AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Seymour Gottlieb

MATH240 · MATHMATH · CALC12 · MATH125 · MATH262 · MATH245 · MATH115 · MATH261 · MARKETING101 · CALCULUS1 · PRECA230 · MATH261262 · MATH275 · 22 lifetime ratings

AI rating
28/100
RMP rating
2.4/5
Take again
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Difficulty
3.7

The decision

Avoid unless you can self-teach math and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProGrumpy DemeanorSkips StepsNo Partial CreditSelf-Teach RequiredBurned Out
  • , and burned out as a teacher
  • and high final weight for some
  • A , but most advise avoiding him

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Harsh grading, little partial credit, and reports that a for capable students.

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Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Fast pacing, skipped steps, and self-study.

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Is attendance flexible?

Varies

50/100

, so flexibility cannot be confirmed beyond one non-mandatory note.

All evidence is from in-person reviews; .

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

25/100

Dominant advice is to stay away, use him only as last resort, or self-teach if stuck with him.

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Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

Repeated notes of no partial credit, tough grading, and .

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

35/100

Students rely on heavy outside study and tutoring because and move too fast.

Format shift

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Teaching experience

Poor

30/100

Many , and unhelpful despite occasional praise for content knowledge or humor.

Format shift

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Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Tests dominate success; partial credit is scarce and .

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 Self Taught Pro

Most in-person math reviews describe confusing, fast lectures, grumpy tone, little partial credit, and a ; a few older positives exist.

Main concern

, and feeling dumb when asking questions.

What students said

“Stay away”
PRECA230
“Awful teacher. He always went too fast and was ineffective.”
MATH125
“If .”
MATH245

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

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams can be passable if , but and finals can sink the course grade.

Little Partial CreditTests Vary in DifficultyFinal Heavily WeightedHomework-Based Study

Assessment risk

Strict

30/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

partial credit; some say study homework for a B, others say finals decide the grade.

No Partial CreditFinal Can Decide GradeTests Not Always Reflective of Teaching
“he you have to get an A on the .”
CALCULUS1
“ but if you get any part of the question wrong you will not get any credit.”
MATH125
“ .”
MATH262

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“Stay away”

Voice snapshots generated from 22 in-person math reviews, , and . Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

30/100

“does not know how to teach!!!!!impossible to pass”

⚖️

22/100

“ ”

📚

25/100

“If you want to do well in his class, you pretty much have to teach yourself.”

👎 Recommendation

25/100

“ , but I hear that there are far worse professors at Pierce. as a last resort.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He always went too fast and was ineffective.
  • hes hard to understand and skips steps most of the time
  • Teaches only to himself because ninety percent of the class has no clue what he's talking about.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The and he didn't give partial credit.
  • I had an A average but did not get an A in the + and got a B.
  • impossible to pass

Theme 3

😠 About Classroom Climate

  • He makes you feel stupid
  • he'll make you feel dumb, like you should of gotten it in the first place.
  • Unfriendly and unhelpful.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

22

Recent reviews read by the AI

22

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-two in-person reviews spanning many years with a consistent negative teaching theme and only sparse positive outliers.

Inside 22 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 56
2 out of 55
1 out of 56

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

1 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

1

B 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

0

No reported values