistency; one clear dissenting workout-focused review does not overturn the majority.

Inside 24 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 521
4 out of 52
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 51

Course coverage

EXSC145A11 reviews
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HE1012 reviews
PHYE1682 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 3

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

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