AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Michael Nava

MATHM15 · M25B · MATHM25B · M25AH · MATH15 · M125B · MATHM16A · M15 · M25A · MATHM25AH · STATSM01 · 113 lifetime ratings

AI rating
21/100
RMP rating
2.0/5
Take again
28.07%
Difficulty
4.2

The decision

if you can; only self-motivated students with huge weekly hours should risk his calc or stats courses.

Best fit · Self Taught ProKnewton Alta Self-TeachUngraded Hours of HomeworkGrade on Few TestsCheating Paranoia ProctoringOverwhelming Drop Rates
  • Most students say he does not teach and
  • while a few tests and
  • Online proctoring and cheating accusations add stress on top of already heavy work

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

A few students pass with massive weekly hours, but and grade risk on few assessments.

Online comments stress ungraded HW plus test gates; .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Calc and stats feel overwhelming due to pace, volume, and minimal instruction rather than pure concept beauty.

Both formats call the load extreme; online 8-week sections are especially brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

42/100

Many sections list attendance mandatory and , while .

In-person more often mandatory; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

and repeated avoid-at-all-costs language dominate, despite a small positive minority.

Avoid language is strongest online; a .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

24/100

, and frequent cheating accusations.

Format shift

Online cheating paranoia is extreme; .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Students report 10-30 hours weekly of Alta and projects, much of it ungraded yet required to access exams.

Format shift

Online daily Alta loads are the worst; .

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Common theme is no real teaching, delayed or unhelpful emails, and demotivating anti-cheat focus.

Format shift

Online teaching is nearly nonexistent; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

86/100

A small set of entire grade.

Format shift

Both formats are graded by few things; .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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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

and difficulty, with a minority calling him funny and fair if you participate.

Main concern

, and an unsupportive high-pressure environment.

What students said

“I'm genuinely saying this for .”
MATHM15
“This professor will ruin your life; .”
M25B
“As long as you participate and show up to class he is very helpful and fair.”
MATHM15

Remote format

Online

27 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online calc and stats are widely called self-taught with massive , and strict anti-cheating tools.

Main concern

Honorlock or , and grade collapses from a couple of exams.

What students said

“Requires honor lock for side view while .”
M25B
“110% self taught, 15 hours of grade.”
MATHM16A
“He does nothing; he doesn't teach the class; YouTube teaches the class.”
MATHM16A

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and online proctoring tools; not student-friendly.

Honorlock ProctoringExtra Side CameraKnewton Alta ReviewsFew High-Stakes TestsShow All Work Strictly

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and large projects, with limited partial-credit goodwill reported.

Test HeavyHarsh ProjectsNotecard Sometimes Allowed
“also ”
M25B
“The your grade, 150 points each.”
MATH15

Online

extension, sometimes with an extra side camera, and heavy anti-cheat scrutiny.

HonorlockExtra Camera Side ViewProctoring ExtensionTests Similar to Alta Review
“Requires honor lock for side view while .”
M25B
“Made us use a proctoring extension(has 1 star review) for .”
M25B

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . 2-3 Knewton Alta assignments/day.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, weighting dominant self-teach and overload themes while noting sparse positive outliers. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“He doesn't teach anything; everything is from YouTube or Knewton.”

👎 Recommendation

24/100

“ !!”

📚 Overwhelming Workload

12/100

“20+ hours a week for hw that doesnt count.”

🔒 Strict Proctoring

28/100

“Requires honor lock for side view while .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Prepare to teach yourself entirely
  • he often blew me off and said ill figure it out
  • Professor Nava is one of the funniest human beings I've ever met

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Your entire and a project
  • Most of the class dropped before the course ended
  • if you put in the effort, you can get a good grade

Theme 3

💻 About Online Tools

  • Knewton Alta does suck and there is a lot of work
  • He is obsessed over assuming everyone is cheating
  • and test reviews

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

113

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews with strong consistency on self-teaching, ungraded workload, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 515
4 out of 512
3 out of 58
2 out of 59
1 out of 570

Course coverage

MATHM16A21 reviews
M25B14 reviews
MATHM153 reviews
STATSM013 reviews
M152 reviews
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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

46 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 5 · A 4 · A- 2

B range

11

B+ 2 · B 8 · B- 1

C range

5

C+ 1 · C 4

D range

3

D+ 2 · D 1

F

2

F 2

No letter grade reported

14

Drop/Withdrawal 7 · Not sure yet 2 · Rather not say 5