AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Timothy Choi

MATH160 · A180 · MATH30 · STAT160 · MATH180 · MATH130 · A170 · 35 lifetime ratings

AI rating
19/100
RMP rating
1.7/5
Take again
20%
Difficulty
4.5

The decision

Avoid unless and still want a high-risk, test-heavy experience.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHard to understandTest heavyLots of homeworkTough graderSelf-teach required
  • Most students say , and full of calculation mistakes.
  • and often feel disconnected from what was taught.
  • and dropped tests exist, but many still fail or barely pass.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

24/100

and a , but most students still struggle for C or lower and call an A unrealistic.

Both online and and low class averages; online more often says an A is impossible.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

16/100

, and calculus or stats become harder than they should be.

In-person reviews stress speed and handwriting; online reviews stress unhelpful Zoom lectures and self-teaching.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

as mandatory and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

Nearly all in-person and ; one online review said it was not.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Roughly one in , and the dominant advice is to pick any other instructor.

Online ; a few older in-person stats reviews are more positive.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags dominate; softens outcomes for some but .

Format shift

In-person and ; is mentioned more in in-person comments.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of , and frequent tests make the weekly load draining.

Format shift

Online comments especially cite multi-hour homework overloads; .

Teaching experience

Poor

22/100

Most students say , and force self-teaching, with only a .

Format shift

Online quality is almost all 1s; reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

as practice support and occasional .

Format shift

Both formats emphasize exams; questions.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students report fast board , and tests that do not match lectures.

Main concern

Many sections lose half the class; teaching quality and .

What students said

“ . He does NOT know what he is doing. Half the class dropped by week 4.”
MATH160
“ and his pace is too fast to even understand any concepts or lessons.”
MATH160
“Not good at teaching math ESPECIALLY an introduction to statistics course. The class average for .”
STAT160

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are almost uniformly negative: , and heavy self-teaching.

Main concern

Lectures add little value and you must teach yourself while .

What students said

“His zoom lectures were so unhelpful, I had to default to teaching myself the material instead.”
MATH160
“It is self teach or drown. There is so so because it is online but there is just an unnecessary overload of assignments.”
A180
“Literally impossible to get an A. He teaches horribly and calculus is definitely not the class that you can self learn.”
A180

Exam style

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Exams are frequent, high-stakes, and often described as harder than class preparation.

Test heavyHard exam questionsPop quizzesExams based on homework

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and tests that often feel disconnected from lectures.

Test heavyPop quizzesLong examsShow work his way
“ .”
MATH160
“The and he is so strict on showing work his way although there are tons of other ways you can solve it...”
A180
“The class average for .”
STAT160

Online

Online reviews emphasize very hard tests and the need to self-teach .

Hard exam questionsSelf-teach before examsTest heavy
“assigns a ton of .”
A180
“I constantly end up having to before the exam.”
A180

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I will save your life by . I am not joking.”

Voice snapshots generated from 35 , and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

22/100

“He does NOT know what he is doing. Half the class dropped by week 4.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

18/100

“ . Don't even view this teacher as an option when signing up for classes.”

📚 Self-Teaching Load

20/100

“self teaching is critical with timothy choi.”

📝

32/100

“The class average for .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • and his pace is too fast
  • Hard to understand, bad writer
  • His zoom lectures were so unhelpful, I had to default to teaching myself

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Literally impossible to get an A
  • This class is definitely not an easy A
  • Gives about 7-8% of through the semester

Theme 3

⚠️ About Class Survival

  • Half the class dropped by week 4
  • people were dropping like flies
  • By the end of the semester more than half of the class was gone

Data context

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Analysis sample

35

Recent reviews read by the AI

35

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

35 detailed reviews spanning 2018-2025 with , and difficulty across formats.

Inside 35 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53
4 out of 54
3 out of 50
2 out of 52
1 out of 526

Course coverage

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STAT1603 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

21 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 1 · A 3 · A- 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

5

C+ 2 · C 3

D range

3

D 3

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

4

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 1 · Rather not say 1