AI Rate Professor

English

Debra Farve

ENG1A · LIT3 · ENGLI2114 · ENGLISH68 · ENGL68 · ENG68 · 97 lifetime ratings

AI rating
36/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
41.18%
Difficulty
3.2

The decision

if you want rigorous college writing and will use office hours; avoid if you need an easy A or .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTough graderSo many papersOffice hours goldReads from the bookCollege-level standards
  • serious writers praise clarity and ; and lectures book-bound.
  • Expect , and strict attendance in many terms.
  • An A and heavy revision, not minimal effort.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

if you read, but and rarely reward low effort.

All .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

36/100

, and multi-paper load make the content intellectually demanding.

Difficulty comments come only from in-person sections.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Most students report and warn that skipping tanks your grade.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Motivated learners strongly recommend her for real writing growth; many others urge avoidance for .

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Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

28/100

; even tutor-reviewed essays often score low unless they match her exact standards.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

26/100

Around five essays, frequent quizzes, weekend papers, required tutoring, and .

Format shift

Workload .

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Clear criteria and and uneven clarity for some students.

Format shift

Teaching quality is highly polarized in .

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

28/100

Grade hinges mainly on multiple essays plus reading quizzes rather than high-stakes traditional exams.

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

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Eng 68/1A feels like a transfer-prep writing bootcamp: clear criteria and and heavy paper load for others.

Main concern

Tough essay grading and weekend .

What students said

“She is definitely a college level professor, who will get you ready to transfer to a UC.”
ENG1A
“Her grading is unfair! and she still gives you a bad grade!”
ENG68
“She will go through your work and tell you how to improve it for a higher grade.”
ENG68

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.

; few comments describe high-stakes closed proctored exams.

Reading quizzesMultiple essaysFew traditional testsWriting Lab required

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and several major essays; some terms add a few tests.

Chapter quizzes5 essays typicalOffice-hour essay reviewWriting Center visits
“This whole class is basically essays. She grades the .”
ENG68
“ textbook, and you can get all A's.”
ENG68
“Attend class, do the work, attend tutoring and you should pass.”
ENGL68

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you want to mess around and not get your work done, then she's not your professor.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person , and office-hour support. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“She is definitely a college level professor, who will get you ready to transfer to a UC.”

⚖️

28/100

“Her grading is unfair! and she still gives you a bad grade!”

📝 Workload Intensity

26/100

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👍 Recommendation Split

42/100

“You want to learn how to write? .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She just goes off the book does not teach on her own
  • and how she grades

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • She is a
  • I can not get anything higher than a 65 in her class
  • Talking to her really helps

Theme 3

📚 About Papers and Reading

  • So many papers
  • Get ready to read
  • This whole class is basically essays

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

97

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews across many years show a .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 528
4 out of 516
3 out of 514
2 out of 511
1 out of 528

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

19 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

5

B 5

C range

5

C+ 2 · C 2 · C- 1

D range

1

D+ 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1