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Mathematics

Steven Castillo

MATH225STAT · CALC3 · STATS227 · MATH259 · MATH266 · STAT225 · MATH265 · MATH261 · MATH262 · MATH227 · MATH260 · MATH275 · MATH225 · 222 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
22.62%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

Avoid unless you have no other math option and are prepared for .

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerImpossible examsHomework only 5%Tough graderIncomprehensible lecturesCamera and oral checks
  • Dominant theme is brutal exam-heavy grading that .
  • yet often only about 5% of the grade, so effort rarely protects the grade.
  • Many students urge avoid at all , and .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

12/100

unless methods match his, and many report Ds, Cs, or withdrawals.

Both formats describe near-impossible As; .

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

14/100

Students call content and especially exams the hardest they have taken, with graduate-level notation and marathon tests.

Difficulty is extreme online and in person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Many sections require attendance or long live sessions with camera; absences still leave crushing workload.

Online Saturday marathon classes and camera rules; in-person often mandatory.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Take-again rate is low and .

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

12/100

and stories of zero credit for correct answers not .

Format shift

and in person.

Workload

Overwhelming

10/100

Hundreds of yet homework often counts only about 5% while .

Format shift

Both formats report .

Teaching experience

Awful

22/100

Lectures are repeatedly called incomprehensible, rambling, or .

Format shift

Online and .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

92/100

Students repeatedly say exams and final are about 95% of the grade with .

Format shift

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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

22 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews echo , and frequent drops, with rare positive outliers.

Main concern

and little credit unless work matches his exact method.

What students said

“Unless you do a problem EXACTLY how he wants, expect to get no credit for the question even if answer is correct.”
MATH262
“ .”
MATH262

Remote format

Online

28 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

Online sections are widely called pure hell with , and post-exam oral checks.

Main concern

3-5 hour exams, camera/room checks, oral breakout verification, and .

What students said

“made you turn on your camera and show room. .”
227
“after the you in a breakroom after a 30min wait and he will ask you questions about your work”
CALC3

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

samples, and sometimes followed by oral verification.

3-5 hour examsExam-heavy gradeMethod-only creditPost-exam oral checkCamera required online

Assessment risk

Strict

15/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews , and multi-hour tests.

Impossible examsUnlike homework/samplesStrict method gradingMulti-hour tests
“ .”
MATH262
“each take 4/5+ HRS, for 10 complex questions that are and nothing like the txbk or his "guides".”
CALC3

Online

Online reviews report , and breakout oral interviews after tests.

Camera requiredPost-exam oral interview4+ hour examsExam retake quirks
“made you turn on your camera and show room.”
227
“ and decides whether he thinks you know the material.”
MATH262
“exams are LONG (4+ hours) and DIFFICULT!”
CALC3

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“ . He's the .”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews with and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

22/100

“His lectures are nearly incomprehensible to most students seeing how he uses graduate-level notation”

🚫 Recommendation

18/100

“ .”

📝

15/100

“ and take 4+ hours to complete.”

📚 Workload Trap

10/100

“Insane amount of , and the sum of all the homework is worth 5% of your grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • he uses absolutely incomprehensible notation and rambles as if mumbling to himself.
  • and all over the place

Theme 2

📈 About Exams and Grades

  • Unless you do a problem EXACTLY how he wants, expect to get no credit
  • final grade (95%)
  • the highest grade in the class was in the high twenties.

Theme 3

⚠️ About Survival Advice

  • RUN!
  • ! I BEG OF YOU!

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

222

Lifetime ratings

92/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews across years and formats are highly consistent on exam brutality, workload, and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 585
4 out of 527
3 out of 519
2 out of 522
1 out of 570

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

49 reported outcomes

A range

3

A+ 1 · A 2

B range

2

B 2

C range

13

C+ 5 · C 5 · C- 3

D range

10

D+ 3 · D 5 · D- 2

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

21

Drop/Withdrawal 10 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 7 · Rather not say 3