AI Rate Professor

Math & Statisitics

Matthew Schutte

MATH300 · MATH400 · 120MATH · MATH34 · MATH420 · MATH350 · MATH110 · MATH401 · MATH355 · 184 lifetime ratings

AI rating
78/100
RMP rating
4.2/5
Take again
75.25%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you want to actually learn calculus and ; skip him if you need a soft A.

Best fit · Effort For RewardHilarious LecturesTest Heavy CalcOptional HomeworkOffice Hours GoldHigh Expectations
  • Students and strong office hours.
  • Grades and quizzes; .
  • Effort is rewarded, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

48/100

As and strong grades are realistic if you practice daily and use office hours, but and .

Online reviews emphasize harsher weed-out tests; if you prepare.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Calculus content plus rigorous exams keep the intellectual bar high even when lectures are excellent.

Both formats call the math hard; summer online intensives feel especially compressed.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

42/100

Many sections mark attendance mandatory or warn that skipping tanks your chance to keep up with fast lectures.

; some online and hybrid notes say optional but risky.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

76/100

and humor even when they admit the exams hurt.

In-person recommendation is warmer; online is more split between love of lectures and hate of tests.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Fair

52/100

Many call him fair with partial credit and , while others label him a .

Format shift

Online students ; in-person more often say fair if you show work.

Workload

Moderate

55/100

, but real workload is and multi-exam sequences.

Format shift

Both formats stress optional or ungraded HW that you still must do to survive tests.

Teaching experience

Excellent

84/100

Dominant praise for , and office-hour support that turns calculus from scary to doable.

Format shift

Strong lecture praise is consistent online and in person.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

88/100

Course grades lean on quizzes, midterms, and finals; .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

36 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person he is celebrated as funny, fair, and clarifying, with hard but and office hours.

Main concern

Difficult exams and a class that can thin out if you fall behind.

What students said

“ very well”
MATH400
“Tests are hard b/c its Calc 2 but not terrible and he prepares you for .”
MATH401
“problems always like hw, never got random problems never seen before like other profs.”
MATH355

Remote format

Online

14 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online students love engaging lectures and accessibility but and .

Main concern

and limited recovery if .

What students said

“The and .”
MATH400
“He's super tough and wants you to learn the material, but if you are willing to work hard, success guaranteed.”
MATH400
“ .”
MATH300

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are challenging and high weight, usually aligned with homework and reviews rather than pure trickery.

Hard ExamsQuiz HeavyOptional Homework PracticePartial CreditReview Sheets

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

but and reviews, with some curves and dropped quiz scores.

3 Exams Plus FinalTake-Home Quizzes SometimesSimilar to HomeworkSlight Curve
“3 exams and a final, each worth 20%; , but .”
MATH420
“Class votes and .”
MATH401

Online

Online students report write-and-upload quizzes or tests and .

Write-Out Upload QuizzesTest-Only Grade WeightBrutal Exams
“Beware they are not online your write them out and upload them.”
MATH110
“Really hard professor with .”
MATH400

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ . Explain every single thing in details. If you really .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“ very well and he recongizes that calculus is a difficult topic to understand”

😂 Humor & Energy

86/100

“witty sarcasm! really takes the time to understand student and their questions.”

📝

42/100

“You can spend the whole week working on his study guide and still end up with a D on the exam”

👍 Recommendation

76/100

“ if you get the chance!”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Hilarious guy, long lectures educational but fun.
  • His lectures are engaging and fun.
  • Passionate professor who really wants all his students to learn/pass.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • and .
  • if you put in effort you can do well in this class.
  • success guaranteed.

Theme 3

🧰 About Support

  • .
  • Office hours is like tutoring with him
  • .

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

184

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across years, courses, and formats show stable themes of strong teaching and hard testing.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 5123
4 out of 527
3 out of 512
2 out of 510
1 out of 513

Course coverage

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MATH3556 reviews
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MATH1102 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

49 reported outcomes

A range

19

A+ 3 · A 15 · A- 1

B range

12

B 10 · B- 2

C range

6

C 4 · C- 2

D range

1

D- 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

11

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 2