Ray Westergard

MATH203 · MATH3CALC1 · ALGEBRA · MATH201 · CALCI · MATH210 · 10 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 1.9/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 3.8

The decision

Avoid Ray Westergard unless and tolerate a hostile, rushed classroom.

Best fit · Self Taught ProImpatient with questionsStudents self-teachRaises voice in classHeavy curve neededAvoid for algebra

Most students say he rushes, gets angry at questions, and leaves them teaching themselves from the book.
Fail rates and discouraging comments are common, with only a few defenders.
Would-take-again is effectively zero among recent explicit responses.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

Even with and say success depends on self-study or high prior ability.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Material moves too fast for the level, and students report little real learning from lectures.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

30/100

, though some students stopped going and only showed for tests.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Would-take-again is 0% in aggregate, and the .

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

35/100

Curves appear only after mass failure, and .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Heavy

40/100

Homework and tests continue while lectures fail, so .

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Most , and teaching that forces self-instruction.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests dominate outcomes; , and self-prepping from the book.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person algebra and calculus sections are widely described as rushed and demoralizing, with and only rare positive outliers.

Main concern

Impatience, raised voice, and .

What students said

“ !”
MATH203

“He is impatient, don't like for students to ask question and is very insulting to students.”
MATH201

“I pretty much had .”
MATH210

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

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Exam style

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and tricky, with rescue curves only when most of the class fails.

Tricky TestsCurve After Mass FailureUnclear Objectives

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as , and often failed by most of the class before any curve.

Tricky TestsMass Failure CurveSelf-Study Required

“ and tricky”
MATH3CALC1

“only 5 or 6 people are passing the class”
MATH201

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ !”
Voice snapshots generated from 10 in-person math reviews with strongly consistent negative themes. Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation

18/100

“ !”

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“ ! He skims over the material”

📚 Self-Teaching Required

20/100

“you will have to teach yourself calculus if ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

speeds through material, very hard to learn from
Rushed threw topics and would get upset if we needed more help
He's a little dry, but he taught algebra efficiently

Theme 2

😠 About Classroom Climate

easily irritated and often raised his voice
very insulting to students
ostracizes students when they don't get it right away

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Most of the students were failing his tests so he graded on a curve
only 5 or 6 people are passing the class
and tricky

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

80/100

Evidence confidence

10 in-person reviews from 2005-2016 show strong consistency on hostility, rushing, and self-teaching needs.

Inside 10 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

4 out of 51

3 out of 50

2 out of 53

1 out of 55

Course coverage

MATH2014 reviews

MATH2032 reviews

ALGEBRA1 review

CALCI1 review

MATH2101 review

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Reported outcomes

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3 reported outcomes

A range

A 1 · A- 1

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C 1

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F

No reported values

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Ray Westergard

Avoid Ray Westergard unless x x x x and tolerate a hostile, rushed classroom.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🚫 Recommendation

🎯 Teaching Quality

📚 Self-Teaching Required

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

😠 About Classroom Climate

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

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F

No letter grade reported

Avoid Ray Westergard unless and tolerate a hostile, rushed classroom.