AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Brian Jean

STATS1510 · MATHB22 · STAT1500 · STATS200 · STATS · STAT1510 · CALC2100 · STATISTICS · 31 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
27.27%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

if you are strong in , and are ready for heavy work and strict grading.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerVery Hard WorkloadTest HeavyTough GraderPolarizing TeacherSelf-Teaching Needed
  • Reviews are sharply divided, but many students describe the course as , and unforgiving.
  • Positive reviews say students can succeed with heavy effort, study sessions, and asking questions.
  • Online and tests, and inconsistent help.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

31/100

An A is possible, but comments repeatedly say it takes serious studying, participation, self-teaching, and persistence.

Online reviews show a few A outcomes but emphasize weekly work, while and grading.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

23/100

The math and statistics content is consistently described as difficult, fast, and often requiring students to teach themselves.

Both formats are challenging, with online students blaming video-based self-teaching and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

Some reviews mark attendance mandatory and participation important, while .

Online attendance is mixed and sometimes not mandatory, while as required.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

31/100

The low recommendation rate is driven , and harsh test complaints.

Online reviews are mixed but still risky, while .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

24/100

Many students call him a tough grader and as costly.

Format shift

adding the strongest test and failure warnings.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Students repeatedly mention lots of , and heavy studying.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize weekly homework and quizzes, while , and projects.

Teaching experience

Poor

42/100

Some students praise his help and rigor, but many describe him as vague, unhelpful, rude, or poor at explaining.

Format shift

Online reviews mention videos and response issues, while and more emotionally negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Reviews often , and projects, with exams carrying major risk.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize weekly quizzes and tests, while and hard finals.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

23 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews are polarizing, with some praising rigor and help but and .

Main concern

Many students say and not aligned with class examples.

What students said

“ !”
CALC2100
“if you are not a mathematical genius this class is brutal.”
MATHB22
“if you're willing to do the work and show up to lecture you should be fine.”
STATS1510

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews , and a difficult self-directed structure.

Main concern

Students often feel they must teach themselves while handling heavy weekly work.

What students said

“Every week , and a quiz.”
MATHB22
“LOTS of work. Taking this class online was rough, but I pretty much managed to using the video examples.”
MATHB22
“He's quite vague so my only !”
STAT1510

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and difficult testing, with , and a comprehensive final mentioned.

Test HeavyPop QuizzesHard TestsMidterm Review MentionedComprehensive Final Mentioned

Assessment risk

Strict

25/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews , and a comprehensive final, but do not clearly prove open-book or closed-book rules.

Test HeavyPop QuizzesHard TestsComprehensive Final
“ ”
CALC2100
“Examples provided in class are not representative of his tests.”
CALC2100
“I liked him a great deal but and .”
STATS

Online

Online reviews mention weekly quizzes, tests, and a midterm review but do not clearly .

Weekly QuizzesTestsMidterm ReviewNo Clear Proctoring Policy
“Every week , and a quiz.”
MATHB22
“ and video notes every week.”
MATHB22
“creates a real time video for review before a midterm”
STATS1510

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He is a hard teacher, don't get me wrong, but it's because this is a college course that is transferable to CSU's and UC's.”

Voice snapshots generated from 31 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and polarized teaching. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

42/100

“He really works with you and you can tell he cares about your success, but he's no softy.”

📉 Recommendation Risk

31/100

“ !”

⚖️

24/100

“You make one small error and you get reamed for it.”

Theme 1

📚 About Workload

  • LOTS of work.
  • Be prepared to WORK.
  • This class has beyond prepared me to accomplish literally any tough obstacle in college.

Theme 2

🧪 About Tests and Quizzes

  • Examples provided in class are not representative of his tests.
  • and video notes every week.
  • His tests are relatively really easy, which is similar to the .

Theme 3

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • You have to be able to teach yourself.
  • He is a good teacher he tries he best to help you understand the .
  • He was of no help to me whatsoever.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

31

Recent reviews read by the AI

31

Lifetime ratings

94/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-one reviews over a long time span provide rich, consistent evidence about difficulty, workload, testing, and polarized teaching quality.

Inside 31 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 56
3 out of 52
2 out of 54
1 out of 510

Course coverage

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CALC21003 reviews
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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

4

A 4

B range

5

B+ 1 · B 2 · B- 2

C range

2

C+ 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

1

Drop/Withdrawal 1