AI Rate Professor

Art History

Anna De Silva

ART1B · ART5 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

Do not take Anna De Silva if you have any other Art History option; expect and low support.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHarsh FeedbackHeavy WorkloadUnhelpfulNitpicky
  • Students overwhelmingly describe harsh, nitpicky grading with little grace even when directions are followed.
  • Workload can spike hard, including cases where a compressed term led to piled-on lectures and assignments.
  • Multiple students contacted the dean and urge others to run or pick anyone else.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even strong students report Cs, Bs, or .

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

26/100

Material can be interesting, but unrealistic workload and harsh standards make the course feel hard to survive.

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Attendance is listed as both optional and .

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

and repeated run or pick-someone-else warnings dominate the sample.

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

14/100

Tough grader tags appear almost everywhere, with nitpicky deductions and little grace even after following directions.

Format shift

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students describe overwhelming workloads, lots of , and a compressed term that piled work on late.

Format shift

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

Common themes are unhelpful feedback, passive-aggressive comments, dismissiveness, and students contacting the dean.

Format shift

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

30/100

, and written work quality rather than formal exam structure.

Format shift

All evidence is from online reviews only.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

All reviews are online and paint a consistently harsh, high-effort Art History experience with .

Main concern

, and unhelpful or rude responses when students seek help.

What students said

“Read the comments on this page and RUN.”
ART-5
“ . She's the most unhelpful and difficult teacher I've had.”
ART-5
“Anna de Silva is the .”
ART-1B
“Overall, she is a .”
ART-5

Exam style

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Reviews do not clearly prove exam proctoring details; assessment risk .

Assignment HeavyRevision AllowedStrict Grading

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Online

and occasional revision chances rather than webcam or Lockdown policies.

Harsh Assignment GradingRetries If You Reach Out
“She does however allow retries if you just reach out to her”
ART-5
“Everything I did was “wrong,” even when I followed directions.”
ART-5

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Read the comments on this page and RUN.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 , and strong avoidance consensus. Credibility rating: High.

🚫

8/100

“I strongly .”

📉

14/100

“She is a .”

📚 Workload Risk

22/100

“the workload can be overwhelming.”

💬 Support Problems

16/100

“She's also extremely rude and unhelpful.”

Theme 1

⚖️

  • there was absolutely NO grace
  • she's extremely nitpicky
  • she is a
  • Overall, she is a

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Support

  • She's the most unhelpful and difficult teacher I've had
  • She's also extremely rude and unhelpful
  • I had to contact the dean

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • we were given soooooo much work and lecture
  • the workload can be overwhelming
  • The workload is unrealistic
  • Lots of homework

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

74/100

Evidence confidence

Nine recent online reviews are and avoidance, giving strong confidence despite no in-person sample.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 56

Course coverage

ART-56 reviews
ART-1B3 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

1

A- 1

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1