AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Gary Kirby

MATH8 · MATH253 · MATH124 · MATH351 · MATH353 · MATH7 · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.2/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

if you will attend , and want math explained through theory rather than shortcuts.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLots of HomeworkTest HeavyMandatory AttendanceTheory-Heavy LecturesPolarizing
  • Workload and ; skip class and you risk failing or being dropped
  • Students who do the homework and show up often pass with fair partial credit
  • Many remedial , and demotivating

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

An A is possible if and tests, but comments stress moderate-to-hard effort rather than an easy A.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Average difficulty near 4 with proof-heavy lectures and remedial levels.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Tags and comments say skip class and you will not pass; .

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

52/100

if they work hard, but many older reviews call teaching inadequate or awful.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

Gives partial credit for correct reasoning and is called a .

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Repeated lots-of-homework tags, weekly problem piles, in-class worksheets, and frequent quizzes.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

and why-based teaching; others call lectures rambling and inadequate for remedial math.

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Test-heavy courses with daily short quizzes, midterms, and finals; .

Format shift

All evidence is in-person.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

19 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

- and test-heavy with ; strong students who grind succeed, while many remedial students report confusion and high dropout.

Main concern

, and theory-heavy lectures overwhelm weaker or busy students.

What students said

“The amount of , but practice makes perfect!”
MATH353
“The course is very test heavy and requires a lot of attention if you're not good at math.”
MATH124
“He assigns anywhere from 100-150 homework problems per week and .”
MATH253

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Regular short quizzes, multiple tests, and and book problems with standard in-person expectations.

Frequent QuizzesMidterms and FinalsTest HeavyQuestions From Homework/Book

Assessment risk

Standard

45/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Daily quizzes, midterms, and finals; questions often from book and homework; .

Frequent QuizzesMidterms and FinalsTest HeavyBook/Homework-Based Questions
“A short quiz is given every class (about 3 questions) and he drops your lowest 7 scores.”
MATH351
“The course is very test heavy and requires a lot of attention if you're not good at math.”
MATH124
“ and homework.”
253

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you show up, and do the work there should be no reason you fail.”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 , and polarized teaching. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Heavy Workload

22/100

“The amount of , but practice makes perfect!”

🎯 Teaching Polarization

48/100

“Gary Kirby is simply awful. He must not understand that he's teaching a remedial class.”

⚖️ Fair If You Grind

58/100

“Professor Kirby is a . Even if your answer is if the reasoning/development is correct.”

📍

12/100

“Professor , if you don't show up or .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • teaches you how to think mathematically not memorize
  • He spends at least 45 minutes a class period on the complicated proofs
  • He does not know how to teach beginning math

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Work moderately hard, you'll get an A
  • 100-150 homework problems per week
  • Do the work, you'll get the grade

Theme 3

📅

  • Skip class? You won't pass.
  • if you don't show up or

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

19 detailed in-person reviews spanning 2014-2017 with , and polarized teaching quality.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 57
3 out of 51
2 out of 55
1 out of 52

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

3

A 3

B range

2

B+ 1 · B 1

C range

1

C 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

3

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 1