AI Rate Professor

Biology

Soha Sobhanian

BIO251 · BIO250 · BIO155 · BIOL155 · BIOLAB · BIO100 · BIOL260 · 96 lifetime ratings

AI rating
54/100
RMP rating
3.6/5
Take again
66.25%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you can handle a fast, structured bio load and verify course pace—experience varies widely.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizing professorCaring when it clicksTough accelerated paceTest-heavy riskAccent and clarity issues
  • many call her outstanding and and the worst.
  • Accelerated and advanced bio sections draw the .
  • Success stories stress attending, following directions, tutoring, and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Many As and Bs appear, but tough-grader tags, dense quizzes, and .

Online sample is small and mixed; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

38/100

Biology content plus fast 5- to 8-week formats and heavy testing raise the intellectual load.

Summer and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and warn not to miss lectures or labs.

Online and as required.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

and equally intense detractors.

In-person has both extremes; online evidence is thin and split.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

38/100

; and homework-test alignment.

Format shift

Strict tone stronger in accelerated in-person and some online critiques.

Workload

Moderate

45/100

Homework and labs can feel reasonable, but quizzes and accelerated pacing pile on.

Format shift

Summer and 8-week in-person loads feel heavier.

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Passionate caring lectures for many, but accent, organization, and .

Format shift

and ; online too sparse for strong contrast.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Quizzes, exams, and .

Format shift

.

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

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

care and engagement and sharp criticism of accent, no-shows, and .

Main concern

Accelerated hybrids and and .

What students said

“Dr. Sobhanian was by far the !”
BIO251
“The , and the ”
BIOL155
“heavy accent. lots of spelling and grammatical errors in ... very disorganized structure of course.”
BIO250

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

one glowing support story versus complaints of and .

Main concern

and .

What students said

“her teaching style is engaging and her support for students is unparalleled.”
BIO251
“Extremely difficult and .”
BIO250
“The study material does not reflect what will be on the exams.”
BIO100

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes drive outcomes; several students say tests do not match lectures or study guides.

Test heavyQuizzes frequentExam-lecture mismatch riskHomework mirrors tests for some

Assessment risk

Strict

36/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person ranges from homework matching tests to exams not reflecting lectures; accelerated hybrids get the .

Frequent quizzesLecture-exam disconnect for someHomework can match tests
“ questions”
BIO251
“The ”
BIOL155

Online

and study material that fails to match exams.

Unclear gradingExam mismatch
“Extremely difficult and .”
BIO250
“She has inputted the wrong answers in some of her quizzes.”
BIO100

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Dr. Sobhanian was by far the !”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 biology reviews with strong positive and negative clusters; credibility tempered for repetitive praise blocks. Credibility rating: Medium.

❤️ Caring Support

70/100

“ , and creates a great learning environment.”

⚠️ Polarizing Experience

58/100

“ . ready for hell”

📝

36/100

“ questions”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her innovative teaching and enjoyable.
  • and u cannot understand her accent
  • Wonderful teacher, really engaging despite being an 8am lecture.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Hard class but you gotta work hard.
  • There is a lot of things to remember and there are so many quizzes.
  • If you follow her directions and don't miss her classes you will be fine.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • .
  • was not even present on first day of class in an accelerated course.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

96

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews give volume, but a large cluster of near-identical glowing July 2024 posts lowers consistency confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 552
4 out of 510
3 out of 54
2 out of 59
1 out of 521

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

50 reported outcomes

A range

29

A+ 1 · A 28

B range

16

B+ 3 · B 13

C range

2

C 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1