AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Linda Nguyen

MATH120 · MATH253 · MATH353 · 4 lifetime ratings

AI rating
12/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
4.8

The decision

Avoid this professor; find another math instructor if and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProHorrible LecturesTough GraderTest HeavyLots of HomeworkAbsent Online
  • Students report where she gets lost and laughs at questions.
  • and many drops.
  • ; online section described as instructor-absent.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

Tough grading, D+ outcomes, and .

Both online and ; in-person also cites misaligned tests.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

10/100

Content and pace feel extremely hard, with and .

Difficulty is high across formats; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

and skipping is framed as a path to failing.

; online evidence is limited.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

5/100

Every detailed and urges students to pick someone else.

and in person.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

15/100

and little leniency beyond occasional .

Format shift

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Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Students report lots of , and .

Format shift

Workload complaints dominate in-person; online also tags lots of homework.

Teaching experience

Awful

12/100

Reviews describe lost lectures, laughter at stuck students, and an absent online presence.

Format shift

In-person focuses on bad lectures; online focuses on no teaching presence.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Test-heavy tags and comments emphasize tough exams plus heavy homework that still does not prepare for tests.

Format shift

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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

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person math sections are lecture-heavy, test-heavy, and and misaligned exams.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Tons of students dropped her through out the year because her lectures are just horrible.”
MATH353
“Her lectures do not at all reflect what is on the tests.”
MATH253
“ and lost easily. She also assigns A LOT of homework”
MATH253

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online MATH120 was described as instructor-absent with slow vague emails and no real teaching.

Main concern

Near-zero presence and support across the semester.

What students said

“Instructor Nguyen(Steinberg) is entirely absent throughout the semester. She has a terrible response time to emails and is very vague in her responses”
MATH120

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard and often do not match lectures, with little student-friendly design mentioned.

Test HeavyTough TestsMisaligned Exams

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and poorly aligned with lectures; is sometimes offered.

Tough TestsLecture-Test MismatchExtra Credit
“Her lectures do not at all reflect what is on the tests.”
MATH253
“ , but does give .”
MATH253

Online

Online review is test-heavy but .

Test Heavy
“ if you are seeking to learn anything.”
MATH120

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . Tons of students dropped her through out the year because her lectures are just horrible.”

Voice snapshots generated from 4 reviews spanning 2015-2020, , and format differences. Credibility rating: Medium.

📉 Teaching Quality

12/100

“She seems Lost whenever a students asks questions and she just laughs if someone says theyre stuck.”

🚫 Recommendation Rate

5/100

“ !”

📚 Workload Pain

18/100

“She also assigns A LOT of homework and only picks 10 problems from the 60-70 she assigns to actually grade.”

💻 Online Absence

10/100

“To call her a teacher is laughable. Perhaps, a paycheck grabber is more appropriate.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • her lectures are just horrible
  • and lost easily
  • She seems Lost whenever a students asks questions

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • , but does give
  • Her lectures do not at all reflect what is on the tests

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • entirely absent throughout the semester
  • terrible response time to emails
  • very vague in her responses

Data context

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Analysis sample

4

Recent reviews read by the AI

4

Lifetime ratings

48/100

Evidence confidence

Only four detailed reviews from 2015-2020, but they are highly consistent on poor teaching and .

Inside 4 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 50
4 out of 50
3 out of 51
2 out of 50
1 out of 53

Course coverage

MATH2532 reviews
MATH1201 review
MATH3531 review

Reported outcomes

D range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

2

D+ 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Rather not say 1