AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Joseph Steever

MATH300 · MATH351 · MATH342 · MATH400 · STAT300 · MATH34 · MATH123 · MATH120 · MATH370 · MATH410 · MATH401 · MATH355 · MATH100 · 119 lifetime ratings

AI rating
31/100
RMP rating
2.8/5
Take again
35.59%
Difficulty
4.0

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the material and can teach yourself; exams and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProHard exams vs homeworkLecture copies textbookTough graderPolarizing humorSelf-teach required
  • Many students report severe mismatch between simple board examples and .
  • A vocal , and if you self-study hard.
  • Recent calc and stats reviews heavily urge avoidance, with , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even , and ; an A requires exceptional self-study and luck.

Both online and as rare and hard-won.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Calculus and stats feel much harder under him because while .

Online summer and .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

; skipping is said to make self-teaching even harder, though some terms ignore presence.

Online and few optional exceptions.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

33/100

Would-take-again near 36 percent with repeated avoid-at-all-costs language outweighs the loyal minority.

Online reviews skew more negative; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Harsh

24/100

; partial credit is inconsistent and many fail or .

Format shift

and in person.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Endless homework, long lectures, and .

Format shift

Online MATH410 and .

Teaching experience

Poor

34/100

Humor and office-hour help impress some, but , and little real instruction.

Format shift

; online often feels hands-off.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

, and grades driven by hard midterms and finals more than daily work.

Format shift

Online sections emphasize tests and ; .

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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

Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

39 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In person he can be hilarious and available, but long pure lectures, textbook-board teaching, and .

Main concern

Support hours turned into marathon lectures and .

What students said

“Class examples are very basic, but the homework and .”
MATH355
“the .”
MATH400
“ . Exams and .”
MATH401

Remote format

Online

11 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online terms often feel like recorded theory with and ; many say they taught themselves.

Main concern

, and .

What students said

“I can say without a doubt Steever did not teach me the material, I taught myself the material.”
MATH401
“ and exams are different from homework.”
MATH400
“ competently, disorganized, extremely condescending”
STAT300

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Students consistently say exams are far harder than homework or lectures, with little helpful review and high fail rates.

Exams harder than homeworkFew reviews before testsTrick questionsTest heavy

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as from the depths of hell, with basic class examples then impossible exam items.

Hellish examsBasic lecture examplesTough grader
“ the depths of hell.”
MATH400
“Expect a lot of trick questions from material that you've never seen before.”
MATH401

Online

and recorded lectures; study guides from other profs are called unhelpful.

Tests unlike homeworkNo helpful reviewsHarsh grading
“the .”
MATH410
“He even said during lecture that !”
MATH351

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Severe disconnect between lectures and exams. Zero support provided for students who are struggling. Made an already tough subject much worse. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (11 online, 39 in and recommendation risk. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Risk

33/100

“If you're able to find another stats or math teacher, do so.”

📝

28/100

“Class examples are very basic, but the homework and .”

🎭 Polarizing Personality

45/100

“Super hilarious professor and very nice to his students.”

📚

30/100

“if you're able to teach everything , but if not i would stay away”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • instructor just copied the textbook onto the board

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • No one passed the
  • and 60s
  • Exams and

Theme 3

💻 About Online Experience

  • All lectures were just previously recorded stuff
  • I taught myself the material
  • zero communication

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

119

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed reviews across online and in-person formats from 2017-2026 show a durable pattern of and polarized teaching quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 535
4 out of 513
3 out of 513
2 out of 525
1 out of 534

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

46 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 1 · A 5 · A- 1

B range

6

B+ 1 · B 3 · B- 2

C range

5

C+ 2 · C 2 · C- 1

D range

6

D 5 · D- 1

F

3

F 3

No letter grade reported

19

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 8 · Incomplete 2 · Not sure yet 7 · Rather not say 1