AI Rate Professor

Biology

John Sheetz

BIO5 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
2.5

The decision

unless you are comfortable teaching yourself from outside resources and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized CourseSelf Teaching RequiredQuiz MismatchHeavy WorkloadInconsistent Experience
  • Most online reviews describe disorganization, poor alignment between lectures and quizzes, and .
  • A small minority strongly praises him, creating a sharp split in student experience.
  • Grades can still be decent, but many students say the course requires self-teaching and extra outside work.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

Some students earned high grades and one calls it an easy A, but most comments say doing well requires extra work and .

Online evidence mostly shows high effort and unclear assessments, while and a poor lab experience.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

The difficulty comes less from biology content itself and more , and poor explanations.

Online students repeatedly report misaligned quizzes and lectures, while pattern.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

55/100

Reviews , so flexibility cannot be confidently judged.

Neither online nor in-person comments clearly establish an .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Most students do not recommend him because , and .

Online reviews are mostly negative, while and one strong warning.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Grades are not uniformly terrible, but students describe tough or and inconsistent assessment alignment.

Format shift

Online reviews mention tough quizzes and tests, while but also a poor teaching experience.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students describe long lecture videos, lots of workload, extra outside videos, and weekly quizzes.

Format shift

Online reviews strongly support heavy workload, while .

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Most comments , and the course is disorganized.

Format shift

Online students mostly criticize organization and teaching alignment, while .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

, and study guides over projects or papers.

Format shift

Online reviews heavily stress quizzes and tests, while and automatic credit.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

that appears to discuss an online class and one very negative lab review.

Main concern

The and made students figure out the lab themselves.

What students said

“Such an easy class and such an easy A.”
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“He basically just made us read the lab and figure it out.”
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“If he did .”
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Remote format

Online

6 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, with repeated complaints , and heavy extra work.

Main concern

Students say quizzes and study guides.

What students said

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“the relation of and .”
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Exam style

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The exam and quiz experience is high risk because students repeatedly say assessments do not match the taught material.

Weekly QuizzesTests Do Not Match MaterialUnhelpful Study GuidesConfusing Diagrams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews do not clearly prove a rule.

Online

Online reviews clearly describe weekly quizzes and , and unhelpful study guides, but do not prove webcam, proctoring, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or closed-book rules.

Weekly QuizzesTests Do Not Match MaterialUnhelpful Study GuidesConfusing Diagrams
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“Get ready to take weekly quizzes that do not match up with any of the textbook or lab material.”
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“Study guide is no help.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“You basically teach yourself, he is no help.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching, assessments, workload, and polarized outcomes; credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

18/100

“Lectures don't seem useful and there's no connection between the lecture and .”

⚠️ Assessment Risk

28/100

“Get ready to take weekly quizzes that do not match up with any of the textbook or lab material.”

👍 Minority Positive View

25/100

“Such an easy class and such an easy A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • You basically teach yourself, he is no help.
  • The lectures are just him reading off what is already established in the text book.
  • If he did .

Theme 2

🧪 About Quizzes and Tests

  • .
  • The diagrams used in the .
  • Be ready .

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • Overload of information and study guide is no help.
  • A lot of work loads.
  • Get ready to do extra work/videos if you want to do well.

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Eight recent reviews provide useful detail, but the evidence is polarized and .

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 55

Course coverage

bio58 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 1