Donna DiPaolo

BIOL220 · BIO205 · BIO107 · BIOL230 · PHISI230 · PHYS101 · BIO220 · BIOTUTH · BIO235 · BIO230 · BIOL235 · 83 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 34/100
RMP rating: 3.1/5
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Difficulty: 4.2

The decision

Avoid unless , and grind for .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTricky TestsDisorganized LecturesHigh ExpectationsStudy Hard or FailPolarizing

Many students call tests tricky and poorly aligned with lectures or study guides.
Lectures are often called scattered, fast, or ; office hours help some.
A minority who study constantly and use notes carefully still earn A or B grades.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

24/100

Many say an A requires near-perfect performance and huge study time; some claim almost no one earns an A.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Physiology content is dense and .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Students say you must show up to lecture and lab; missing class hurts because exams track notes.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

32/100

A large share of and GPA risk, despite some strong defenders.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

as unforgiving, with and tests that punish small mistakes.

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Students report hours of daily study, recording lectures, and .

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

Knowledgeable for some, but many call lectures disorganized, defensive, or .

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

; study guides and practice tests often feel mismatched.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person physiology and bio sections are widely called hard with tricky exams; a smaller group says heavy effort pays off.

Main concern

What students said

“ and she purposefully confuses you to picking the wrong answer.”
BIOTUTH

“ ! HORRIBLE INSTRUCTOR! YOU'LL HURT YOUR GPA.”
BIO230

“Very hard class, but so that getting a good grade was doable if you study very hard”
BIOL235

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.

Exams are widely called tricky and concept-heavy rather than student-friendly.

Tricky wordingLecture-based examsNo cheat sheetsIn-person tests

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and are often said not to match study guides; no open-book policy is supported.

Tricky wordingLecture-based examsNo cheat sheets

“She tricks you on the test, and allows no cheat sheets to help on the large amount of material she has you study for.”
BIO107

“The ; learn quickly how to decipher test questions or you're destined for a C or worse.”
BIO235

“ and she purposefully confuses you to picking the wrong answer.”
BIOL235

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ ! HORRIBLE INSTRUCTOR! YOU'LL HURT YOUR GPA.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and polarized teaching views. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

38/100

“Dr. DiPaolo seems like a good person and very knowledgeable but she cannot teach.”

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25/100

“ an A, you can't make ANY mistakes.”

📝

28/100

“ and she purposefully confuses you to picking the wrong answer.”

💪 Hard Work Pays Off

40/100

“If you work as hard as she does, you will get an A+!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

She is all over the map in lecture AND in lab.
Her lectures are so unclear and she's all over the place.
she cannot teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Good luck with an A.
YOU'LL HURT YOUR GPA.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

and if you ask questions in class, she gets very defensive.
Yells when students ask questions.
She's a good person but she has no business being in the classroom.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty in-person reviews over several years show a consistent hard-class pattern with detailed mixed but .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 530

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1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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Donna DiPaolo

Avoid unless x x x x x x x, and grind for x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

⚖️ x x

📝 x x

💪 Hard Work Pays Off

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Character

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

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Avoid unless , and grind for .

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