AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Richard Fine

MATHMSOMETHIN · MATH01 · MATHM03 · M01 · MATH101 · MATH1 · BASICMATH · STATSM15 · MATHMO3 · M03 · MO3 · MATHMO330656 · MATH03 · 32 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
1.8/5
Take again
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Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the math cold and can teach yourself from the textbook and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTeaches From BookMassive HomeworkHigh Drop RateMonotone LecturesAvoid At All Costs
  • Dominant theme is unclear teaching from the book with and steep class attrition.
  • Many students report and harsh or .
  • A small minority say he is fair if you keep up, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even students , and high fail or drop rates, so an A is rarely easy.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Average difficulty is high and students repeatedly say lectures confuse more than they help, forcing self-teaching.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

as and phone confiscation noted, though a few older comments differ.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

16/100

The large majority urge students to run, citing boredom, unhelpful teaching, and crushing workload.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Students report picky marking, low quiz scores, and classes ending with few remaining students and rare high grades.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Workload

Overwhelming

14/100

Hundreds of , and frequent pop quizzes dominate student complaints.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Common themes are monotone book reading, little real instruction, rudeness, and students teaching themselves.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests and while but sometimes low-weight.

Format shift

; no online reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

32 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person math sections with heavy textbook-driven lectures, , and consistently high withdrawal rates.

Main concern

Students while lectures and .

What students said

“Okay let me just say Professor Fine is probably the .”
M03
“ ! he assigns 300 problems a week&they are so hard that 10 take an entire hour!!!”
72576
“ . .”
M03

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

and frequent quizzes feel hard and only loosely tied to lectures for many students.

In-Person TestsFrequent Pop QuizzesMyMathLab HeavyBook-Based Problems

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and near-daily pop quizzes are central, with students saying exams often mismatch lectures.

In-Person TestsPop QuizzesHomework-Driven Prep
“leaves insane amounts of homework and gives a which no one ever passes”
72576
“You can go through all of the lectures thinking you 100% grasp this topic until you get to a test (which are 80% of your grade) and you fail every single one.”
M03

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . .”

Voice snapshots generated from 32 in-person , and attrition. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Level

16/100

“ . .”

📚 Workload Overload

14/100

“he assigns 300 problems a week&they are so hard that 10 take an entire hour!!!”

😴 Teaching Quality

18/100

“he only reads from the book, and his voice puts your to sleep”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He only goes by the book and messes up when the problem is in the book.
  • just teaches out of the book. had to
  • .

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • the class started with over 40 kids and ended with 12, and the
  • Class started at 50 and dropped to 9 after a few weeks.
  • Tests are maximum 25 questions long and pretty fair with no surprises.

Theme 3

💣 About Workload & Climate

  • He gives so of time it's ridiculous.
  • HE IS SO RUDE TOO.
  • There was NO communication. Horrible.

Data context

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Analysis sample

32

Recent reviews read by the AI

32

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Thirty-two reviews spanning many years show strong consistency , and .

Inside 32 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51
4 out of 54
3 out of 53
2 out of 510
1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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C range

1

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D range

0

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F

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No letter grade reported

4

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