AI Rate Professor

English

Alexandra Gardella

ENGLISH205 · ENG115 · ENG105 · ENGL205 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
14/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you have no alternative; expect , and limited support.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy ReadingToo Many PapersHarsh FeedbackAvoid If Possible
  • Four of five reviews rate quality 1 with and heavy paper load.
  • Students report , and .
  • One outlier enjoyed discussion-heavy ENG115, but the dominant tone is strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even and because grades ran so low.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

, and memorization of authors and publication dates raise the intellectual load.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most reviews mark attendance mandatory with little mention of flexibility.

All evidence is from in-person reviews; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Would-take-again is about 20 percent and most students explicitly say look elsewhere.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

15/100

and reports of large class .

Format shift

All reviews are in-person.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of , and and comments.

Format shift

All reviews are in-person.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Most call the teaching unhelpful or biased; .

Format shift

All reviews are in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

Papers, reading, and exams.

Format shift

All reviews are in-person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person English students mostly , and little benefit from the class.

Main concern

and heavy workload with weak responsiveness and closed discussion.

What students said

“Professor Gardella is one of the is far to harsh, and he never responds to emails in a timely manor.”
ENG105
“Look somewhere else, anywhere else. This professor grades super tough”
ENGL205
“Everything in this class is focused on the professor's perspective and all others are shut down.”
ENG105

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 include memorizing full author names and publication dates; papers and .

Author Name MemorizationPublication DatesMany PapersTough Grading

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

exact author and date recall under tough grading.

Many PapersAuthor DatesTough Grading
“She wants you to memorize full names of authors and dates of publication for tests.”
ENG105
“he is really touch in grading”
ENGLISH205

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Look somewhere else, anywhere else. This professor grades super tough (had to curve the whole class by almost 10% because grades were that low).”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 reviews, highlighting grading and workload. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫

18/100

“Look somewhere else, anywhere else.”

📝

15/100

“grading is far to harsh, and .”

📚 Heavy Workload

22/100

“A lot of reading and not many lectures there is a lot of class discussions”

🗣️ Closed Discussion

24/100

“Everything in this class is focused on the professor's perspective and all others are shut down.”

Theme 1

📈 About Grades and Workload

  • grades super tough (had to curve the whole class by almost 10%
  • Lots of homework
  • So many papers

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Climate

  • one of the
  • Tries to make it fun, but fails.
  • Not much to benefit from this class.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Five reviews from 2018-2023 are mostly consistent and detailed, but the sample is still small.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

ENG1052 reviews
ENG1151 review
ENGL2051 review
ENGLISH2051 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values