Carlos De La Lama

MATH116 · MATH141 · MATH150 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 74/100
RMP rating: 4.0/5
Take again: 100%
Difficulty: 4.4

The decision

if you will treat calculus as a full-time job and carefully follow every pretest and .

Best fit · Effort For RewardHard But RewardingTest HeavyAccessible Outside ClassClear Grading CriteriaOnline Savvy

Most students who put in heavy weekly work earn A grades and .
; homework and MyMathLab practice are the path to success.
One older and unhelpful responses under stress.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

As are common when students grind pretests and homework, but the path is long hours of deliberate practice.

Online reviews report A grades after heavy work; .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

30/100

Calc and related math are described as very difficult with high weekly time and test pressure.

Both online and in-person comments emphasize high difficulty.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

45/100

and warn skipping hurts; others say not mandatory.

; in-person often not provided.

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

88/100

Would-take-again is 100 percent among those who answered, praising accessibility and reward despite difficulty.

Strong yes signals are strongest in recent online MATH150 reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

and pretest alignment help strong students earn A, but .

Format shift

; older in-person critique is harsher.

Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students report 16-20 and pretest practice.

Format shift

Heavy-load detail comes mainly from online COVID-era MATH150.

Teaching experience

Good

72/100

, and responsive, though one review says he is inconsiderate under struggle.

Format shift

Recent online reviews are more positive than the 2008 critique.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

75/100

, and finals dominating outcomes.

Format shift

Online tags Test heavy; .

Luni fit check

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

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person listings still describe hard math and , but one older review calls test expectations unrealistic.

Main concern

What students said

“anytime you have questions if well, and as busy as he is, he makes time for you.”
MATH141

“His expectations were extremely unrealistic for tests. 30 multi part questions in 1.5 to 2 hours?”
MATH116

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online MATH150 rewards careful reading of directions, heavy weekly practice, and mastering TI-84 shortcuts; and many earn A.

Main concern

Workload can hit 16-20 hours per week and skipping pace or pretests hurts.

What students said

“Took me 16-20 hrs/wk for an A. I had no prior exp. in Calc, and I'm no math genius. Very difficult, but very rewarding.”
MATH150

“The tests and and homework.”
MATH150

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams closely match pretests and homework but can be long timed multi-part assessments.

Pretest Aligned ExamsTimed Multi-Part TestsTest Heavy

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

One review describes unrealistic timed multi-part exams with many questions in under two hours.

Timed Multi-Part Tests

“30 multi part questions in 1.5 to 2 hours? Not possible.”
MATH116

Online

Online tests and finals mirror pretests and homework when students practice carefully.

Pretest Aligned ExamsTest Heavy

“ALWAYS do the exams.”
MATH150

“The tests and and homework.”
MATH150

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Very difficult, but very rewarding.”
Voice snapshots generated from 5 reviews (3 online, 2 in-person), highlighting effort-reward themes. Credibility rating: Medium.

💪 Effort For A

42/100

“Took me 16-20 hrs/wk for an A.”

👍

88/100

“Yes”

📧 Accessibility

72/100

“if well”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Online Savvy

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Very difficult, but very rewarding.
Took me 16-20 hrs/wk for an A.
The tests and and homework.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Concerns

His expectations were extremely unrealistic for tests.
if you tell him you are having a hard time

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Five reviews from 2008-2022 with consistent hard-but-rewarding themes and three reported A grades support medium confidence.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53

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1 out of 50

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

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A 3

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F

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Carlos De La Lama

x x if you will treat calculus as a full-time job and carefully follow every pretest and x x.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Varies

MustTake

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

💪 Effort For A

👍 x x x

📧 Accessibility

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

⚠️ About Concerns

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

if you will treat calculus as a full-time job and carefully follow every pretest and .

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