AI Rate Professor

Accounting

John Randall Soward

ACCOUNTING · BUSA7 · BUSA8 · ACCT · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating
72/100
RMP rating
4.1/5
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Difficulty
2.9

The decision

if you want a caring, funny accounting mentor and are ready to work hard.

Best fit · Effort For RewardStudent-DedicatedEntertainingHard but FairOff-Topic TalkerWeekend Helper
  • Most students praise deep care, personal help, and entertaining lectures.
  • Accounting stays challenging; hard work and .
  • A minority slam off-topic talk, absences, and .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Many say accounting is tough and he expects serious effort; a free A is uncommon.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Content is standard accounting difficulty with mixed reports of easy versus hard sections.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

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Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

72/100

and help, with caveats about hard work and off-topic talk.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

Students call grading fair and focused on helping you pass, not .

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Workload

Heavy

38/100

Repeated mentions of lots of homework and expected hard work.

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Teaching experience

Good

78/100

Most find him dedicated and entertaining; a few find lectures thin or off-topic.

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Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

Mix of , and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

13 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person accounting with , but and occasional off-topic lectures.

Main concern

Some report absences, off-topic rambling, and .

What students said

“He gives you his PERSONAL cell phone line to ask him questions.”
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“ but be prepared to work hard.”
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Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are often described as hard or tricky with no open-book claims.

Hard ExamsTricky QuizzesTextbook Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

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Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Professor is GREAT! Cares so much about his students and all he wants is for you to understand accounting.”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 in-person reviews spanning 2005-2011. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Care

78/100

“Dedicates all the time he can to his students, even his weekends.”

📚 Work Expectation

42/100

“ but be prepared to work hard.”

😄 Entertainment Value

80/100

“GREAT TEACHER KEEPS YOU ENTERTAINED THE WHOLE CLASS.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He gives you his PERSONAL cell phone line to ask him questions.
  • talks forever. always goes off topic.
  • Very down to earth. Knows when to teach and when to give a break.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • His class is by no means easy, but he really does dedicate his time to help you.
  • Lots of homeworks and not much lectures
  • you really have to read on your own in order to get an A

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Really helpful and funny guy.
  • He's ridiculously handsome, and he's very entertaining.

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Thirteen reviews from 2005-2011 with consistent themes but older dates and .

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
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Course coverage

BUSA710 reviews
ACCOUNTING1 review
ACCT1 review
BUSA81 review

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