AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Jennifer Carlin-Goldberg

MATH1A · MATH150A · MATH150B · MATH25 · MATH4 · MATH15 · MATH155 · COS126 · MATH151 · MATH1B · 56 lifetime ratings

AI rating
29/100
RMP rating
2.2/5
Take again
36.84%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the material well and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerTough graderLots of homeworkConfusing lecturesTest heavyExams harder than review
  • Students often must self-teach because .
  • Homework and graded strictly.
  • and accessible, but many still rate teaching and fairness poorly.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

As are possible with huge effort, but , and no reliable curve make high grades costly.

; online also notes typos and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

24/100

Stats and calc content plus unclear lectures force constant outside YouTube or textbook rescue.

In-person MATH25 and MATH15 comments are especially harsh on intellectual load; online similar.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Attendance is repeatedly listed mandatory with skip-class-you-won't-pass tags and weekly quizzes.

Online and and participation.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

34/100

Would-take-again is under 40 percent; most detailed .

A minority of online and and passion.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

Tough grader is a dominant tag; little curve and letter bump.

Format shift

In-person calculus and stats comments are the harshest; a .

Workload

Heavy

20/100

Multiple long homeworks weekly, labs, and for many.

Format shift

and in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Personality and accessibility get praise, but , and .

Format shift

; online is mixed but .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

74/100

Grade , and finals more than low-stakes practice, with heavy HW still required.

Format shift

; most others describe hard in-class tests.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews dominate and are mostly negative on clarity and , patience, and free textbook access.

Main concern

Study guides and examples often , and .

What students said

“You basically have to teach yourself everything, and she gives out 3 homework's each week with each homework having around 15-25 questions.”
MATH25
“ .”
MATH15
“she'll show you one or two easy examples for a given concept, then assign 20-30+ homework problems that are nothing like the examples she gave.”
MATH1A
“I now love statistics and have already taken another stats class because of her passion, patience and relatability.”
MATH15

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections draw sharp complaints about unorganized Zoom lectures, useless packets, and COVID-era fans of her care.

Main concern

Class time often reviews what you already self-studied, so .

What students said

“Her zoom lectures were her repeating what she had already assigned before class, except worse.”
MATH15
“She doesn't teach at all Her class consist of , and studying the chapter and ”
MATH15
“Jennifer was a great, caring instructor. and .”
MATH15

Exam style

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Exams and large quizzes come often, feel harder than reviews or homework, and are graded strictly with .

Test heavyHarder than reviewWeekly quizzesHarsh gradingStudy guides mismatch

Assessment risk

Strict

34/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tougher than examples or review sheets, with and limited makeups.

Exams every two weeksHarder than study guideNo makeupsWeekly quizzes
“ on study guide.”
MATH25
“Shes tough on tests, no make ups even if .”
MATH155

Online

Online exams are described as poorly worded with typos, heavy weight, and weak alignment to lectures.

Hard examsPoor wordingTest heavy
“ , and I found numerous typos in them.”
MATH15
“ and do not relate to the .”
155

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews across stats and calc courses, balancing harsh majority themes with minority praise. Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Clarity

30/100

“ .”

📚

20/100

“You basically have to teach yourself everything, and she gives out 3 homework's each week with each homework having around 15-25 questions.”

📝

28/100

“ on study guide.”

❤️ Caring Side

70/100

“Jennifer was a great, caring instructor. and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • .
  • She constantly gets off-topic in lectures and then blames the students for being behind.
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The hardest class I've ever taken.
  • she pulls the hardest possible questions for the tests.
  • Do not expect a if you are close to the next letter grade.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • and open to helping.
  • Jennifer was probably the nicest professor that I ever had at SRJC.
  • She's a delightful crazy cat lady, whose one true soul mate is Statistics.

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

56

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years show a durable pattern of , and clarity complaints despite personal kindness.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 57
3 out of 53
2 out of 57
1 out of 530

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

36 reported outcomes

A range

10

A+ 1 · A 6 · A- 3

B range

7

B+ 1 · B 5 · B- 1

C range

5

C 2 · C- 3

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

13

Drop/Withdrawal 4 · Not sure yet 7 · Pass 1 · Rather not say 1