AI Rate Professor

Science

Dominic Merkle

Courses not reported · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
55.56%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

Take online if and readings; expect busy work and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardBipolar ReviewsQuiz HeavyExtra Credit AvailableNo Wrong-Answer ReviewSelf-Paced Online
  • Online students either love the structure and As or hate endless quizzes
  • Practice material often and wrong answers stay hidden
  • and fast email replies appear for students who communicate

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

60/100

Multiple A and A+ grades show a high grade is reachable if you keep up weekly work, not if you coast.

Online reports more As; .

Is the course easy?

Standard

55/100

Content is manageable physical geography, but and .

Online ; in person calls it convoluted.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

68/100

and treat the course as self-paced modules.

Online leans optional; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

56/100

; outcomes hinge on tolerance for weekly quizzes and .

; both in-person reviews warn away.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

55/100

Clear criteria and for some; and A-blocking design for others.

Format shift

Online often Fair with ; in person labeled tough and trick-oriented.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

, and extra-credit essays for a low-unit class.

Format shift

Both formats complain about volume; online still allows finishing early for some.

Teaching experience

Average

52/100

, and responsive for supporters; unhelpful and non-teaching for critics.

Format shift

Online teaching quality is split 5s and 1s; in person is only 1s.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

62/100

than projects.

Format shift

Online is quiz and ; in person adds lab busy work.

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

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and grades dropping without support.

Main concern

Feels like survival busy work with little teaching help.

What students said

“ ! Professor likes tricking students over teaching.”
015
“Professor Merkle did not enter the profession of teaching to help students nor does he care about them.”
024

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and A/A+ for some; endless quizzes, mismatched exams, and no for others.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Dont expect an easy A but if you follow directions and put in work youll be ok.”
015
“never ending assignments, quizzes and .”
015
“Very easy online class. and makes learning very easy”
024

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Frequent quizzes and stricter than open-book online work.

Weekly QuizzesPractice Tests MisalignedNo Wrong Answers ShownExtra Credit Essays

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In and correct answers are withheld.

Misaligned Practice TestsTest Heavy
“ , and he won't provide correct answers for missed questions”
015

Online

and may not match practice tests; .

Weekly Quizzes3 ExamsNo Answer ReviewExtra Credit Papers
“The wrong answers , so you don't even know what you got wrong”
015
“A and 3 exams but doesn't show you which answers you got wrong”
024

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Dont expect an easy A but if you follow directions and put in work youll be ok.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 recent reviews with a . Credibility rating: Medium.

📊 Split Experience

52/100

“I was worried due to prior reviews, although i was mistaken. The professor seems very passionate about his job”

📚 Quiz Grind

35/100

“One of the and exams that have nothing to do with the .”

⭐ Path

70/100

“He also offers . If you have any issues, emailing him is simple and .”

🚫 In-Person Warning

20/100

“ ! Professor likes tricking students over teaching.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • his lectures were easy to understand, and you can get by without the textbook
  • This professor does not and has you memorize what you can
  • He was very willing to make accommodations for my medical needs.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • I got an A+ in the class!
  • making it OVERLY difficult to get an A
  • Dont expect an easy A but if you follow directions and put in work youll be ok.

Theme 3

📝 About Exams and Feedback

  • doesn't show you which answers you got wrong so
  • To get an , you need to write an essay
  • He has a .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Only 9 recent reviews with extreme 1-or-5 split limits certainty, though comments are detailed and current.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 54

Course coverage

0245 reviews
0154 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 3 · A 2

B range

3

B+ 2 · B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values