AI Rate Professor

Biology

Alison Hoffman

BIO100 · BIOL250 · BIO260 · BIO250 · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

unless you are ready to self-teach dense biology material under heavy testing.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized lecturesTest heavyNo study guidesSelf-teaching requiredTough grader
  • Students must self-teach because and slide-heavy.
  • and .
  • and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

22/100

Students report hard As, , and many .

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Content volume is extreme with 100-slide lectures, fast pacing, and dense biology material.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

and tags say skipping means you will not pass.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

and comments warn others to stay away.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

18/100

and C-range grades and little clarity on how to earn high marks.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lecture-heavy slides, frequent tests, labs, and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Students say , and rarely clarifies what matters for exams.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Courses are test-heavy with multiple exams, quizzes, and .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person BIO lectures are fast, slide-heavy, and .

Main concern

, and mandatory attendance with little payoff.

What students said

“I had to do a lot of self teaching because she doesnt really know how to make the information more relevant/understandable”
BIO250
“NOT specific on material NO STUDY GUIDES 4tests/2quiz/5lab NONFriendly”
BIO260
“Half the . .”
BIO100

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and pop quizzes cover broad material with no study guides and .

In-person examsPop quizzesNo study guidesUnclear exam scopeTest heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students face frequent in-person exams and .

In-person examsPop quizzesNo study guidesUnclear exam scope
“ MUCH U have to study it ALL”
BIO250
“She gives no study guides or reviews.”
BIO250
“She doesnt give hints as to .”
BIO250

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Guys save yourselves from Hoffman.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews spanning 2019-2020, highlighting teaching, exams, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

22/100

“She is a good person, but horrible professor.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

8/100

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📚 Self-Teaching Required

20/100

“It took a lot of self teaching to pass.”

📝

25/100

“NOT specific on material NO STUDY GUIDES”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • A lot of her teaching consisted of .
  • Lecture presentations were an OVERLOAD of information.
  • She would post the lectures usually during the lecture or after.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Hard A to achieve
  • 75% of the class is failing!
  • It was a torturess semester.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Organization

  • and .
  • Never got to review the lectures before class.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Nine detailed in-person reviews from 2019-2020 are highly consistent, but the sample is modest and somewhat dated.

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

BIO2506 reviews
BIO1001 review
BIO2601 review
BIOL2501 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

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B range

1

B- 1

C range

2

C+ 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3