AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Jacob Viega

MATH261 · MATH134 · 12 lifetime ratings

AI rating
88/100
RMP rating
4.6/5
Take again
84.62%
Difficulty
2.7

The decision

Take him for Calc if ; expect , but verify office-hour access.

Best fit · Beginner FriendlyAmazing LecturesDaily Quizzes RequiredCaring And FunnyEasy TestsOffice Hours Misses
  • Most students praise clear, funny Calc lectures and .
  • A minority report , and mandatory daily quizzes that punish absences.
  • Grades skew heavily toward A when students show up and complete HW and notes.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

EasyA

82/100

Most reported A or A+ with attention in class, HW, and notes covering exams, though .

Online and ; negatives cluster in person around prep support.

Is the course easy?

Beginner

68/100

Calc content is standard but explained clearly so many beginners finish without heavy struggle.

Online students also call lectures easy to follow; one accelerated online MATH felt fast-paced.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

Daily quizzes in the first minutes cannot be made up, so .

Both formats mention required or .

Is this professor recommended?

MustTake

86/100

Roughly 85% would take again and most call him amazing for starting Calc, despite two harsh outlier reviews.

All three online reviews recommend him; reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

62/100

Many say tests and HW are reasonable and grades are clear, but a .

Format shift

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Workload

Moderate

55/100

Daily quizzes, Webassign-style HW, and .

Format shift

Online students also mention manageable HW and short tests.

Teaching experience

Excellent

84/100

Dominant theme is clear, funny, caring lectures that make Calc click, offset by rare claims of inaccessibility.

Format shift

Online reviews uniformly praise lectures and recordings; in-person has both raves and two scathing reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Grade mix of and learning, plus midterms and finals.

Format shift

Same quiz-plus-test pattern appears online and in person.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

10 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Strong majority love enthusiastic lectures and reasonable tests, while a and forced attendance via daily quizzes.

Main concern

and some students say he skips office hours.

What students said

“Makes everything understandable so easily. Teaches like you've never seen before.”
MATH261
“Genuinely the .”
MATH261
“ while you are in the class and you will get A”
MATH261

Remote format

Online

3 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Beginner Friendly

Zoom Calc with , and manageable ~20-question tests that most students praise.

Main concern

online.

What students said

“His lectures are easy to follow along with, and he records the Zoom, which is helpful for ”
MATH261
“the and based on the class work”
MATH134
“Professor Veiga was very thorough and prepares you 10 fold to succeed in class, quizzes and the final”
MATH134

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are usually described as short and reasonable when you attend and use class notes and HW.

Short TestsHW And Notes Cover ExamsDaily QuizzesNo Clear Proctoring Mention

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

78/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and notes are used; a few say no valid study guide was given.

Reasonable TestsHW Covers ExamsDaily Canvas Quizzes
“ . There are and paying attention but they're easy.”
MATH261
“Doesn't put enough effort to help prepare us for exams. Straight up told us to use GPT as a study guide.”
MATH261

Online

Online tests around 20 questions and finals based on class work; lectures recorded for review.

About 20 Question TestsRecorded Zoom LecturesDaily Online Quizzes
“Tests are only like 20 questions and not too hard.”
MATH261
“the and based on the class work”
MATH134

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“If him every time.”

Voice snapshots generated from 13 reviews spanning online and , and exam ease. Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

84/100

“Makes everything understandable so easily. Teaches like you've never seen before.”

👍 Recommendation

86/100

“Truly one of the . Kind and funny.”

⚠️

28/100

“He has daily class quizzes that were very .”

📈 Easy A Path

82/100

“ while you are in the class and you will get A.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Always cares for his students and is always there for you.
  • lectures very useful, attend class each meeting to not fall behind.
  • He's caring and funny, made the 6 week class very easy.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty And Grades

  • and his class is very welcoming.
  • Most of your grade is based off of HW.
  • HW and class .

Theme 3

⚠️ About Access And Attendance

  • Does not attend office hours, we had to complain to the department.
  • They are unable to be made up, so .
  • . Solid professor to start off your calc journey.

Data context

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Analysis sample

13

Recent reviews read by the AI

12

Lifetime ratings

72/100

Evidence confidence

13 recent detailed reviews with consistent lecture praise but two strong outliers lower overall certainty.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 510
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 52

Course coverage

MATH26111 reviews
MATH1342 reviews

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

12 reported outcomes

A range

11

A+ 2 · A 8 · A- 1

B range

1

B+ 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

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F

0

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No letter grade reported

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