AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Janet Cowan

ALG60 · MATH0980 · 2 lifetime ratings

AI rating
13/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
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Difficulty
5.0

The decision

Avoid Janet Cowan if you need support, fair grading, or any flexibility with attendance.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerStrict GraderUnhelpfulMandatory AttendanceHigh Drop RiskOpen Note Tests
  • Both reviews are negative and describe a very difficult class experience.
  • and as strict and unfair.
  • Open-note quizzes and lack of support.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

15/100

Getting an A looks very hard because as strict and unfair, and .

because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

The course feels extremely difficult for struggling math students because support is weak and .

because there are no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

5/100

because a missed handout can count as .

because there are no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

10/100

because they describe her as unhelpful, strict, and unfair.

All because there are no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

8/100

A student says she grades too strictly and unfairly, including marking off a .

Format shift

because there are no online reviews.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

The workload is not fully detailed, but and harsh quizzes and .

Format shift

All because there are no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Both reviews describe poor support, with one calling her extremely unhelpful and the other warning struggling math students away.

Format shift

All because there are no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

80/100

Comments focus mainly on quizzes, tests, and .

Format shift

All because there are no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and poor support for struggling math students.

Main concern

Students report and .

What students said

“This teacher was extremely unhelpul.”
MATH0980
“Most of the students from this class dropped.”
MATH0980
“she grades way too strict and unfairly”
ALG60

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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Quizzes and tests are explicitly described as open note, but .

Open Note QuizzesOpen Note Tests

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

82/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person evidence says quizzes and of proctoring, webcam rules, Lockdown Browser, midterm format, or .

Open Note QuizzesOpen Note Tests
“ and strict and unfairly for a class that most people had to take just to transfer.”
ALG60

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 2 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and attendance. Credibility rating: Low.

🎯 Teaching Quality

20/100

“This teacher was extremely unhelpul.”

⚖️

8/100

“she grades way too strict and unfairly”

🚫 Recommendation Risk

10/100

“If you struggle with math, this is not the teacher for you.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Support

  • This teacher was extremely unhelpul.
  • If you struggle with math, this is not the teacher for you.

Theme 2

⚖️

  • she grades way too strict and unfairly
  • She marked me wrong for a 6 point problem just because I forgot parenthesis on a set of numbers.

Theme 3

📋

  • Most of the students from this class dropped.
  • If you miss a day, you are not able to turn it in, or get the handout from that day so you miss two days of .

Data context

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Analysis sample

2

Recent reviews read by the AI

2

Lifetime ratings

35/100

Evidence confidence

Only 2 old reviews are available, but they are consistent and specific in describing serious problems.

Inside 2 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

ALG601 review
MATH09801 review

Reported outcomes

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Drop/Withdrawal 1