AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Scott Douglas

MATH205 · MATH120 · MATH135 · MATH110 · MATH140 · STATS · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
32/100
RMP rating
2.6/5
Take again
33.33%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already excel in math and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTests Harder Than HomeworkLots of HomeworkTough GraderNice Guy Bad FitTest Heavy
  • Many students say and feel unfairly hard
  • Heavy homework plus test-heavy grading often tanks grades despite effort
  • and caring, but

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even hard workers report Ds and , so an A is not easy.

Both online and and grade risk.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Stats, calc, and precalc feel hard with and .

Online adds self-teaching burden; in person adds illegible board work for some.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

40/100

Several tags and comments imply skipping hurts, though .

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

33/100

About one-third would take again; many .

Online reviews are especially negative on recommendation.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

, and hard tests that do not match practice.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

22/100

and heavily weighted tests.

Format shift

and in person.

Teaching experience

Average

42/100

; others say handwriting, self-teaching, and weak Q&A hurt learning.

Format shift

Online complaints focus on teaching yourself; in person is more mixed.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests often dominate grade weight with quizzes and .

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

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In person he is often called a and exams that feel harder than class work.

Main concern

Illegible notes, hidden overall grades, and .

What students said

“ homework.”
MATH140
“ , and doesn't let you use study guides or cheats on tests.”
STATS
“The .”
MATH120

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students report interactive lectures but warn of , and .

Main concern

Online tests may not match textbook material and .

What students said

“ in the textbook, and we have to practically teach ourselves”
MATH135
“almost at the end of the semester, he switched the and it really affected my grades.”
MATH110

Exam style

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Exams are frequently described as .

Tests harder than homeworkNo study guides on testsTest heavyMismatched exams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and diverge from lectures and homework.

No study guidesTest heavyHardest section problems
“ homework.”
MATH140
“doesn't let you use study guides or .”
STATS

Online

Online students say tests do not match textbook material and .

Mismatched testsSelf-teach material
“ in the textbook”
MATH135

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 reviews, , and mixed teaching. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“don't do it! .”

📝

25/100

“The .”

📚 Heavy Workload

22/100

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👍 Recommendation

33/100

“ .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's really funny and a great person but .
  • By far the most understandable math teacher I had at Palomar.
  • we have to practically teach ourselves

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Takes pride in .
  • Lots of .
  • he switched the and it really affected my grades.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Frustrations

  • he hides your overall grade from you.
  • He has very bad handwriting so when he would lecture and write, nothing was legible.
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

68/100

Evidence confidence

11 reviews across 2015-2025 with mixed polarity but consistent heavy-work and .

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 53
3 out of 52
2 out of 50
1 out of 55

Course coverage

MATH1203 reviews
MATH1102 reviews
MATH1402 reviews
STATS2 reviews
MATH1351 review
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MATH2051 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

9 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 2

B range

0

No reported values

C range

1

C 1

D range

2

D+ 1 · D 1

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

3

Not sure yet 3