AI Rate Professor

Biology

James Baxter

BIOL109 · 6 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
28.57%
Difficulty
4.3

The decision

Avoid unless you are a passionate biology student ready for .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderTest-lecture mismatch3+ hour lecturesTest heavyHardcore bio only
  • Most students describe brutal tests that poorly match lectures and homework.
  • Long nonstop lectures and .
  • A minority of recent students who love bio say hard work pays off.
  • .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

Tough grading, test-heavy design, and effort.

Both the single online and ; only two recent in-person students reported As after hard work.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Difficulty averages near max with , and all-or-none hard questions.

In-person and online both describe high intellectual and endurance demand.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

and long lectures demand presence; tags warn skipping fails you.

Online review still implies you must endure live long lectures; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Would-take-again is under 30% with repeated run-away warnings outweighing two recent fans.

In-person split is mostly negative with two recent positives; the one .

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

Tough grader tags dominate; and low .

Format shift

Harshness is consistent across formats.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

3+ hour lectures, heavy reading, and test-heavy structure create overwhelming load.

Format shift

Online and in-person both stress marathon lectures.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

A few call lectures great if you love bio, but .

Format shift

Recent in-person outliers are positive; older majority and online are negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Test-heavy course with difficult all-or-none questions driving grades and .

Format shift

.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and lecture-exam disconnect, with two recent positives for hardworking bio fans.

Main concern

and nearly impossible for average students.

What students said

“Almost impossible to pass when his 3+ hour lectures of .”
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“run for if you do you are doomed”
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Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

One but tough, with 3+ hour non-interactive lectures and .

Main concern

Exhausting long lectures and .

What students said

“3+ hour long non interacting lectures with very minimal breaks in between... close to what was in the hw.”
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Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Hard, high-stakes exams that often do not match lectures or .

Test heavyAll-or-none questionsExams mismatch lecturesTough grader

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students say 3+ hour slide lectures have little to do with exams and .

Exams unrelated to lecturesTough graderTest heavy
“Almost impossible to pass when his 3+ hour lectures of .”
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“ and whatever is on the lecture is hard to understand and not on the tests.”
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Online

Online review reports tests with many ; no webcam tools mentioned.

Tests far from homeworkLong lecture-based course
“ close to what was in the hw.”
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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“run for if you do ”

Voice snapshots generated from 7 reviews (1 online, 6 in and . Credibility rating: Low.

🚨

20/100

“Almost impossible to pass when his 3+ hour lectures of .”

📉

15/100

“ and whatever is on the lecture is hard to understand and not on the tests.”

🧪 For Bio Fanatics Only

40/100

“If you work hard and understand what he says in his lectures, it's .”

👎 Low Recommendation

25/100

“run for if you do you are doomed”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • 3+ hour long non interacting lectures
  • His lectures and
  • Lecture heavy

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Hard class, and a
  • His questions types are all or none and quite difficult
  • Tread lightly

Theme 3

🚨 About Risk

  • run for
  • Almost impossible to pass
  • If you're a .

Data context

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Analysis sample

7

Recent reviews read by the AI

6

Lifetime ratings

42/100

Evidence confidence

Only 7 reviews with mixed recent positives and older severe negatives; small sample and possible name-profile confusion lower confidence.

Inside 7 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 53

Course coverage

BIOL1097 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 2