AI Rate Professor

English

Jim Hovde

ENGLISH101 · ENG46 · ENG205 · ENGLI51 · ENGLISH10 · ENGL51 · HUMA106 · HUMANSECT · HUM106 · ENG101 · ENGL101 · HUMS106 · HUM101 · ENGLISH · 30 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
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Difficulty
2.2

The decision

Avoid unless you only need an easy credit and can tolerate boring, unhelpful lectures.

Best fit · Easy A HunterExtremely BoringMumbles EverythingEasy GraderRude RemarksMovie Time-Filler
  • Nearly all reviews slam lectures as mumbled, off-topic, and useless.
  • Grades are easy if you hand in work and use study guides.
  • Students and he should retire.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Most students say handing in work and study guides yields A or B grades with little real teaching needed.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

78/100

Content is treated as easy filler with movies, study guides, and light intellectual demand.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

Many say class is useless to attend, students walk out, and .

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Overwhelming consensus is he is boring, rude, and not a real teacher, with only rare praise.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Generous

84/100

Grades and deadlines are often negotiable; simply turning work in commonly yields high marks.

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Workload

Light

72/100

Lots of movies, early dismissals, and .

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Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students describe mumbled lectures, rudeness, confusion, and almost no real instruction.

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

32/100

Papers, study guides, and hand-in work .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

30 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

In-person English and Humanities classes are widely described as boring, mumbled, and low-value, with easy grades for minimal work.

Main concern

You learn almost nothing while sitting through hostile or dull lectures.

What students said

“This guy sucks. Unnecessarily long, irrelevant hypotheticals, rude remarks.”
ENG46
“There is no use attending his class. You just need to do the study guides and you will do fine on the tests.”
HUM101
“he's easy, doesn't pay any attention to what you write or say so an A is easy.”
HUMA106

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.

Tests often mirror study guides; reviews .

Study Guide TestsIn-Person ClassMinimal Lecture Value

Assessment risk

Standard

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as straight from study guides with low lecture value.

Study Guide TestsIn-Person Class
“the ”
HUM101
“You just need to do the study guides and you will do fine on the tests.”
HUM101

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“City College should be embarrassed that Hovde is teaching there. Boring, doesn't know what he is talking about, can't hold a class together, rude.”

Voice snapshots generated from 30 in-person , and strong avoidance. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Teaching Quality

18/100

“He is the . He is extremely boring, can't hear what he says in lecture, and goes off topic during every lecture.”

🅰️ Easy A Path

82/100

“he's easy, doesn't pay any attention to what you write or say so an A is easy.”

👎 Recommendation

18/100

“ !!!!”

😴 Lecture Style

15/100

“ ,and makes snide little remarks”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Very mumbly jumbly. Didn't learn a dern thing.
  • He rambles on and on with no resolve
  • BOORRIINNG!!Rambles on about anything!!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Most people got A's, simply handing in the work will get you a B.
  • an A is easy
  • As long as you do all the assignments and submit all the

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • rude remarks
  • hostile
  • Grammatically ripped a

Data context

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Analysis sample

30

Recent reviews read by the AI

30

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

30 detailed, consistently negative in-person reviews spanning many years give a .

Inside 30 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 52
3 out of 54
2 out of 510
1 out of 514

Course coverage

ENG1018 reviews
ENGLISH1014 reviews
HUM1014 reviews
HUM1064 reviews
ENG2051 review
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Reported outcomes

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