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Business

James Andrews

BA101A · 7 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
14.29%
Difficulty
4.9

The decision

Avoid unless you specifically want a very demanding financial accounting grind and can absorb a brutal early workload.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOverwhelming homeworkHarsh zero gradingMemorize charts earlyTough graderDrop risk
  • Workload is extreme early, with chart memorization and many weekly assignments.
  • Harsh zeros for not matching his exact method with .
  • ; only one strong positive exists.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

16/100

Harsh zeros, massive weekly work, and and exact compliance.

Online reviews are harshest about zeros and drops; effort.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Financial accounting content plus early memorization of multiple charts and high assignment volume make the course extremely demanding.

Both formats describe overload; online comments focus more on early-week chart memorization.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

55/100

; workload and grading strictness dominate, with mixed mandatory flags.

; one in-person review marks it mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Only about one in , and most comments urge dropping or avoiding him.

One positive online review is and thin in-person data.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

Students report zeros for not matching his exact method and .

Format shift

Harsh zero grading is clearest in online reviews; .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Comments describe roughly ten assignments a week plus early chart memorization and many papers.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize overload; .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

One student finds him valid and beneficial long-term, but and support is weak under extreme load.

Format shift

The only strong teaching praise is online; .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

The course is assignment-heavy week to week, with and .

Format shift

Online and in-person both stress volume of weekly work; .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Limited in-person feedback still stresses heavy weekly assignments and strong time management.

Main concern

Countless weekly assignments make the course feel like a constant grind.

What students said

“ . You can definitely pass this class with an A but you need to manage your time right”
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Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online BA101A reviews mostly describe crushing weekly work, harsh zeros, and students dropping quickly.

Main concern

, and unexplained zeros drive withdrawals.

What students said

“Gives 10 assignments a week and grades harshly with .”
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“he gives wayyyy to much work.”
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“This is not the class for an easy A but overall a great professor and guy”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and focus instead on relentless homework and .

Assignment-heavy courseHarsh exact-method gradingLimited exam detail in reviews

Assessment risk

Varies

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and but give little specific exam-format evidence.

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Online

Online reviews ; risk is driven by assignment zeros and volume.

Assignment zerosUnclear grading explanationsHigh weekly homework
“If your work isn't done exactly his way, you get a zero.”
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“Expects you to memorize four different charts the first day of school and gives like 10 assignments a week.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . He Expects you to memorize four charts on first day of week. Gives 10 assignments a week and grades harshly with .”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 mostly online BA101A reviews; credibility Low due to small sample and .

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“ as a person at least.”

📚 Workload Shock

12/100

“Gives 10 assignments a week and grades harshly with .”

⚖️

18/100

“If you don't do the work the way he wants he'll just give you a zero and .”

👎 Recommendation

18/100

“I dropped him and .”

Theme 1

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • This is not the class for an easy A but overall a great professor and guy
  • You can definitely pass this class with an A but you need to manage your time right
  • grades harshly with .

Theme 2

📝 About Workload

  • he gives wayyyy to much work.
  • Expects you to memorize four different charts the first day of school
  • .

Theme 3

🚪 About Dropping

  • dropped the class before the date to get a w
  • Dropped the class with .
  • I dropped him and .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

7

Lifetime ratings

38/100

Evidence confidence

Only seven reviews, mostly clustered online drops in early 2025, limit confidence despite consistent overload themes.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

BA101A7 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

1

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B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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Drop/Withdrawal 3 · Incomplete 1