AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Brian Ridpath

MATHD · CALC2 · MATH13 · STATISTICS · MATH31 · 8 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Avoid if possible; you and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnprepared LecturesHard TestsOff-Topic StoriesHeavy HomeworkConfusing Exams
  • Lectures often waste time on stories and unprepared example problems.
  • Exams and .
  • Online reviews are especially negative; but still weak.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and untaught exam items mean an A requires serious independent grind.

Online reviews stress broken exams; and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Math content plus incomplete teaching and .

Both formats report difficulty, with .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

25/100

Online reviews state attendance is mandatory; but class time is treated as required.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

15/100

and recent comments , and wasted lecture time.

Online reviews are strongly negative; but rarely enthusiastic.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

Students say he grades hard and .

Format shift

; .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Heavy homework plus multi-hour take-home tests dominate student complaints.

Format shift

In-person reviews emphasize workload; online reviews emphasize bad exams.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

He is often called nice, but lectures are unprepared, off-topic, and .

Format shift

Online and .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

74/100

Hard tests and scaffolding.

Format shift

Both formats emphasize difficult exams.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

6 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person students call him nice but , and hard or time-consuming tests.

Main concern

Lectures leave too little teaching time for the heavy workload.

What students said

“Half the class seamed like it was story telling time.”
MATHD
“ 8 hours for .”
MATH31
“ and .”
MATH13

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

, and material on tests that was never taught.

Main concern

and untaught content make grades unpredictable.

What students said

“puts questions on the .”
MATHD
“ and at least one problem is guaranteed to be messed up.”
MATH13

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are difficult and sometimes flawed, with .

Hard TestsTake-Home ExamsUntaught MaterialExam Errors

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person students report hard tests and .

Hard TestsTake-Home ExamsHeavy Homework
“ 8 hours for .”
MATH31
“He has hard tests and .”
MATH13

Online

Online exams include broken problems and material never taught, with little accountability for mistakes.

Exam ErrorsUntaught ContentConfusing Online Lectures
“puts questions on the .”
MATHD
“he put 2 problems covering subjects we hadn't learned yet and then blew it off”
MATH13

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ and at least one problem is guaranteed to be messed up.”

Voice snapshots generated from 8 reviews (2 online, 6 in person), , and low recommendation. Credibility rating: Medium.

🚫 Teaching Quality

28/100

“Nice guy, but lectures are awful. He does not prepare examples before class so he spends a lot of time trying to figure out how to do his example problems.”

📝

20/100

“puts questions on the .”

📚 Heavy Workload

24/100

“ 8 hours for .”

👎 Recommendation

15/100

“This is not the .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Half the class seamed like it was story telling time
  • Spends at least 10 minutes talking about random things
  • tends to tell stories that are off topic majority of the class time

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and
  • He grades hard, but if you do your work, you can do well!

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • puts questions on the
  • at least one problem is guaranteed to be messed up
  • struggles to answer his own problems when actually teaching

Data context

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Analysis sample

8

Recent reviews read by the AI

8

Lifetime ratings

55/100

Evidence confidence

Eight reviews across many years and both formats show consistent lecture and , though detail depth varies.

Inside 8 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

MATH133 reviews
MATHD2 reviews
CALC21 review
MATH311 review
STATISTICS1 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

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A- 1

B range

0

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C range

0

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D range

0

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F

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