Mark Pumar

MATH · CALC3 · MATH263 · CALC0261 · MATH3289 · MATH261 · CALC1 · STAT1000 · MATH260 · 83 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 28/100
RMP rating: 3.4/5
Take again: 0%
Difficulty: 2.4

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the material and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProTest HeavyTough GraderSelf-Teach RequiredPolarizingTricky Exams

Reviews are deeply split, but many students say lectures copy the book or slides and teach little.
and are called tricky, hard, or poorly aligned with homework.
Recent unless you can learn calculus independently.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

34/100

Even students who earn As say tests are few, high-value, and .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Calculus content plus unclear lectures and .

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

48/100

and others say it is not, so policy appears inconsistent.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

28/100

Would-take-again is 0 percent and many detailed reviews say stay away despite some older praise.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

28/100

Tough grader tags and reports of .

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

48/100

but the real load is studying independently for .

Format shift

Teaching experience

Poor

36/100

Many students say , and offers little help.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Grades are repeatedly described as driven by a .

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person calculus and stats are highly polarizing: some older students call tests fair and book-based, while many others say lectures are unhelpful and .

Main concern

High-stakes tricky tests with weak lecture support force self-teaching.

What students said

“ unless you are prepared to learn the whole class on your own, because he is no help.”
stat1000

“ . He is mean and unclear. .”
MATH260

“ SO TRICKY NOT EVEN THE SAME ONES YOU STUDY OR THE EXAMPLES HE SHOWS IN CLASS.”
260

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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and are often called tricky, hard, or poorly matched to class examples.

Few High-Point QuestionsTricky ExamsTest HeavyMultiple Choice or Book Problems

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and frequently described as trickier than homework or lecture.

5 Questions Per ExamTricky TestsTest Heavy

“for every exam its 5 questions on each exams and each one is worth 10 points so if you dont understand a question or make a mistake on one there goes a big chunk of your grade.”
MATH260

“Most of the grade is based on three tests which usually have few tricky questions in them and they and not even explained in class”
MATH260

“ SO TRICKY NOT EVEN THE SAME ONES YOU STUDY OR THE EXAMPLES HE SHOWS IN CLASS.”
260

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ unless you are prepared to learn the whole class on your own, because he is no help.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, balancing polarized praise and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

36/100

“Basically reads off the slides and sends you off to do it on your own with no written out examples or practice problems.”

👎 Recommendation Rate

28/100

“ . He is mean and unclear. .”

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30/100

“ SO TRICKY NOT EVEN THE SAME ONES YOU STUDY OR THE EXAMPLES HE SHOWS IN CLASS.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Stands in front of class and presents slideshows every single class.
He teaches math like it is literature, his examples never make any sense
HE COPIES THE SAME EXAMPLES FROM THE BOOK TO THE BOARD

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

your GPA will be going down
. He goes through the book examples ONLY.
class average on the

Theme 3

⚠️ Polarized Experience

. !
worst math professor
His rating is so deceiving because he writes all of the good ratings himself.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty detailed in-person reviews over many years show a consistent split with strong recent negative signal and .

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 539

4 out of 512

3 out of 54

2 out of 57

1 out of 521

Course coverage

MATH26118 reviews

MATH26318 reviews

2603 reviews

MATH2603 reviews

CALC12 reviews

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MATH1 review

MATH32891 review

stat10001 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

A 3 · A- 1

B range

No reported values

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2

Mark Pumar

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Varies

Avoid

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Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

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See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

👎 Recommendation Rate

📝 x x

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty and Grades

⚠️ Polarized Experience

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you already know the material and .

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