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Biology

Chris Everett

BIO120 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
1.5/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid BIO-120 with Everett unless you already know the material and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderTest heavyMismatch lectures vs testsMonotone lecturesHard to follow
  • Lectures and study materials often fail to match .
  • and .
  • Students call him nice and caring but repeatedly say he should not teach.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and late grade cuts make an A feel out of reach even for students who put in steady work.

All evidence is from in-person BIO-120 reviews; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

, and lectures that do not prepare students make the content feel .

All difficulty comments come from in-person BIO-120.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

Some students reported mandatory attendance and others .

and conflict with each other.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Every review warns against taking him, citing poor teaching and .

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Students call him a tough grader who can slash grades late and .

Format shift

Harsh grading complaints are all from in-person BIO-120.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Weekly non-multiple-choice quizzes, lots of , and .

Format shift

Workload .

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Students say lectures are monotone rants, unengaging, and poorly matched to tests so little learning happens.

Format shift

Teaching quality is judged only from in-person comments.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests and but exams described as the hardest and most unfair part.

Format shift

Assessment comments are all in-person.

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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 BIO-120 is described as , and poorly aligned between lectures and exams, with several students earning B-/B or withdrawing.

Main concern

and unrelated to lectures, with grade surprises late in the term.

What students said

“the class has been really . The way he teaches doesn't always match what's on the tests”
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“Every one of , and he did not change lecture styles”
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“ .. You will not learn anything he doesn't know how to teach”
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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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and written in a confusing way with class averages that fail.

Test heavyHard examsConfusing questionsWeekly quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and weekly free-response quizzes are described as extremely hard and misaligned with lectures.

Hard examsConfusing test questionsWeekly explain-everything quizzesStudy guides not written by him
“The and I felt like we weren't fully prepared for them”
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“The questioning on the ”
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“We also have quizzes every week and they're not multiple ”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“He's a nice guy but shouldn't teach.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 in-person BIO-120 reviews spanning late 2025 to 2026, highlighting teaching, exams, and grading. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

18/100

“You will not learn anything he doesn't know how to teach. He doesn't engage with u”

📝

22/100

“The way he teaches doesn't always match what's on the tests, so and makes it hard to study”

🚫 Recommendation

12/100

“ . His lectures are just ranting about the material in the most monotone voice”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures are just ranting about the material in the most monotone voice
  • the class has been really
  • Not engaging at all

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Every one of
  • he takes everything down and cuts your grade

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • He's a nice person
  • Caring
  • He's a nice guy but shouldn't teach

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Four recent in-person BIO-120 reviews are highly consistent on poor teaching and , but the sample is small and .

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

BIO-1204 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

3

B 1 · B- 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1