AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Evan Snyder

MAT12 · 57 lifetime ratings

AI rating
9/100
RMP rating
1.1/5
Take again
8.77%
Difficulty
4.9

The decision

do not take Snyder for Calc 2 if you need a fair, learnable path to a passing grade.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderTest heavyLots of homeworkExams mismatch homeworkNo curve
  • Nearly all reviews rate quality 1 with extreme difficulty and .
  • Exams are widely said to be far harder and .
  • , and little helpful teaching leave many students with D/F outcomes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

6/100

Even heavy study often yields D/F grades; students say and there is .

Almost all evidence is online; the .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

5/100

Calc 2 content is treated as extremely hard with rushed lectures and tests beyond class practice.

Both formats report extreme difficulty; online volume dominates.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

72/100

, though a minority say attendance is graded and he arrives late.

Online comments mostly ; a .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

8/100

and comments repeatedly say take anyone else.

Recommendation is near-zero online; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

6/100

Tough grader tags, no curves, no , and many F/D outcomes despite effort.

Format shift

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Workload

Overwhelming

8/100

Students report pages of , and .

Format shift

Workload complaints are almost entirely from online MAT-12 reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

8/100

Students say he rushes, , and fails to teach to the test.

Format shift

Online reviews dominate and are almost uniformly awful.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Exams and while homework and .

Format shift

Online syllabus notes frequently cite exams as 40%+ and finals similarly large.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

risk and weak instructional support.

Main concern

, but they still warn of C-or-lower outcomes and unhelpful labs.

What students said

“Take unless you want C or nothing.”
MAT-12
“maths degrees gets you jobs. getting a PHD will help lol”
MAT-12

Remote format

Online

48 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Overwhelmingly negative online Calc 2 experience: , and frequent failing grades.

Main concern

and little support when students struggle.

What students said

“Knowing concepts in this class will not get you an A in this class. During class time or but only on tests it's always few steps further which students have never been exposed to.”
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“Exams are so difficult and not even similar to anything he lectures on.”
MAT-12
“Toughest professor in the world, now I understand all the red comments, if you do decide to take him best of luck , you will need it.”
MAT-12

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are described as much harder than classwork, poorly aligned with study guides, and uncurved.

Test heavyExams unlike homeworkNo curveTrick questionsStudy guide mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

12/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

but still warn of harsh outcomes and .

Harsh outcomesUnhelpful labs
“Take unless you want C or nothing.”
MAT-12

Online

harder than homework/reviews, sometimes trick-oriented, with .

Exams unlike homeworkNo curveTrick questionsStudy guide mismatch
“They are not from his reviews or from hw. Some questions are intended to trick students.”
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“Please know that if is old and turn homework in there. Much of the exams have no correlation to study prep.”
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“on exams it was not the case problems we did in class were nothing .”
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Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Knowing concepts in this class will not get you an A in this class. During class time or but only on tests it's always few steps further which students have never been exposed to.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (48 online, 2 in and grade risk. Credibility rating: High.

💥

12/100

“Exams are so difficult and not even similar to anything he lectures on. I put hours into studying, could solve ANY problem in the textbook, and still got 78 on exams (which he said was VERY GOOD)”

📉 Teaching Quality

8/100

“The guy is cool but he don't know how to teach, he expect you to .”

🚫 Recommendation

8/100

“Make a wish and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he is not good at teaching
  • he always rushing through the course
  • His calc 2 class was and walking around

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Toughest professor ever meet.
  • no curves, no
  • half class dropped due to exams

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

  • he gives a lot of homework, so be ready to work on it for like 8 hours
  • parts to it
  • lots of work

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

57

Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty highly consistent recent reviews with , and failing grades give strong confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 52
1 out of 553

Course coverage

MAT-1250 reviews

Reported outcomes

F results lead the reported letter grades.

48 reported outcomes

A range

1

A 1

B range

3

B 3

C range

11

C+ 3 · C 5 · C- 3

D range

10

D+ 8 · D- 2

F

21

F 21

No letter grade reported

2

Audit/No Grade 1 · Rather not say 1