AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Foster Mark

MATH20 · MATH54 · MATH2 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
11.11%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid Foster Mark unless you already excel at self-teaching hard math and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough GraderTest HeavyUnclear LecturesHomework-Exam MismatchHigh Drop Risk
  • Most recent reviews describe and
  • Grades cluster around D, F, Incomplete, and
  • A few older positive outliers exist but do not offset the dominant negative experience

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Grades skew to F, D, Incomplete, and drops; students say one missed or .

All evidence is from 11 in-person reviews; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Difficulty ratings are mostly 5 with lost.

All evidence is in person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and warn that skipping means you will not pass.

All evidence is in person.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

14/100

and comments explicitly beg others not to enroll.

All evidence is in person; one older MATH20 review is the rare exception.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

14/100

Tough grader tags dominate; no makeups and .

Format shift

In-person only.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of homework and reading still leave students unprepared for harder, mismatched exams.

Format shift

In-person only.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Students report no clarity, feeling dumb for questions, and lectures that jump topics.

Format shift

In-person only; a couple old reviews are more positive.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Only tests count for many sections, with pop quizzes and .

Format shift

In-person only.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

, and many students drop or fail.

Main concern

, so one bad test can sink the course.

What students said

“Homework and practice problems are completely different from the tests.”
MATH2
“ .”
MATH54
“Imagine being a class with one other person because everyone else in the class dropped.”
MATH54

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

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Self-written hard exams that diverge from homework dominate the grade with little recovery path.

Test HeavyNo MakeupsHomework-Exam MismatchPop Quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as extremely hard, not based on the book, and without makeups.

Test HeavyNo MakeupsNot Based On BookPop Quizzes
“Only thing he grades are the tests and there are no makeups if you miss one”
MATH2
“ , and they're really hard”
MATH54

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Please don't do it to yourself.”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 in-person reviews, highlighting exam harshness, clarity issues, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Clarity

24/100

“There is no clarity in terms of explanation and I felt so lost during the course.”

📝

14/100

“Homework and practice problems are completely different from the tests.”

🚪

18/100

“Imagine being a class with one other person because everyone else in the class dropped.”

🚫 Recommendation

14/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Does not introduce chapters and just starts talking about different problems
  • Made me feel dumb for asking questions
  • he loves what he teaches

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • He laughs if you ask for .
  • the exams are really difficult and the

Theme 3

⚠️ About Accessibility

  • Just thinking about the class gives me a headache.

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven reviews span many years with consistent recent negativity, but sparse older positives and .

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 51
3 out of 51
2 out of 53
1 out of 55

Course coverage

MATH24 reviews
MATH544 reviews
MATH203 reviews

Reported outcomes

D range results lead the reported letter grades.

8 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1