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Engineering

Adam Balogh

MACH205 · MACH220 · CO210 · MACH20 · MACH208 · MACH210 · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
71/100
RMP rating
3.7/5
Take again
68.42%
Difficulty
2.8

The decision

if you are serious about machine tech and ; avoid if you want a light elective.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerPassionate MachinistHands-On ProjectsHybrid Video LecturesParticipation HeavyPolarizing Style
  • Many students love his deep trade knowledge, humor, and hands-on project focus.
  • A vocal minority call him disorganized, pretentious, or not enjoyable.
  • Expect mandatory participation and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

As and A+s appear for engaged students, but projects and standards mean you must put real shop work in.

Nearly all grade evidence is in person; the one online review has no grade.

Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Material is doable with and safety content keep it from feeling trivial.

In person difficulty clusters around moderate; online sample is too thin.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

32/100

and stress participation in the shop.

In person is clearly participation-driven; .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

70/100

and teaching skill despite several 1-star outliers.

In person recommendations dominate; the lone .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

58/100

and good feedback; grades reward completed quality .

Format shift

Evidence .

Workload

Heavy

34/100

Many projects, videos, and at-home work if you aim to finish to drawing standards.

Format shift

In person repeatedly cites lots of projects; online lacks detail.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

Encyclopedic machining knowledge, strong demos, humor, and multi-level explanations for most students.

Format shift

In person praise is frequent; the single online review is negative.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

25/100

Hands-on projects and participation dominate rather than traditional exams.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Hybrid-style machine tech with video ; most serious students rave, a minority strongly dislike the style.

Main concern

Lots of projects and talk can overwhelm students who wanted a different trade class vibe.

What students said

“Adam's excitement and curiosity really inspired me to keep learning”
mach210
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mach210

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Only one online review is sharply negative with little detail.

Main concern

Single online comment gives almost no constructive course detail.

What students said

“Beware. He is not very good.”
MACH208

Exam style

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Assessment centers on machining projects and class participation; .

Project BasedHybrid Video LecturesParticipation Focused

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person comments emphasize projects, videos, and .

Hands-On ProjectsVideo LecturesShop Participation
“The way he has structured the curriculum for the machine tech classes allows maximum hands-on time for the ”
mach220
“Lot of ”
mach220

Online

The sole online .

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Adam is a great teacher who is passionate about what he does”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 reviews, highlighting passionate project-based machine tech teaching and polarized reactions. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“Adam is gifted in teaching complex theories in simple terms”

🔧 Hands-On Workload

34/100

“Get ready to put in a lot of work, both in class and at home”

👍 Recommendation

70/100

“11/10 would recommend”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • His lectures are casual, but extremely knowledgeable
  • He talks a lot, but much of the time you'll find yourself scratching your head
  • Balance of info and humor

Theme 2

🔧

  • maximum hands-on time for the many projects
  • Lot of

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • passionate about the field and about student succeeding
  • Cool teacher Ive ever had
  • Pretentious. Takes the subject and himself too seriously

Data context

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Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

70/100

Evidence confidence

Nineteen reviews with recent detail give a usable picture, but strong polarization and only one online review limit format-level certainty.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 512
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 51
1 out of 55

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

7

A+ 2 · A 5

B range

3

B+ 1 · B 2

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

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