Is this an easy A?
MissionImpossible
8/100Grades cluster at F or and no path described to an easy A.
Both online and no easy-A evidence.
The decision
Key questions
Is this an easy A?
Grades cluster at F or Drop/Withdrawal with tough-grader tags and no path described to an easy A.
Both online and in-person reviews show failing or drop outcomes with no easy-A evidence.
Is the course easy?
Every review marks difficulty 5 with heavy reading, homework, and many papers.
High difficulty is consistent across online and in-person PSYC-A160 reviews.
Is attendance flexible?
Most reviews list attendance as mandatory and one tags participation matters.
Four of five reviews mark attendance mandatory; only one in-person review said no.
Is this professor recommended?
All five reviews urge students not to take her and none would take her again.
Avoid language appears in both online and in-person comments.
Course guide
Grading
Harsh
10/100
Tough grader tags dominate and reported grades are F or withdrawal.
Format shift
Harsh grading appears in both formats with no lenient evidence.
Workload
Overwhelming
15/100
Tags and comments stress lots of homework, so many papers, and heavy reading.
Format shift
Workload complaints are strongest in in-person reviews but online also notes heavy reading.
Teaching experience
Awful
8/100
Universal quality-1 ratings cite no replies for weeks, arrogance, and uneven policies.
Format shift
Online reviews focus on silence and communication; in-person reviews simply say do not take.
Assessment method
FocusOnAssignments
28/100
Comments emphasize papers, homework, and group projects more than exams.
Format shift
Neither format clearly describes exams; evidence is assignment and paper heavy.
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Course format
Classroom format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner
In-person reviews are blunt avoid warnings tied to tough grading, heavy homework, and many papers.
Main concern
Heavy paper and homework load with tough grading and Fs or withdrawals.
What students said
“dont take this professor!”
“Choose someone else, pls you'll thank me”
Remote format
Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro
Online students report weeks without replies, medical leave with no updates, group-project penalties, and arrogant messaging.
Main concern
Professor is hard to reach and may leave the course unattended for weeks.
What students said
“didnt answer for three weeks and never updated during those three weeks, doesnt answer emails.”
“She is a very difficult professor to communicate with. She took 3 weeks off from our course for "medical reasons"”
Exam style
Reviews do not clearly describe exam format, proctoring, or open-book policy.
Assessment risk
Varies
45/100
Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.
In-person reviews do not clearly prove exam format or proctoring.
Online reviews do not clearly prove exam or proctoring policy.
Student evidence
Top student voice
“Do not take this professor! didnt answer for three weeks and never updated during those three weeks, doesnt answer emails.”
“Choose someone else, pls you'll thank me”
“didnt answer for three weeks and never updated during those three weeks, doesnt answer emails.”
“She is a very difficult professor to communicate with. She took 3 weeks off from our course for "medical reasons", penalised me for having to do a group project on my own”
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Data context
Analysis sample
5
Recent reviews read by the AI
4
Lifetime ratings
58/100
Evidence confidence
Five recent 2026 reviews are fully consistent on low quality and high difficulty, but sample size is small and some comments are very short.
Inside 5 stored ratings
Reported outcomes
5 reported outcomes
No reported values
No reported values
No reported values
No reported values
F 2
Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1