AI Rate Professor

Mathematics Science

Thomas Grube

MATH011 · MATH051 · MATH11 · 30 lifetime ratings

AI rating
20/100
RMP rating
2.1/5
Take again
15.38%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Avoid unless you can fully self-teach stats and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProNever GradesSelf-Teach RequiredOutdated Lecture VideosLots of HomeworkTough Grader
  • , leaving students with no grade feedback.
  • Lectures are often recycled old Zoom or video recordings that students call unhelpful.
  • Many say you must and homework.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

35/100

Some near-retirement in-person students got As with participation, but , and .

; online almost never describes an easy path to A.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Stats content plus self-teaching and mismatched tests make the course intellectually hard for most students.

Both formats call material hard; online adds worse lecture support.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

40/100

, but comments also say he notes presence informally and sometimes treats class as optional.

policy consistency.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

Very low take-again rate and and self-teaching.

Online is nearly uniformly negative; .

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

28/100

and many say grades only appear late with .

Format shift

Online emphasizes missing grades; in-person adds some fair-but-hard older comments.

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Lots of homework, papers, and .

Format shift

Heavy load reported in both online and in-person sections.

Teaching experience

Poor

25/100

Students describe detached , and little email response.

Format shift

Online is worse; a .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

but and often differ from lectures.

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

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

older students praise fair hard math teaching, recent , and self-teaching.

Main concern

and grades that .

What students said

“Easy A as long as you show up, participate, and talk to him.”
MATH051
“lectures are videos from an online class from 2020, in class is when you do the hw.”
MATH11
“Does not grade anything until the last week in the semester.”
MATH011

Remote format

Online

13 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online MATH011 is widely panned for , and self-teaching.

Main concern

Assignments and while lectures fail to match assessments.

What students said

“ and he's only graded 4 of my assignments.”
MATH011
“you're practically homeschooling yourself if .”
MATH011
“ so you have no idea how good/bad your doing.”
MATH011

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are high-stakes and often long; reviews .

Test HeavyLong ExamsHomework-Based Study

Assessment risk

Standard

42/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as tough, long, and central to the grade, with study guides that sometimes fail to match.

Tests Are ToughLong ExamsTest Heavy
“ and also 20 plus pages long”
MATH011
“His exams are about 15 pages long with a lot of questions.”
MATH011

Online

Online students say tests drive the grade and often feel mismatched to lecture videos, with .

Test HeavyGrade Uncertainty
“Your grade .”
MATH011
“the .”
MATH011

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“ if you value your sanity!”

Voice snapshots generated from 30 reviews, highlighting late grading, self-teaching, and format gaps. Credibility rating: High.

🚫

22/100

“He literally never and I have only 6 assignments in the grade book.”

📚

25/100

“Simply put, you're practically homeschooling yourself if .”

👎 Recommendation Collapse

18/100

“Grube is a terrible professor. .”

Theme 1

⏱️

  • he's only graded 4 of my assignments
  • Rarely grades ANYTHING
  • Does not grade anything until the last week in the semester

Theme 2

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Quality

  • lectures are videos from an online class from 2020
  • He only overviews the material, never get into details
  • you basically have to teach yourself

Theme 3

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Easy A as long as you show up, participate, and talk to him

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

30

Recent reviews read by the AI

30

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

30 detailed reviews spanning 2015-2024 with strong and self-teaching.

Inside 30 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 55
4 out of 51
3 out of 53
2 out of 54
1 out of 517

Course coverage

MATH01122 reviews
MATH115 reviews
MATH0513 reviews

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

24 reported outcomes

A range

8

A+ 1 · A 5 · A- 2

B range

4

B+ 1 · B 2 · B- 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

0

No reported values

F

1

F 1

No letter grade reported

9

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1 · Not sure yet 7