AI Rate Professor

Fine Arts

Sharon Vandermeiden

ART115 · OILPAINTING150 · ART120 · WATERCOLOR · ART150 · WATERCOLORS · ART100 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

Skip if you are a beginner painter; only consider her if you already have art skill and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerDismissive of BeginnersPoor CommunicationKnowledgeable ArtistMandatory AttendanceMixed Reviews
  • Experienced artists sometimes praise her knowledge and demos, but .
  • Beginners report public put-downs, stress, and little technique instruction.
  • and you must follow her exact preferences to pass.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Several As appear when students follow her exact directions, but effort and thick skin are required.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Projects and studio and high expectations raise the real challenge.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and missing class means less help and risk of falling behind.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

and many beginners warning others off outweigh the minority who love her.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Effort and following directions can earn an A, but tone and subjectivity frustrate some students.

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Studio projects, notebooks, and but not crushing load.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

35/100

Strong art knowledge is undercut by weak people skills, rants, and weak beginner instruction.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

20/100

, and studio work rather than formal exams.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

; outcomes split between inspired advanced students and discouraged beginners.

Main concern

Dismissive tone toward beginners and vague or inconsistent instructions.

What students said

“This instructor has absolutely no compassion or consideration for beginners and will publicly put down your work.”
ART150
“She was .”
OILPAINTING150
“Teacher has ”
ART115

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.

Assessment is mainly art projects and notebooks with demos; formal exams are rarely emphasized.

Project BasedStudio CritiquesHandouts and DemosLittle Formal Testing

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

70/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and following her stated criteria rather than sit-down exams.

Project BasedStudio WorkHandoutsDemo Based
“She gives a handout explaining the , and then even demo's it in class.”
OILPAINTING150
“ /projects.”
ART115

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you are a beginner in painting, please save your time and money and .”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 in-person reviews, highlighting beginner risk and mixed teaching praise. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

35/100

“As a teacher, I can say that I did not learn anything from taking her class.”

🚫 Beginner Fit

25/100

“She is very dismissive of beginners, often discouraging them or outright insulting their abilities.”

🎨 Knowledge vs Teaching

40/100

“Very knowledgeable in the field knows her stuff,but doesn't know how to teach it”

👍 Minority Praise

70/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She can talk down to you
  • doesn't know how to teach it
  • She is very inspiring.

Theme 2

🎨 About Beginner Experience

  • publicly put down your work
  • if you are a
  • Total waste of time.

Theme 3

📋 About Passing Strategy

  • if you giver her what SHE WANTS you will do fine
  • Follow her directions, listen to what she asks for.
  • easy a if you FOLLOW DIRECTIONS

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

split between praise and harsh beginner critiques.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 52
3 out of 54
2 out of 53
1 out of 53

Course coverage

ART1157 reviews
ART1504 reviews
ART1001 review
ART1201 review
OILPAINTING1501 review
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WATERCOLOR1 review
WATERCOLORS1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 4

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1