AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Katherine Elwood

POLS25 · POLSC100 · POLS2 · 26 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
46.15%
Difficulty
3.7

The decision

if you can invest serious weekly time and match her expected political framing; otherwise look for another POLS option.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough GraderHeavy BusyworkPolarizing BiasExtra CreditPassionate Lectures
  • as tough and sometimes unfair or biased.
  • Workload is heavy with frequent papers, quizzes, and busywork.
  • , and support when you engage fully.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

As are possible with effort and , but tough grading and As.

Online reviews stress unfair .

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Content is mostly intro American government, but dense writing prompts and volume make it feel harder than the subject alone.

Both formats report similar content challenge; online adds more deadline stacking.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

35/100

Many sections mark attendance mandatory and participation-heavy, though some online and .

In-person participation and group work raise the .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

46/100

; recommendation hinges on tolerance for heavy writing and perceived political slant.

; online critics dominate low-quality ratings.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Tough grader tags and and automatic partial credit.

Format shift

Online students report stricter response matching; some in-person students note late-work leniency.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

, and busywork make the course time-consuming for full-time students.

Format shift

Both formats cite high volume; online adds clustered Saturday due dates.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Students split between inspirational lectures with and .

Format shift

In-person passion reviews are stronger; online support is more hit-or-miss.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

, and quizzes more than a single final alone.

Format shift

Online emphasizes essays and weekly prompts; and infographic finals.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

many love her energy and leniency on late work, while and politically biased.

Main concern

Bias complaints and .

What students said

“Katie is a great professor. Her class is not hard as long as you put some effort in, she does NOT want you to fail her class.”
POLS2
“This class is ridiculous. There is obvious bias and an agenda.”
POLS2
“She rounded my grade up from a high B to an A without being asked to.”
POLSC100

Remote format

Online

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online POLS2 and POLS-25 feel paper-heavy with and uneven fairness; supportive students still exist but many warn about busywork and hard rubrics.

Main concern

and stacked weekend deadlines make the course feel unfair for full-time workers.

What students said

“Too much busywork, tons of , and this class was more about American History than actual American Government.”
POLS2
“Even following the . This class is great work wise, the grading is extremely tough.”
POLS2
“Her class is easy its just the way she grades. .”
POLS2

Exam style

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, and heavy writing rather than clearly open-book or heavily proctored formats.

Weekly QuizzesDense ExamsWriting HeavyStudy GuidesTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

nontraditional finals such as infographics, with limited proctoring detail.

Study GuidesInfographic FinalTest Heavy
“Listen to the audiobook every week and use the study guides for tests.”
POLS2
“ waste of time and you better be good at be a good artist.”
POLS2

Online

Online comments highlight dense exams, frequent quizzes, and tough .

Dense ExamsWeekly QuizzesShort Papers
“Still, the class was very challenging and her exams were dense. .”
POLS2
“Does not give a but there is a .”
POLS2

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I would HIGHLY suggest taking a different POLLS class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 26 reviews, highlighting grading toughness, workload, and polarized recommendation tone. Credibility rating: High.

⚖️

32/100

“Even following the .”

📚 Workload Load

28/100

“Way too much busy work. Didn't learn a thing because there is so many assignments.”

❤️ Supportive Side

50/100

“ and wants us to succeed.”

🎯 Recommendation Split

46/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Katie is an inspirational teacher, she really loves what she does and gives it her all.
  • she puts in the work and makes a boring subject fun
  • She makes these obnoxious video's of herself for everything

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You'll have to go above and beyond.
  • So much harder than it needs to be
  • if you stay on top of the work you will succeed

Theme 3

⚠️ About Bias & Fairness

  • This isnt a class on politics, its a class on leftism.
  • Basically if you don't answer questions exactly how she wants you'll get an F.

Data context

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Analysis sample

26

Recent reviews read by the AI

26

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

26 detailed reviews across 2021-2026 show a and workload.

Inside 26 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 511
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 54
1 out of 510

Course coverage

POLS221 reviews
POLS-254 reviews
POLSC1001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

23 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 2 · A 6 · A- 2

B range

5

B+ 1 · B 3 · B- 1

C range

5

C+ 3 · C- 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3