AI Rate Professor

Science

Micol Christopher

ASTR5 · AST5 · ASTRO5 · ASTRO5L · ASTR5L · ASTR5H · 137 lifetime ratings

AI rating
95/100
RMP rating
4.8/5
Take again
87.3%
Difficulty
2.0

The decision

if you want a and an achievable A with open notes.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyOpen-note examsPassionate astronomy GEClear organized modulesCaring deadlinesEasy A with study
  • Students widely recommend him for Astronomy GE with open-note quizzes and exams.
  • and passionate; success comes from watching them and using study guides.
  • Workload is light-to-moderate for regular terms, heavier in short summer or lab sections.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

88/100

Open notes, , and many reported As make a high grade very attainable with steady work.

Online and in-person both describe easy As; online stresses open notes more explicitly.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

74/100

, though dense short terms and weekly quizzes still require study.

; compressed online terms feel harder.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

78/100

Most reviews mark attendance optional or not required, especially online; a minority of lecture sections want presence.

Online is mostly optional; some in-person honors or .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

90/100

Roughly 87 percent would take again and .

Strong recommendation in both formats with only sparse outliers.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Lenient

84/100

Fair, clear criteria, late-work flexibility for good reasons, , and open-note assessments.

Format shift

Consistent across online and in person.

Workload

Light

76/100

Regular terms feel light; summer/lab packs add pages and weekly quizzes but stay doable.

Format shift

Online summer and lab sections report heavier reading and packets.

Teaching experience

Excellent

93/100

Passionate, clear, organized lectures that make complex space topics understandable and fun.

Format shift

Both formats praise lectures; a few older online outliers felt unsupported.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Weekly quizzes, several exams, and pure exams.

Format shift

Similar structure online and in person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

In-person lecture and , and strong GE fit.

Main concern

Short-term pacing can feel memorization-heavy; a .

What students said

“Everything is open note. Definitely reccommend him to get your GEs done”
ASTR5
“If !”
ASTR5
“Pretty easy honors class. He's super chill and will help you out.”
ASTR5H

Remote format

Online

34 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Easy A Hunter

Online AST/ASTR sections are highly praised as , and easy A when you watch lectures and use study guides.

Main concern

Dense short-term sessions and .

What students said

“Just trust me, this is an easy A.”
AST5
“All quizzes and .”
ASTR5
“he does allow open notes and book for and final”
ASTR5

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Quizzes and exams are commonly open note and open book with study guides, making assessment student-friendly.

Open notesOpen bookStudy guidesTimed quizzesProjects instead of pure memorization

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

90/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and study-guide support, with challenging but .

Open noteOpen bookStudy guides
“Everything is open note.”
ASTR5
“ ”
ASTR5
“you can use study guides and the internet!”
ASTRO5L

Online

Online quizzes and guides; no Lockdown or webcam proctoring is proven in comments.

Open notesOpen bookStudy guidesTimed quizzes
“All quizzes and .”
ASTR5
“ and open note.”
ASTR5L
“he does allow open notes and book for and final”
ASTR5

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If !”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (34 online, 16 in person), highlighting GE ease and open-note exams. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

93/100

“Micol was one of the ”

📗 Open-Note Safety

90/100

“All quizzes and .”

👍 Recommendation Rate

90/100

“He is an amazing professor. !!!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He makes astronomy so accessible
  • I love his lectures
  • his lectures were so detailed

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • this is an easy A
  • , but doable

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Professor Christopher is really kind
  • you can tell he just cares that you learn

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

137

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews spanning years, both formats, highly consistent praise for teaching quality and open-note exams.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 5123
4 out of 510
3 out of 52
2 out of 52
1 out of 51

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

45 reported outcomes

A range

32

A+ 6 · A 24 · A- 2

B range

10

B+ 1 · B 6 · B- 3

C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Not sure yet 2