AI Rate Professor

Ethnic Studies

Nancy Retes

MCS36COUNSELOR · CHICANOSTUDIES · COUNSLER · MCGS36 · MCS36 · CHICANO · MCS38 · CSL · COUNSELOR · 18 lifetime ratings

AI rating
66/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
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Difficulty
2.6

The decision

if you are comfortable with a polarizing teaching style.

Best fit · Effort For RewardPolarizing PersonalityEasy ClassFlexible GradingMinimal WorkloadMixed Teaching
  • Reviews are highly split between students who loved her and students who found her rude or unclear.
  • Many students describe the class as easy, flexible, and lightly graded.
  • Negative reviews focus on , and boring teaching.

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

EasyA

84/100

The class is often described as easy with , but students still need to complete major work and tolerate inconsistent experiences.

All Easy A evidence comes from in-person reviews, with .

Is the course easy?

Introductory

82/100

Students repeatedly call the class easy, easy to pass, and light except for major projects.

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

65/100

One review calls her very flexible, but the reviews do not clearly prove a .

In-person reviews imply flexibility but .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

Recommendations are split because many students praise her easy class while others warn strongly against her attitude and teaching.

All and is sharply mixed.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

80/100

Several reviews say she does , and makes the class easy to pass.

Format shift

.

Workload

Light

78/100

Workload is described as minimal except for .

Format shift

Only in-person reviews discuss workload.

Teaching experience

Average

58/100

Teaching is polarized, with praise for being fun and , and poor clarity.

Format shift

All and is highly mixed.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Reviews mention presentations, research papers, and major projects more than exams.

Format shift

, while no online evidence exists.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person reviews show a very polarizing instructor whose classes are often easy and flexible but sometimes described as .

Main concern

Personality and teaching consistency are the main risks.

What students said

“She is fair and very flexible.”
CHICANOSTUDIES
“It's a ridiculously easy class, but an offensive, negative experience.”
MCS36

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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Reviews do not clearly prove exam format, proctoring rules, open-book status, or .

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and papers but do not clearly mention exams, quizzes, proctoring, or open-book policies.

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“It's a ridiculously easy class, but an offensive, negative experience.”

Voice snapshots generated from 18 reviews, highlighting key themes in teaching and grading; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

58/100

“She is funny yet she teaches what it is you must learn in this course.”

📈 Easy Grade Potential

84/100

“Good teacher and an easy A if you do the work, I learn a lot of my history thanks to her.”

⚖️

80/100

“She does not grade hard and helps students who try and want to succeed.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Nancy's approach to teaching is one that puts students at ease.
  • One of the nicest teacher ever! she reminds me so much of my mother :) funny, energetic, and knows her stuff..
  • She's rude to students who ask perfectly justified questions that she obviously can't answer, very short tempered, and seems somewhat ****.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • She is great and makes the class very easy to learn, to understand, and to pass.
  • The workload is very minimal except for .
  • Good teacher and an easy A if you do the work, I learn a lot of my history thanks to her.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Student Experience

  • IF YOU CAN!
  • COULDN'T STAND HER. NO CLARITY OF GRADES. HOPE MINE TURNS OUT ALRIGHT.
  • watch your back with this one!

Data context

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Analysis sample

18

Recent reviews read by the AI

18

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

There are 18 reviews over many years with consistent evidence that the class is easy but the instructor experience is polarizing.

Inside 18 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 56

Course coverage

MCS369 reviews
COUNSELOR2 reviews
CHICANO1 review
CHICANOSTUDIES1 review
COUNSLER1 review
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CSL1 review
MCGS361 review
MCS36COUNSELOR1 review
MCS381 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values