John D. Wilson

MATH · CALCU178 · MATH176 · MATH178 · MATH103 · MATH281 · MATH110 · MATH175 · MATH3491 · CALC · CALC178 · 37 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 2.2/5
Take again: —
Difficulty: 3.6

The decision

Avoid if ; only consider him if you can teach yourself calculus from the book.

Best fit · Self Taught ProStory-heavy lecturesSelf-teach requiredCondescendingHard unfair testsEntertaining but unhelpful

Many students say he tells long personal stories instead of teaching math clearly.
High dropout and ; .
A minority find him funny and passable if already strong in math and use the study center.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

and , but many report hard unfair tests and C-level outcomes despite heavy effort.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Content is treated as advanced and fast, with skipped steps and little scaffolding for first-time learners.

Is attendance flexible?

Avoid

22/100

Most because lectures do not teach and tests punish confusion.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Students report , and unfair point losses for small errors.

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

48/100

Homework and math-lab hours are common; load is manageable but .

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

, and students left to self-teach.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Tests and ; homework helps some but as hard and poorly aligned.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

37 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person math classes often feel like story time with brief examples; many students report teaching themselves and .

Main concern

Poor explanations, condescending tone, and .

What students said

“the only good thing to say is he seemed like a nice guy, but he was a horrible teacher we started with 50 people only 10 were left in the final”
MATH176

“ ! I had to ”
MATH175

“he is by far thw worst techer i have ever had in college. ”
MATH178

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

No stored summary is available for this format.

Main concern

No main concern is stored for this format.

Exam style

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Exams are frequently called hard and unfair, with little clear student-friendly policy support.

Hard testsUnfair examsScantron testsTests not matching homework

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as ridiculously hard, unfair, and poorly matched to assigned work; one course notes Scantrons.

Hard testsUnfair examsScantron tests

“ !!!....he is by far thw worst techer i have ever had in college. ”
MATH178

“ and very unfair”
MATH178

“For Math 178, Scantrons are used on the test!”
MATH178

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ if any way possible”
Voice snapshots generated from 37 in-person reviews, , and . Credibility rating: High.

📉 Teaching Quality

28/100

“he was a horrible teacher we started with 50 people only 10 were left in the final”

🚫 Recommendation

22/100

“ ! I had to ”

📚 Self-Teaching Burden

30/100

“you're better off learning the material on your own”

📝

32/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

just doing examples that's all he knows
He waste most of the lecture talking about his life
does not teach just tells inappropriate stories and jokes

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

and very unfair
I study a$$ off for tests and still only got a C
... you can easily get an A

Theme 3

💬 About Classroom Climate

makes you feel stupid when asking a question
He teased students that did not understand
I once heard him tell a student that they asked a stupid question

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

37 detailed in-person reviews spanning many years show a consistent negative teaching pattern with some older positive outliers.

Inside 37 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 53

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2 out of 58

1 out of 514

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

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3 reported outcomes

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A+ 1

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C range

C- 1

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F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Fail 1

John D. Wilson

Avoid if x x x x; only consider him if you can teach yourself calculus from the book.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Recommended

Avoid

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In person

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📉 Teaching Quality

🚫 Recommendation

📚 Self-Teaching Burden

📝 x x

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

💬 About Classroom Climate

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F

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Avoid if ; only consider him if you can teach yourself calculus from the book.

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