AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Austin Adams

MMATH161 · MATH161 · MMATH134 · STATS134 · MATH166 · MATH171 · CALCULUS1 · MATH134 · MATH172 · 89 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.5/5
Take again
61.11%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

if you will treat calc or stats as a full-time study load and use office hours aggressively.

Best fit · Effort For RewardTest HeavyLots of HomeworkPop QuizzesPolarizing TeachingPartial Credit on Exams
  • Exams often dominate the grade (roughly 70-90%) and .
  • Students split , and helpful versus unprepared and hard to learn from.
  • Online sections add Proctorio stress and heavy weekly work; .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Getting an A because tests outweigh weekly work and often feel harder than practice.

Online reviews stress exam weight and Proctorio more; partial-credit mercy.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Calc, trig, and stats content moves fast, and many students say lectures alone are not enough without serious outside study.

Both formats call the material hard; online students more often say they must teach themselves via videos or YouTube.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Most reviews mark attendance mandatory, with tags that skipping hurts your chance to pass.

A few in-person and online reviews say attendance was not mandatory, but the .

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

58/100

About six in , but praise for personality collides with and workload.

In-person fans emphasize humor and office hours; online reviews are cooler and more often discourage retaking.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

48/100

Some students praise partial credit and fairness, while and say small mistakes crush the score.

Format shift

In-person comments mention merciful partial credit more often; online comments lean tougher and privacy-invasive.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and test prep stack up, especially alongside other classes or a job.

Format shift

Online MATH134 reviews repeatedly stress crushing weekly work; in-person calc also reports heavy HW and long lectures.

Teaching experience

Average

55/100

, and approachable or say lectures do not prepare them and .

Format shift

; online reviews more often say lectures or PowerPoints were thin.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Multiple reviews say tests and homework and labs mattering far less.

Format shift

; online students also cite Proctorio and .

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person he is often kind and accessible, but lectures can feel slow or thin while and .

Main concern

and can sink the course despite a friendly personality.

What students said

“Even though his exams make up 90% of your grade, he is very merciful in the partial credit.”
MATH172
“I found I never picked up much material during his lectures, they were long and briefly went over topics.”
MATH171
“ . Adams personality is good, and he answers your questions. But .”
MATH134

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections feel work-heavy and , and uneven lecture support.

Main concern

Tests and , and some students report little real teaching online.

What students said

“Also makes you install and totally not stressful at all.”
MATH172
“SO MUCH work each week. if .”
MATH134
“He does not do anything and the courses online he doesn't even do .”
MATH134

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

homework, and online sections explicitly use Proctorio.

Test HeavyPop QuizzesProctorio OnlinePartial CreditHarder Than Homework

Assessment risk

Strict

36/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; some praise partial credit while others say exams exceed homework difficulty.

Test HeavyPop QuizzesPartial CreditHarder Than Homework
“Even though his exams make up 90% of your grade, he is very merciful in the partial credit.”
MATH172
“the than the ones on the homework.”
MATH166

Online

Online exams are high-stakes and several reviews explicitly report Proctorio or privacy-invasive proctoring.

ProctorioHigh Exam WeightHarder Than HW
“Also makes you install and totally not stressful at all.”
MATH172
“Uses protorio during exams which in my opinion invades your privacy.”
MATH134

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If you fully do all the homework and truly understand the concepts it's hard not to pass.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews spanning calc, stats, and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

55/100

“As a person, he was actually pretty chill and ; However, he was pretty useless in terms of help”

📝

36/100

“The tests and the final are a combined 90% of your grade. The tests are much harder than what the study guides and .”

📚 Workload Load

28/100

“ if you also taking a lot of other courses or have a job or kids. SO MUCH work each week.”

👍 Recommendation Split

58/100

“If you're taking a math class, get this professor! He is super funny, cares a lot about his students, and answers any and all questions.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He knows his math well and conveys it pretty clearly to the class
  • he SUCKS at teaching and you would fail in his class
  • His lectures are short and to the point.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • than the ones on the homework
  • you can get every problem wrong but still pass if you try
  • , so that removes a lot of stress.

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • Prof. Adams was a great guy, but his teaching wasn't the best.
  • Super nice!! Always helpful.
  • Austin Adams is the best!! He's so funny!

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

89

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across many years and courses, with , and a split on teaching quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 538
4 out of 515
3 out of 58
2 out of 512
1 out of 517

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

47 reported outcomes

A range

10

A 7 · A- 3

B range

10

B+ 4 · B 6

C range

7

C 7

D range

1

D- 1

F

3

F 3

No letter grade reported

16

Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 4