AI Rate Professor

Biology

Margaret Kauffman

BIO103AANDB · BIO103A103B · BIO130A · ANATOMYPHYSIO · BIO103A · BIOL103B · 103AB · 103AAND103B · BIO103B · BIOL103A · BIOLOGY103A · 103A · MICRO106 · 103B · 133 lifetime ratings

AI rating
48/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
48.39%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

if you want deep A&P for nursing or med and are ready for a .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerEssay-heavy A&PTough graderDeep nursing prepTest heavyHigh workload
  • Extremely hard A&P with
  • some call her the A&P
  • , and office hours

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

An A requires , and deep detail; many strong students still struggle or drop.

Online and realistic.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

A& , and detailed exams make this one of the hardest courses at Ohlone.

Online comments also call the volume overwhelming rather than conceptually light.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

as required and say skipping means you will not pass.

; some older notes are less strict.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

48/100

; fans praise nursing prep while critics urge taking A&P elsewhere.

Online reviews lean more negative on delivery; in-person is more mixed but still polarized.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

25/100

; exams demand textbook-level detail and essays are graded hard.

Format shift

Online reviewers .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

, and daily study expectations.

Format shift

Online COVID sections reported 7 essays and 60-80 lecture-set questions per exam.

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Some call lectures deep and nursing-ready; .

Format shift

In-person has more strong defenders; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Grade centers on multi-part exams and and study guides.

Format shift

Both .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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

46 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews split between life-changing nursing prep and and drops.

Main concern

, and tough grading can sink grades even for strong students.

What students said

“if you really want to learn deeply about A & P, she is the best and you will be well prepared for your medical fields.”
103AB
“ !”
BIO103B
“ , and prepare to be studying every single day.”
103B

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online COVID-era sections felt more chaotic with , and .

Main concern

Heavy essays and lecture-set questions with .

What students said

“Basically you do all the work (7 essays and 60-80 lecture set questions per exam) outside of class time and receive VERY little/no feedback .”
103B
“I hated her when I was in the trenches but here I am in my program and everything Anatomy and Physio related is a cakewalk.”
BIO103A103B

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams demand exhaustive essay detail and hard multi-format questions tightly tied to heavy prep work.

Essay-heavy examsMulti-page detail requiredLab practicalsLecture-set questions

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and labs are widely called extremely difficult; .

Essay-based exam prepTough multi-page essaysHard lab practicalsTest heavy
“ !! I personally struggled on exams with the essays since she wants every little detail filled out on a .”
103AAND103B
“90% of the .”
103AAND103B
“the written tests and , and this is where your grade will lie.”
BIO130A

Online

and lecture-set questions with little mid-course feedback.

Many essays per examLecture set questionsLittle feedback until grades
“Basically you do all the work (7 essays and 60-80 lecture set questions per exam) outside of class time and receive VERY little/no feedback .”
103B
“circle, fill blanks, short answer, and 1 essay.”
103

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“I hated her when I was in the trenches but here I am in my program and everything Anatomy and Physio related is a cakewalk. Trust the process.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting essay load, nursing prep value, and polarization. Credibility rating: High.

🔥 Extreme Difficulty

15/100

“This will be one of the .”

📝 Essay Machine

20/100

“DO. YOUR. ESSAYS!!!! ALONG WITH ALL THE OTHER HW.”

🩺 Nursing Payoff

70/100

“she prepared me way too good for nursing school.”

⚠️ Polarized Teaching

48/100

“She was not a good professor at all. and all over the place.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She goes way more in depth than the crap textbook
  • Her lectures are all over the place and
  • she knows her stuff and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Do not expect an easy A without the appropriate effort
  • Even if you studied hard, you only get B at max
  • You better have a lot of time on our hands

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Dr.
  • Disregard the negative comments, Dr. Kauffman wants to see you succeed but you need to work for it
  • gives inappropriate remarks making you feel stupid and inadequate

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

133

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

50 detailed, polarized reviews over years give a reliable picture of high difficulty and mixed teaching clarity.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 534
4 out of 521
3 out of 515
2 out of 529
1 out of 534

Course coverage

103A9 reviews
103B9 reviews
103AAND103B7 reviews
BIO103A5 reviews
BIOL103B5 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

32 reported outcomes

A range

13

A+ 2 · A 9 · A- 2

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 4

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 4

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 3