AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Alan Hong

MATH8 · CALC3 · MATH08 · MATH03 · MATH81 · MATH2 · MATH20 · MATH07 · MATH15 · MATH84 · MATH11 · MATH7 · MAT7 · 230 lifetime ratings

AI rating
16/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
12.07%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless you already dominate the material and want a pure theory grind.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderTest heavyTheory-focused examsHigh dropout ratesIllegible handwriting
  • Nearly all reviews warn of , and mass dropouts.
  • Lectures are widely described as , and poorly explained.
  • Only strong math majors who already know the material report any success.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Grades hinge on a partial credit.

Both online and .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Pace is fast, content leans theory over practice, and lectures rarely clarify basics.

Online and in-person students both call the material and delivery extremely hard.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

, and missing class is tied to failing.

Online reviews also report forced Zoom hour logs and weekend sessions.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Take-again rate is about 12 percent and comments overwhelmingly say do not enroll.

Recommendation is poor in both formats, with slightly more survival stories in person for strong math students.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

Students report zero credit for tiny errors and demands to match his exact solution style.

Format shift

and in person.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Expect , and little graded practice credit.

Format shift

Online students also report rewatching lectures and weekend classes.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

, and not worth attending.

Format shift

A few older in-person reviews praise knowledge, but recent online and .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Grade is driven by a small number of .

Format shift

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews consistently describe rude lectures, bragging about fails, and grades .

Main concern

Tiny mistakes wipe scores and classes often shrink from dozens of students to a handful.

What students said

“STAY AWAY! 45 ppl were in my class, 8 took the final & only 2 passed.”
MATH2
“My class started with about 20 students and ended with 3. No one received an A.”
MATH15

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections still feature mandatory Zoom time, unreadable notes, and .

Main concern

Entire grade rests on a and near-zero partial credit.

What students said

“Your entire grade is based on 4 exams and he proudly boasts about only 5 people passing his class.”
MATH03
“I literally using the answer of textbook to answer the same question in the exam and I got 0.”
MATH7

Exam style

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Exams emphasize proofs and exact process over standard practice problems and are graded very strictly.

Theory proofsFew exams decide gradeNo partial creditMust match his method

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and often leave almost no one with an A.

Show work his wayTest heavyHarsh partial credit
“When Hong says you must show work EXACTLY as he shows in class, he means it.”
MATH15

Online

and reject textbook-style answers.

Theory-focused examsTest heavyNo credit for textbook methods
“ while this course should be focus on practice.”
MATH7

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Santa Monica College would be a better place without teachers like this.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and dropout risk. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

18/100

“he is for sure the academic life.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

12/100

“ !! We started as 30 some people we end up around 3.”

⚖️

12/100

“You make a tiny mistake and get zero credit.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • .
  • Doesn't teach. Just reads out definition from the book
  • his handwriting is so hard to read.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • He told students that no one can get Aor B,at least oneC.
  • he proudly boasts about only 5 people passing his class.
  • if you want a fairly accurate measure for how strong your math reasoning skills are.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Classroom Climate

  • he always made fun of that student. Disrespectful teacher.
  • He goes and talks about how his students have been failing for the past 2 years.
  • He likes seeing students suffer.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

230

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across many years and both formats show highly consistent negative themes.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 525
4 out of 513
3 out of 536
2 out of 542
1 out of 5114

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

41 reported outcomes

A range

4

A+ 1 · A 3

B range

6

B 6

C range

6

C+ 1 · C 5

D range

3

D 3

F

3

F 3

No letter grade reported

19

Drop/Withdrawal 14 · Incomplete 1 · Rather not say 4