AI Rate Professor

Political Science

Jerry Allen

POLI2044 · POLIS1 · POLI5 · POLI1A · POLI1H · POLI1 · POLI01 · POLISCI1 · POLSCI101 · POLISCIE · POL1H · POL1 · POLIPOLI · 162 lifetime ratings

AI rating
58/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you want a challenging, opinionated poli sci mentor and will teach yourself from books and study guides.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerOff-topic ramblerStudy guides matterLecture-heavy examsPassionate but vaguePolarizing difficulty
  • Many praise passion, humor, and life-changing influence.
  • Others say he rambles, goes off-topic, and .
  • , and study guides.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

As, and ; some get easy As only with strong interest and notes.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Content and , and note-taking; average difficulty is solidly hard.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

Multiple students say because tests track lecture notes.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

Roughly split between life-changing mentor and ; recommendation hinges on goals.

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Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Exams described as hard, essay-heavy, and GPA-risky; few report easy As without heavy effort.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

and short papers, but and long books are heavy lifts.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

Passionate and funny for some, rambling and ; quality is highly polarizing.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

85/100

Grades rest , and a paper; little graded homework.

Format shift

In-person only evidence.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

lifelong fans versus students who call exams brutal and lectures unfocused.

Main concern

Off-topic lectures and hard essay/test questions that may not match class discussion.

What students said

“Goes off topic in class a lot. Does not teach the material you have to learn from the book yourself.”
POLI1
“ if you know the study guide inside out, you'll struggle.”
POLI1H
“ the colleges & universities I attended.”
POL1H

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.

; essays can be brutal and many call tests unfair.

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and essays; study guides help but book and lecture mastery still required.

Study guidesEssay and multiple choiceBook-based questionsHard exams
“Grades are based almost entirely on test scores so if yourself very well!”
POLI1
“ and hard.”
POLI1H
“He gives you a study guide for the test and goes over each item”
POLI1

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“You learn wisdom, not just book knowledge. I highly reccomend. Not an easy class but .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, and off-topic lectures. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Polarization

55/100

“ the colleges & universities I attended.”

📉

35/100

“Impossible to get an A!! AVOID!!!!”

🗣️ Off-Topic Lectures

40/100

“he goes offtopic ALL the time. Nice guy, but .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • gets really carried with issues, but also has no lesson plan
  • rambles for most of the class
  • engaging and took interest in his students

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If you want a
  • few get A's
  • USE THE STUDY GUIDE and you will ACE the exams

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Wonderful human being
  • very intelligent and is passionate
  • This guy needs to do stand up comedy

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

162

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

50 in-person reviews spanning years with rich detail and consistent themes of rambling lectures and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 548
4 out of 540
3 out of 523
2 out of 527
1 out of 524

Course coverage

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