AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Francisco Chima Sanchez

MATH400 · STAT300 · MATH401 · STATS300 · 32 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.4/5
Take again
50%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

Take him only if you can self-teach and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProKind but InconsistentSelf-Teaching RiskLenient GradingHeavy WebAssignAttendance Problems
  • Students often call him nice and caring, but , and .
  • Grades can be surprisingly forgiving, especially with .
  • Math students who need structured instruction may struggle because several reviews describe self-teaching.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

72/100

An A is often reachable because grading can be lenient, curved, or effort-based, but homework and .

Online and heavy WebAssign work, while but more disruption from absences.

Is the course easy?

Standard

45/100

The math content itself is not easy for many students, especially when lectures skip examples or require outside resources.

Online students report more self-teaching, while .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

56/100

, and many in-person reviews focus more on professor absences than student flexibility.

Online reviews are mostly flexible or asynchronous, while and .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

50/100

Students recommend him when they value kindness and , but because of disorganization and weak instruction.

Online and reviews especially negative about cancellations.

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

75/100

Many comments mention effort grading, curves, retakes, , or .

Format shift

Online reviews include several lenient grading examples, while and easy passing despite poor structure.

Workload

Heavy

35/100

WebAssign homework, weekly quizzes, long videos, and students.

Format shift

Online reviews mention heavy WebAssign most often, while in-person workload varies by course.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

He is often described as kind and knowledgeable, but , and self-teaching complaints lower the experience.

Format shift

Online instruction has more self-teaching complaints, while and pacing complaints.

Assessment method

Balanced

68/100

, and WebAssign rather than relying on one method only.

Format shift

Online reviews mention WebAssign exams and , while , and homework.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

16 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

and knowledge, but recent reviews strongly criticize canceled classes and disorganization.

Main concern

Frequent absences, rushed coverage, and .

What students said

“he was absent 11 times during our 16 week class.”
MATH400
“Learned very little.”
MATH401
“he had good lectures, explained concepts clearly, and he's really easy to talk to in person.”
MATH400

Remote format

Online

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online and serious self-teaching complaints, with and tests driving much of the work.

Main concern

Students may need to learn from YouTube, textbook, or WebAssign instead of strong direct instruction.

What students said

“ , just links to random youtubers.”
MATH400
“If you think you can learn MATH 401 .”
MATH401
“ . .”
STAT300

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

because some reviews mention open notes or repeat attempts, while and tough finals.

WebAssign ExamsOpen Notes MentionedHard TestsRetakes MentionedFinal Weight Mentioned

Assessment risk

Varies

58/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and , and an online final, but do not clearly prove proctoring or closed-book rules.

Hard TestsCurve MentionedOnline Final Mentioned
“Quizzes and .”
MATH401
“He does grade on a if you can ever get the results back.”
MATH400
“Made the , but some parts were unreasonably difficult.”
MATH401

Online

Online reviews explicitly mention WebAssign exams, open notes or textbook for , and final weight, but do not clearly prove webcam or .

WebAssign ExamsOpen Notes or TextbookHard TestsFinal Exam Weight
“Open notes/textbook for .”
MATH401
“Final exam 30% of . 3 exams, 10% each.”
MATH401
“ .”
MATH401

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you , but you might not learn much.”

Voice snapshots generated from 34 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and reliability; credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

50/100

“Nice and knows the material well but as an instructor.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

50/100

“Take his class if you can put up with the negatives as a risk.”

⚖️

75/100

“ , and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Professor Chima genuinely cares about teaching the content and wants you to do well.
  • I felt like a self learner I had to go over everything by myself
  • He knows his stuff, but .

Theme 2

📚 About Workload and Exams

  • The but it is hefty.
  • and no .
  • Quizzes and .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Reliability

  • he was absent 11 times during our 16 week class.
  • He canceled on the class almost half of our classes
  • rarely responded to emails.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

34

Recent reviews read by the AI

32

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-four reviews across both formats provide detailed and recent evidence, with consistent themes but highly mixed opinions.

Inside 34 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 55
3 out of 55
2 out of 57
1 out of 55

Course coverage

MATH40112 reviews
MATH40010 reviews
STAT3009 reviews
STATS3003 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

32 reported outcomes

A range

19

A+ 5 · A 14

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 3 · B- 2

C range

2

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

5

Not sure yet 4 · Rather not say 1