AI Rate Professor

Biology

Linda Staffero

BIO24 · BIO1247 · BIO1A · BIOL4 · BIO4 · BIOL10 · D9504 · BIO4ANATOMY · BIOL8740 · BIO15 · BIO4M4500 · BIOL15 · BIO10 · AA · 75 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
15.38%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

Avoid unless you are a hardcore science student with another backup plan and many weekly study hours.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerBrutal workloadExams mismatch materialTough graderLow responsivenessHardcore only
  • Anatomy and bio with her are repeatedly called extremely hard and high-drop.
  • study guides.
  • A minority praise passion and real learning if you fully commit.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Even strong students report grinding 30-40 hours a week, harsh docks, and still struggling despite extras.

Both Online and high grades.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Students call anatomy and bio with her nightmare-level, fast, and far deeper than lecture coverage.

Difficulty is extreme in both formats, especially BIO4 anatomy.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

and warn that skipping tanks your chance to pass.

In-person BIO courses emphasize presence more; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Take-again is about 15% and the dominant advice is stay far away despite a few hardcore fans.

Online ; In-person is still majority negative with a vocal minority of fans.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

16/100

Students report docks for tiny errors, inaccurate autograding, and .

Format shift

and In-person homework/tests.

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

, and constant quizzes make the load feel unsustainable for many.

Format shift

Online and .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

A few call her passionate and clarifying, but far more say she well, ignores emails, and leaves students teaching themselves.

Format shift

Online support complaints are harshest; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

, and quizzes dominate stress, even though homework and labs also pile up.

Format shift

Both ; Online also notes Proctorio.

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

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In person she is seen as smart and sometimes passionate, but , and testing far beyond lecture depth.

Main concern

, and unapproachable tone.

What students said

“If you can do anything in .”
BIO4ANATOMY
“ ”
BIO4
“so far im taking bio 4 with professor staffero and she is the .”
BIO4

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online bio/anatomy is widely described as , and extremely stressful.

Main concern

, and little instructor response.

What students said

“Uses proctorio. .”
BIO4
“She never ever responds to emails, shes a ”
BIO4
“Many weeks I would have 15 assignments just from her class”
D9504

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and Online BIO4 explicitly uses Proctorio.

Assessment risk

Strict

24/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students say lectures stay basic while .

Obscure test materialTest heavyLab practicalsMismatch to lecture
“ ”
BIO4
“She lectures at a basic level but .”
BIO4
“Her lectures are no where near as detailed as .”
BIO4ANATOMY

Online

Online anatomy/ , and exams that do not match labs or slides.

ProctorioTimed quizzesExams mismatch materialHarsh lab grading
“Uses proctorio. .”
BIO4
“ you are learning”
BIO4
“DIFFICULT QUESTIONS ON QUIZZES AND , BUT ARE VERY LIMITED ON TIME.”
BIO10

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Stay far away from this professor, if you have an aspirations of passing this class, throw them out the window.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (11 Online, 39 In , and a small hardcore-fan minority. Credibility rating: High.

🚨

18/100

“Stay far away from this professor, if you have an aspirations of passing this class, throw them out the window.”

📚 Crushing Workload

12/100

“Many weeks I would have 15 assignments just from her class not including the 100 slide lectures”

🧪

24/100

“ you are learning”

💪 Hardcore Minority Praise

70/100

“she is the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she doesnt even lecture.
  • Rude, condescending and unapproachable.
  • she is the .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Spent 40 hours a week to earn this A!
  • She has like a 30% pass rate
  • docks a lot of .

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • Uses proctorio.
  • This professor and modules, sits back, and lets you do the work for yourself.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

75

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over a long span, large sample in both formats, and highly consistent complaints about workload and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 510
3 out of 513
2 out of 518
1 out of 528

Course coverage

BIO413 reviews
BIO1512 reviews
BIO4ANATOMY5 reviews
BIO104 reviews
BIOL44 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

26 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 3 · A 6

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 4 · B- 1

C range

7

C+ 1 · C 4 · C- 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 2