AI Rate Professor

Biology

Rick Allen

MICROBIOL · BIO270 · MICRO270 · BIOL270LAB · 9 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
25%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

if you can self-study microbiology and accept uneven teaching and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProSelf-teaching requiredHard testsLaid-back lecturesMixed personalityLab-focused
  • Lectures often read from notes, so students must learn heavily from the textbook.
  • Tests are hard and can cover material not well taught in class.
  • Older reviews are warmer while newer ones call him rude or disengaged.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Even capable students must work hard because .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Microbiology and and students say the course is not easy.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

Some sections mark attendance mandatory while .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

30/100

Only about one in and several warn of rudeness and poor teaching.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

Few graded items and .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

48/100

Main burden is reading and .

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Some praise subject knowledge while others say lectures are half-hearted and .

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

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Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person bio and ; some call him knowledgeable but .

Main concern

rudeness and weak grade tracking.

What students said

“ but expects you to know everything.”
BIO270
“you pretty much have to teach your self the material.”
BIO270
“ even really go over.”
BIO270

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

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as very hard and often go beyond what lectures covered.

Hard testsMaterial not covered in lectureIn-person examsFew graded items

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Students report .

Hard testsMaterial not covered in lectureIn-person exams
“ even really go over.”
BIO270
“ he was ever able to teach.”
BIOL270LAB

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“you pretty much have to teach your self the material.”

Voice snapshots generated from 9 in-person reviews across 2008-2020, weighting newer detailed comments more heavily. Credibility rating: Medium.

📘 Self-Teaching Load

40/100

“You have to read the text yourself to pass at all.”

🗣️ Teaching Clarity

48/100

“ but expects you to know everything.”

🧪

35/100

“ even really go over.”

👎 Recommendation

30/100

“save yourself the time and energy. .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Basically typed up a half hearted outline of the text and then read it to you.
  • Hes very laid back but not in a good way.
  • he is the so good luck

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • You have to work hard to pass.
  • This seriously is not an easy course
  • his B lowered my whole grade to a B

Theme 3

😤 About Classroom Tone

  • he is very rude and belittling when he speaks.
  • Never tells you what your grade is
  • weird. read the book and

Data context

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Analysis sample

9

Recent reviews read by the AI

9

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Nine reviews exist but several are sparse or very old (2008-2009), reducing reliability .

Inside 9 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

BIO2705 reviews
MICRO2702 reviews
BIOL270LAB1 review
MICROBIOL1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

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A+ 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

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D range

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