AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Kofi Yankey

MATH2963 · STATS54 · MATH54 · 16 lifetime ratings

AI rating
36/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
43.75%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if and tolerate rambling lectures for a caring but uneven class.

Best fit · Effort For RewardSweet personalityRambling life storiesTough graderLots of homeworkPolarizing stats teacher
  • Students but disagree sharply on teaching quality
  • Lectures often wander into long personal stories instead of stats content
  • Homework and tests are heavy, with mixed reports on fairness and organization

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Many report C grades despite , and grading that feels strict even when exists.

; in-person recent reviews stress tough grading and unexpected quiz content.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Stats content , and off-topic lectures make learning the material hard.

Both formats call the course hard; difficulty is amplified when lectures leave material untaught.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

as required and advise showing up, with skip-class warnings in tags.

Online and .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

and recent voices strongly warn to pick any other stats professor.

Online is mixed; and explicit about avoiding him.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Tags and comments frequently say tough grader, graded by few things, and .

Format shift

and ; in-person recent reviews emphasize harsh tests.

Workload

Heavy

26/100

Lots of homework, quizzes, and terms feeling especially packed.

Format shift

and in person.

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

Personality scores high, but many students say lectures are tangents, notes are messy, and actual stats teaching is weak.

Format shift

A minority of short-semester fans love his style; the larger recent pattern is frustration.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tests and quizzes dominate outcomes, with homework volume high but .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

older or short-term fans praise care and confidence building, while recent reviews warn of , and little actual stats teaching.

Main concern

Quizzes and tangents.

What students said

“As a person, Yankey is so sweet, but as a professor, so frustrating to work with.”
MATH54
“He tells the most pointless stories over and over again and and tests”
MATH54
“ . I had a lot of trouble with stats and it was my 4th time taking it with professor Yankey.”
MATH54

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online MATH54 experiences split between students who felt cared for with study halls and , and disorganized.

Main concern

tests feeling unaligned with taught material.

What students said

“Yankey is awesome! As long as you show up to class, take extra time to do his study halls, and and !”
MATH54
“Barely .”
MATH54
“The way that he teaches it is way easier than other professors techniques. He gives many opportunities for and some .”
MATH2963

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams and quizzes are described as hard and sometimes misaligned with class talk, with limited student-friendly exam policies stated.

Test heavyTough quizzesTest corrections sometimesLots of homework

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tests after long story-heavy lectures.

Tough graderUnexpected quiz contentTest heavy
“every quiz and ”
MATH54
“ and tests and expects us to ace them when all he does is talk about his life.”
MATH54

Online

Online reviews mention quizzes, tests, study halls, and , but .

Quizzes and testsStudy hallsTest corrections
“He gives many opportunities for and some .”
MATH2963
“He is really .”
MATH54

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Don't get me wrong, Prof Yankey is one of the nicest guys you'll meet. But .”

Voice snapshots generated from 16 reviews, balancing caring-personality praise against repeated teaching and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎭 Personality vs Teaching

42/100

“As a person, Yankey is so sweet, but as a professor, so frustrating to work with.”

📉 Recommendation Split

38/100

“Seriously try for any other stats prof.”

📚 Workload Pressure

26/100

“Prepare for lots of homework!”

💬 Lecture Tangents

30/100

“About 10% of him talking is actually economics the other 90% was him talking about random stuff.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures which are truly just random tangents that never go anywhere
  • he talks a lot about life experiences
  • notes are all over the place and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • every quiz and
  • Lots of homework

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Very sweet guy!
  • you can tell he genuinely cares about his students
  • and he IS funny! Loved his stories!

Data context

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Analysis sample

16

Recent reviews read by the AI

16

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

16 reviews are detailed and recent enough to matter, but strong polarization and modest sample size lower certainty.

Inside 16 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 57
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 54

Course coverage

MATH5412 reviews
STATS543 reviews
MATH29631 review

Reported outcomes

C range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

3

B 3

C range

6

C 6

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1