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Biology

Martine Donley

BIO260 · 2 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

High-risk BIO260 choice: great if you click with his casual lecture style, rough if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizing Lab TeachingStrict No CurveExtra Credit AvailableTest HeavyCasual Lectures
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  • , but can soften the hit.
  • Lab direction and lecture value are the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Strict no-curve grading and even with .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Anatomy content and course intellectually demanding.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and tags warn that skipping hurts you.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

one student avoids him entirely, one highly recommends BIO260.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

and tough-grader tags, with as the main relief valve.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Test-heavy anatomy with labs and limited hand-holding keeps workload high.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Average

50/100

Half the and casual; and little learning.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

Test-heavy tags and exam-focused comments outweigh assignment detail.

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person BIO260 is either unstructured and story-heavy or informative, strict, and extra-credit friendly depending on the reviewer.

Main concern

Lab instruction quality is disputed and .

What students said

“ . No direction in Anatomy lab.”
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“Professor Donley is probably in my top 3 professors of all time.”
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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.

Exams appear standard and strict without a curve, softened only by .

Test HeavyExtra CreditNo Curve

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person BIO260 is described as and optional .

Test HeavyNo CurveExtra Credit
“He is and no curve is given, but he gives to help bring up your score.”
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“Test heavy”
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Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Professor Donley is probably in my top 3 professors of all time.”

Voice snapshots generated from 2 polarized in-person reviews with no consensus. Credibility rating: Low.

🧪

20/100

“No direction in Anatomy lab. He just said ask questions if you need help.”

🎯 Lecture Style

80/100

“His lectures are informative as his teaching style is very causal and he is able to convey the lectures to a more understandable context.”

⚖️

30/100

“He is and no curve is given, but he gives to help bring up your score.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • There was no teaching in the lab portion, so it made it difficult to dissect the cat properly.
  • His lectures are informative as his teaching style is very causal
  • Lecture was mostly hearing stories about him working with sharks.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

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Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Respected
  • I highly recommend him for Bio 260!
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Data context

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Analysis sample

2

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

30/100

Evidence confidence

Only two 2019 reviews exist and they contradict each other on nearly every teaching dimension.

Inside 2 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 51

Course coverage

BIO2602 reviews

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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