AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Steven Gallo

MATH01 · MATH038A · STATS012 · MATH80 · MATH012 · MATH12 · MATH20 · MATH38B · MATH92G · MATH90 · MATH82 · MATH087 · MATH001 · 116 lifetime ratings

AI rating
42/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
47.73%
Difficulty
3.4

The decision

Avoid Gallo online; in person only if and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProExam Retake LifelineDocuShare Practice KeysOnline Chaos RiskLecture Clarity IssuesTest Heavy Math
  • In person many students pass via practice exams on DocuShare and .
  • Online and pandemic , and self-taught.
  • , so lecture confusion and heavy weekly work punish unprepared students.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

54/100

Retakes and , but and tough content still demand real study time.

; online still yields some As only through extreme self-study grind.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Stats and finite math feel fast and abstract, and many students needed tutoring or taught themselves.

Both formats call the material hard; online adds organizational friction.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

48/100

, but many tags and comments say skipping leaves you lost on new material.

Online attendance is often optional; .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

47/100

; in-person success stories balance strong run-away-from-online warnings.

Online recommendation is near zero; .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

56/100

and easy homework credit help, but and occasional tough rounding keep grading only moderately lenient.

Format shift

; online grading still feels harsh due to volume.

Workload

Heavy

32/100

Students report , and occasional last-minute assignment dumps.

Format shift

Online workload spikes are extreme; .

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Personality and , yet many call lectures confusing, monotone, or absent online.

Format shift

In-person teaching is mixed; online teaching quality collapses for most reviewers.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Exams commonly form 75 to 90 percent of the grade, with and .

Format shift

; online multiplies the number of timed tests.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

, and humor help many, while unclear monotone lectures force tutoring for others.

Main concern

and lectures that many say require teaching yourself.

What students said

“He ! He is very funny and the class is not stressful.”
MATH12
“PREPARE TO TEACH YOURSELF. He confuses himself every 5 minutes.”
MATH12
“Tests (5+1final) are worth 90% of your grade.”
MATH12

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are overwhelmingly negative about late posts, missing lectures, heavy weekly piles, and poor communication.

Main concern

Unpredictable due dates, little instruction, and .

What students said

“The . and changes due dates multiple times.”
MATH20
“ . I had to learn everything by myself because he didn't give any lectures.”
MATH12
“He posts the homework and but never on a specific date or time.”
MATH12

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams mirror posted practice sets and , but they dominate the grade and can feel relentless.

Exam RetakesDocuShare Practice ExamsTest HeavyTI-84 NeededMultiple Exams Plus Final

Assessment risk

Standard

52/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person exams closely match DocuShare practice tests and if you attend and prepare.

DocuShare Practice ExamsRetakes AllowedAbout 90 Percent Exam Weight
“ found on Professor Gallos docushare. He even .”
MATH12
“Tests (5+1final) are worth 90% of your grade.”
MATH12

Online

Online students face many weekly exams with a few tries, little lecture support, and inconsistent release timing.

Multiple Weekly Exams3 Tries CommonPearson MyLabNo Reliable Lectures
“In total 8 exams(75% of grade) like 23 homework (10%) and Final Exam (15%).”
MATH12
“you get 3 tries for each of your exams and the Final.”
MATH12

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . ... because of COVID we are online and use MYLAB from PEARSON LEARNING to teach ourselves and it's so awful”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, contrasting strong in-person retake support with consistently negative online organization themes. Credibility rating: High.

⭐ Teaching Quality

48/100

“Gallo is a great professor. and thorough durring his lectures. Great personality.”

💻

15/100

“ . I had to learn everything by myself because he didn't give any lectures.”

🔁

70/100

“ . You can definitely bring an F to an A.”

📚 Workload Pressure

32/100

“last week of class he added 17 assignments, 5 exams on top of what was already due”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He's funny so he keeps what could be a boring subject entertaining
  • lectures as if hes talking to himself
  • PREPARE TO TEACH YOURSELF

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Tests are worth 90% of your grade
  • Easy A if you study the homework/study guide for 1-2 hours

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • changes due dates multiple times
  • Didn't give any lectures
  • hasnt contacted us in over a month

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

116

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across years show a stable split pattern: workable in person with .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 531
4 out of 527
3 out of 520
2 out of 59
1 out of 529

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

41 reported outcomes

A range

17

A+ 5 · A 11 · A- 1

B range

10

B+ 3 · B 6 · B- 1

C range

6

C+ 1 · C 5

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

8

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 2