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Mathematics

Julio Herrera

MATHMO5 · MATH05 · MO5 · MATHM16A · M15 · MATH16B · MATHM05 · MATH125 · M05 · M16A · 27 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
18.52%
Difficulty
4.1

The decision

Avoid unless you already excel in math and .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerMassive homework loadBarely teachesTough graderExtra credit grindSelf-teach math
  • Most students say he , and expects self-teaching.
  • class, though heavy can rescue grades.
  • A small minority find him chill and , but overall tone is strongly negative.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Some students reach A or B with tutors and huge , but and heavy effort just to pass.

Online and ; online adds extreme low-weight homework.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

22/100

Content and pacing feel advanced, rushed, and poorly scaffolded for typical community-college math students.

In-person calc and intermediate algebra reviews drive the hard rating; a few M15 stats comments are easier.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

Many tags and comments say skip class and you will not pass, even when some claim lectures add little.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

20/100

and the dominant unless already strong in math.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Tough grader tags, little partial credit, and .

Format shift

In-person reviews most often describe harsh partial credit and .

Workload

Overwhelming

12/100

Students report dozens to hundreds of problems per unit and .

Format shift

; online adds 2000-plus questions.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Common themes are rushed lectures, hard handwriting or accent, and .

Format shift

Online reviews say he did not teach at all; M15.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

but often low weight; quizzes and .

Format shift

Online MATH125 explicitly weights final and quizzes at 75 percent.

Luni fit check

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Get help balancing workload, grading, and timing when no option is an obvious fit.

Course format

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Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews dominate and paint a .

Main concern

, and lectures that .

What students said

“100% advise to stay away from taking his class.”
M15
“Prepare to spend 4-6 hours 5 days a week on HW in order to pass.”
M16A
“Take this class if you want to fail.”
M05

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections get the same no-teaching plus enormous homework pattern, with .

Main concern

No real instruction and thousands of .

What students said

“He gave no instruction and threw tons of to do it.”
MATHM05
“the 2,000+ questions of homework is only worth 10% where as the final and quizzes are worth 75%.”
MATH125

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

, and unforgiving on partial credit.

Hard few-question testsTerminology not coveredOnline open-book quizzes sometimesHeavy extra-credit reviews

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

on shown work, sometimes with helpful extra-credit reviews.

Tough graderFew hard questionsExtra credit reviewsMisaligned tests
“He grades so harshly it makes it nearly impossible to get good partial credit.”
MATH16B
“Theyre only 10 very challenging questions, as opposed to 20 moderate questions.”
MATH05

Online

Online comments emphasize test-heavy grading and massive homework with .

Test heavyMassive homeworkLittle instruction
“the final and quizzes are worth 75%.”
MATH125
“He gave no instruction and threw tons of to do it.”
MATHM05

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“DO NOT! take this class if you can't teach yourself math.”

Voice snapshots generated from 27 reviews with strong negative consistency across courses and years. Credibility rating: High.

📚

12/100

“Prepare to spend 4-6 hours 5 days a week on HW in order to pass.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“He barely teaches and assigns so yourself.”

👎 Recommendation

20/100

“100% advise to stay away from taking his class.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • because he just wants to get through the lecture as fast as possible.
  • His lectures dont make sense.
  • he 100% knew the subject very well.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • Over half the class dropped.
  • I turned my D into an A!
  • go over.

Theme 3

⚠️ Survival Tips

  • DO THE .
  • Get a tutor or get help from the college.
  • Do yourself a as you'll be teaching yourself anyways.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

27

Recent reviews read by the AI

27

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-seven reviews across many years show highly consistent themes of overload, weak teaching, and .

Inside 27 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 55
3 out of 52
2 out of 53
1 out of 515

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

19 reported outcomes

A range

6

A+ 2 · A 4

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 3

C range

2

C+ 2

D range

1

D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

6

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 4