AI Rate Professor

Biology

Patrick Ross

BI112 · BIO221 · BIOL322 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
5.0

The decision

Avoid unless you want a brutal biology grind and already handle tough graders well.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderHeavy WorkloadUnsupportiveLecture HeavyDemanding
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  • Little support for struggling students in recent reviews
  • A few older students still praise learning depth and student rapport

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

18/100

, and reported C- or for most students.

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Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

12/100

Every review rates difficulty at 5 and frames the material as the hardest class of its kind.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

At least one recent BI112 review marks attendance as .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

20/100

and recent students describe hate for school and no support.

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

15/100

and hard grade outcomes dominate the reviews.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of homework and lecture-heavy structure pile on workload.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Recent students feel ignored and confused, while older notes praise knowledge and rapport.

Format shift

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Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Homework and ; .

Format shift

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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

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

heavy lectures, tough grades, and uneven support, with rare praise for depth of learning.

Main concern

and weak help for struggling students.

What students said

“The classroom setting.”
BI112
“Grades super tough, good luck”
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“ . Killed me in past classes, but he knows what he is talking about”
BIOL322

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.

Reviews emphasize hard grading and .

Lecture HeavyHomework Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; difficulty and tough grading dominate student comments.

Lecture HeavyTough Grading
“grades extremely hard, and the courses make little to no sense”
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Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“The classroom setting. Teacher does not care about students who are struggling, grades extremely hard, and the courses make little to no sense.”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews spanning 2011-2025, with Medium credibility due to mixed eras and small sample.

📉 Teaching Support

34/100

“Not encouraging to students who maybe struggling. Does not go out of his way to help struggling students.”

🔥 Difficulty Level

12/100

“hardest teacher you will have, however you will learn more than any other class of the same kind.”

⚖️

15/100

“Grades super tough, good luck”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Teacher does not care about students who are struggling
  • Does not go out of his way to help struggling students
  • he knows what he is talking about and has a good relationship with the students

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Grades super tough, good luck
  • hardest teacher you will have
  • Killed me in past classes

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Five reviews span 2011-2025 with consistent high difficulty, but older and newer tone split on teaching quality.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 51
1 out of 52

Course coverage

BI1123 reviews
BIO2211 review
BIOL3221 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1