Trina Nguyen

MAT25 · MAT12 · MATH106 · MAT11 · MAT35 · MATH65 · MATH080 · MATH25 · MATH05 · MATH53 · MAT65 · MAT53 · 29 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.7/5
Take again: 14.29%
Difficulty: 4.5

The decision

Avoid Trina Nguyen unless you can fully teach yourself math and have no other course options.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHard to understandAlways lateLots of ALEKS homeworkSelf-teach requiredAvoid at all costs

Students overwhelmingly struggle with her accent, , and chronic lateness.
Heavy ALEKS or online homework plus test-heavy grading forces self-teaching with little support.
Most recent and older reviews urge avoiding her math courses entirely.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Tough grading, test-heavy structure, and heavy ALEKS or .

Both online and in-person students report low grades and hard work; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Material is treated as simple math by some peers, but and fast pacing make content feel hard.

In-person and online both describe confusion; online stresses self-teaching even more.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

as mandatory, and missing class makes catching up very hard.

; online also reports required attendance or constant daily work.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

Would-take-again is very low and nearly .

Online and ; a few older positive outliers exist in person.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tags and comments repeatedly call her a and marks strictly.

Format shift

reports overall.

Workload

Overwhelming

15/100

Students describe hours of , and no time for other classes.

Format shift

Online reviews especially stress every-day assignments; and tests.

Teaching experience

Awful

20/100

Dominant themes are hard-to-understand lectures, lateness, disorganization, and forced self-teaching.

Format shift

In-person focuses on lateness and accent; online focuses on useless Zoom and zero teaching support.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Test-heavy and exams.

Format shift

; online uses ALEKS quizzes heavily.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews hammer chronic lateness, unclear lectures, language barrier, withheld grades, and .

Main concern

Late , and grades hidden until late.

What students said

“The lectures were long and heavy, not a if you're willing to give yourself a hard time.”
MAT25

“This teacher likes to brag about how many people fail her class (no joke).”
MATH25

“Can't understand her, a lot of teaching yourself, arrives late, no textbook, but you are required to purchase Aleks.”
MAT25

Remote format

Online

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students report , and feeling set up to fail or drop.

Main concern

Massive workload with and .

What students said

“ ! Pretty much sets you up for failure.”
MAT25

“I found it easier to not watch the lectures and instead from the hw.”
MAT12

“This teacher does not explain the course material and .”
MAT25

Exam style

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Exams and quizzes are high-stakes and unforgiving, with little open-book friendliness reported.

Test heavyClosed-book style rules mentionedShow all workALEKS quizzes

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments mention no notes or calculator on some exams and .

Test heavyNo notes or calculator (reported)Show all workGrades late

“Does not let you use notes, calculator or phone, and you need to show all your work to get credit.”
MAT65

“She will not put in any grades from the the semester.”
MATH25

Online

Online reviews stress heavy quizzes and but .

ALEKS homework and quizzesDaily assignments

“Was literally studying and . No way I was going to pass.”
MAT25

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Ms. Nguyen, if : PLEASE switch professions. What you read here is exactly what you get.”
Voice snapshots generated from 29 reviews, highlighting teaching failures, lateness, and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

20/100

“ , and .”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

16/100

“ happy.”

📚 Workload Crush

15/100

“Lots of work from just 1 class. Was literally studying and .”

⏰ Chronic Lateness

20/100

“This professor is a piece of work, she will show up late, her record time so far is 25 minutes late.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

It is so hard to understand her
She struggles to teach the
Can't understand her, a lot of teaching yourself

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

This teacher likes to brag about how many people fail her class
Half class left and 80 percent that stay got and F

Theme 3

📦 About Workload

required to purchase Aleks where you will spend 3 hours doing homework & quizzes
Tons of hw & you have to pay $100 for the program
My ENG and RDG together is way less work!

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

29 reviews spanning many years with consistent negative themes on teaching, lateness, and workload.

Inside 29 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52

4 out of 53

3 out of 51

2 out of 51

1 out of 522

Course coverage

MAT259 reviews

MAT124 reviews

MATH253 reviews

MATH653 reviews

MAT352 reviews

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

25 reported outcomes

A range

A 2

B range

B+ 2 · B 4

C range

C+ 2 · C 2 · C- 1

D range

D- 1

F

F 1

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 6 · Not_Sure_Yet 2