AI Rate Professor

Biology

Shahram Bakhtiari

BIOSCI201 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

Avoid this professor unless you can handle a very demanding course with and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerVery strict gradingLecture heavyTest heavyPoor preparationHigh dropout risk
  • Students describe the course as extremely difficult with and heavy testing.
  • Multiple comments say lectures and study guides did not prepare them well for quizzes or exams.
  • The overall tone is strongly negative, with one review reporting that more than half the class dropped.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

8/100

Getting an A appears highly unlikely because grades cluster around C-level outcomes and students report , and withdrawals.

All evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

10/100

The course content is described as extremely challenging, lecture heavy, and difficult to master even with studying.

All course difficulty evidence comes from in-person BioSci-201 reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

5/100

as mandatory, with no comments suggesting meaningful flexibility.

, and they describe it as mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Students strongly discourage taking him because of , and rude or .

All and is consistently negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

8/100

Students repeatedly call the and report mostly C, B, F, or withdrawal outcomes.

Format shift

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Workload

Overwhelming

10/100

Reviews describe lots of and tests, and excessive summer workload.

Format shift

All .

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students describe unclear, quiet, rigid, and poorly aligned teaching that left them unprepared for exams.

Format shift

All .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

90/100

Comments emphasize frequent tests, quizzes, and .

Format shift

All .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews consistently describe a harsh, test-heavy anatomy course with poor preparation and low grades.

Main concern

Students felt underprepared for quizzes and .

What students said

“The , and the professor followed a very rigid and traditional teaching style.”
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“I did not feel prepared for the .”
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“More than half of the class dropped out because there were so .”
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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

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Reviews describe many quizzes and exams with study guides that did not match the and risky.

Many Tests And QuizzesPoorly Matched Study GuidesStrict Grading

Assessment risk

Strict

15/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and exams but do not clearly prove proctoring, webcam, Lockdown Browser, open-book, or closed-book policy.

Many Tests And QuizzesPoorly Matched Study GuidesStrict Grading
“I did not feel prepared for the .”
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“The study guides NEVER matched what was on the tests.”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“More than half of the class dropped out because there were so .”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and exams. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

18/100

“has no concept of what he's teaching and is very quiet multiple people asked him to speak up”

⚖️

8/100

“The , and the professor followed a very rigid and traditional teaching style.”

🧪

15/100

“The study guides NEVER matched what was on the tests.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • has no concept of what he's teaching and is very quiet multiple people asked him to speak up
  • the professor followed a very rigid and traditional teaching style.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • This was an extremely challenging course.
  • Most students received C's&B's, some F/W.
  • More than half of the class dropped out because there were so .

Theme 3

📝 About Exams

  • I did not feel prepared for the .
  • The study guides NEVER matched what was on the tests.

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

, but they are recent, detailed, and highly consistent.

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 53

Course coverage

BioSci-2014 reviews

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1