AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Shahriar Razari-Arjmand

MATH8 · MATH124 · MATH353 · MATH2 · MATH10 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.4

The decision

Avoid unless you can teach yourself math from the book and only need a nice presence in class.

Best fit · Self Taught ProCannot TeachSelf-Study RequiredNice but IneffectiveBoard ErrorsHard Tests
  • Students overwhelmingly say he cannot teach and lectures are unusable.
  • Success requires teaching yourself from the textbook and .
  • He is described as nice and willing to help, but makes frequent board mistakes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

55/100

Self-taught students who read the book and do HW can get an A, but weak independent learners .

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

Content feels hard mainly because and students must self-learn.

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Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

70/100

Students report ditching lectures and still succeeding if they study the book, though .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Most reviews because he cannot teach.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

45/100

Some call tests easyish or workable with and .

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Workload

Moderate

45/100

and multiple tests matter; lots of work is mentioned but not consistently overwhelming.

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Repeated complaints of , and forcing students to self-teach.

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

and some lowest-score drops.

Format shift

In-person only; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person math courses feel like self-study; lectures copy the book, tests can be hard, and .

Main concern

Poor lecture quality and .

What students said

“He is the . He doesn't know how to teach,and he doesn't know the answers of the problems he gives us.”
MATH10
“Nice guy, terrible teacher. If !”
MATH124
“ , but unfortunately cannot teach. The class corrects his mistakes on the board constantly.”
MATH2

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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, but difficulty and grading quality vary by course.

Multiple Choice TestsLowest Score DroppedHard TestsHomework Aligned

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; some call them hard, others easyish if you self-study.

Multiple ChoiceLowest Score DroppedHard Tests
“25 multiple choice questions (don't need to prove answers.)...6 tests including finals, with the lowest score dropped.”
MATH124
“ and .”
MATH10

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Nice guy, terrible teacher. If !”

Voice snapshots generated from 12 in-person reviews spanning 2009-2014, highlighting self-study burden and poor lectures. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Quality

22/100

“HE JUST CANT TEACH. I only took him because all the other classes were full”

📚

80/100

“You're much better off studying from the textbook like I did and .”

👍 Personality vs Skill

40/100

“Really nice teacher. . Poor teaching skills and makes many math errors on the board”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He reads straight from the book does the same problems from the book on the bored
  • The class corrects his mistakes on the board constantly
  • he doesn't know the answers of the problems he gives us

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • If you can teach yourself you can get an easy A if not you are out of luck
  • and
  • DO THE HW, and you will get an A

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • , but unfortunately cannot teach
  • He's a super easy teacher and very nice!
  • The teacher is very nice and kind

Data context

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Analysis sample

12

Recent reviews read by the AI

12

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Twelve detailed in-person reviews from 2009-2014 show consistent teaching complaints, but data is old with sparse grade info.

Inside 12 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 52
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 55

Course coverage

MATH1244 reviews
MATH3534 reviews
MATH22 reviews
MATH101 review
MATH81 review

Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

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C range

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D range

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