AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Patrick McDonald

MATH300 · MATH · MATH335 · MATH335TRIG · MATH34 · MATH120 · MATH100 · STATS300 · 115 lifetime ratings

AI rating
24/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
29.41%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

Avoid unless you already excel at math and can teach yourself; .

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized LecturesTough GraderConfusing ExplanationsCanvas StrugglesNice Guy Bad Teacher
  • Majority of reviews warn of and poor organization.
  • Grades , and limited clear teaching.
  • A minority still like him personally and improve via office hours, but .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

, and low grades; even hard workers say tests are trickier than taught material and .

Online reports Fs and incompletes; in-person has scattered As only for strong self-teachers.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

26/100

Students say he makes medium math much harder with speed, shortcuts, and .

Both formats call content harder than it should be; online adds platform chaos.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and tags warn skipping means you will not pass or catch up.

but still fails communication; in-person is mostly mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

26/100

Would-take-again is about 29% and the dominant .

Online is mostly avoid; but still majority avoid.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

24/100

; subjective tests, little partial credit, and and exams.

Format shift

Online ; in-person also reports harsh exams.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Homework almost every class, , and .

Format shift

Heavy load in both formats; online adds pop quizzes and missing assignment links.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Students say , and confuses rather than teaches.

Format shift

Online adds Canvas incompetence; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests, quizzes, and .

Format shift

Online shifted to ~90% test/quiz; .

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

45 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students repeatedly call lectures confusing and full of board mistakes, with heavy homework, hard tests, and in office hours.

Main concern

You may fail or if you work hard because explanations and .

What students said

“The taken at SCC. Hes lazy and unconcerned with his students.”
STATS300
“ !!! Most useless class ever I am so upset and I am putting myself down that .”
MATH335TRIG
“He's a goofy guy that tells a lot of dad jokes, gives a decent amount of homework, and if you go to his office hours.”
MATH120

Remote format

Online

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students describe chaotic Canvas use, late , and poor communication.

Main concern

Disorganization and hard-to-reach instructor make online especially risky.

What students said

“This was the . It was an online asynchronous class, which he didn't figure out until halfway through the semester.”
MATH300
“It took him 2 months to give due dates for anything and he literally wrote to us that he gave up grading hw making the class 90% test/quiz.”
STATS300
“This teacher is awful, super lazy, careless, and he doesn't teach at all.”
MATH300

Exam style

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Exams and , and graded strictly with little partial credit.

Test heavyTough quizzesPop quizzesVague questionsHarsh grading

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

material, and are described as tricky with harsh grading.

Hard multi-chapter testsWeekly quizzesHomework quizzesSubjective grading
“what you study for is useless because he and grades harshly as well”
MATH335TRIG
“I've never had a professor tell the class directly that they as trricky as possible until I took this class!”
MATH34

Online

Online reviews stress last-minute quizzes, hard-to-find assignments, and abandoned; no proctoring software mentioned.

Last-minute quizzesTest/quiz heavyCanvas confusion
“he literally wrote to us that he gave up grading hw making the class 90% test/quiz”
STATS300
“when ALL of our class messaged him about the us somehow”
MATH300

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ !!! If you think you can get past the bad reviews and muscle through any class of his, you're wrong.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (5 online, 45 in , and low recommendation. Credibility rating: High.

💥 Teaching Quality

28/100

“He does not have the . His analogies are atrocious, and it's really just a waste of your time if your not inherently good at math.”

🚫 Recommendation

26/100

“I would advice students who are looking to learn and get a good grasp of Math to STAY AWAY from this "instructor".”

📉 Grading and Exams

24/100

“Homework everyday and because he puts new material on test and grades harshly as well.”

🙂 Personality vs Teaching

40/100

“I honestly really like him as a person. Hes very sweet! He lets you know when theres going to be a quiz and .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures make no sense
  • he confuses himself, which then confuses the students
  • Hes all over the place and

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

  • F in this class normal, D is good, C is impossble
  • Over 3/4 the class, myself included, had dropped by the
  • You can not learn from this man

Theme 3

💻 About Online and Organization

  • he can't even contact his students
  • has no
  • refuses to

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

115

Lifetime ratings

90/100

Evidence confidence

50 reviews over many years with strong negative consensus, detailed examples, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 524
4 out of 521
3 out of 520
2 out of 510
1 out of 540

Course coverage

MATH12015 reviews
STATS30013 reviews
MATH3008 reviews
MATH3354 reviews
MATH335TRIG4 reviews
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MATH1003 reviews
MATH342 reviews
MATH1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

32 reported outcomes

A range

5

A+ 2 · A- 3

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 1 · B- 2

C range

6

C+ 3 · C 3

D range

1

D+ 1

F

4

F 4

No letter grade reported

12

Drop/Withdrawal 5 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 6