AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Tatsuhiko Tabara

MATH3 · MATH40 · MATH1 · MATH10 · MATH7 · 11 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
2.7/5
Take again
45.45%
Difficulty
3.8

The decision

if and will use office hours; otherwise find a clearer lecturer.

Best fit · Self Taught ProReads off slidesSlow gradingOffice hours criticalTough graderSelf-study heavy
  • , so most learning happens outside class.
  • Office hours and if you use them aggressively.
  • Grades come back late and feel rushed, so you may need to fight for points.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

42/100

Many students earn As, but , and office-hour grinding against tough grading.

Both online and work, not free As.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Linear algebra, calc, and stats feel non-intuitive and fast, with lectures that .

Difficulty is consistently high across online and in-person MATH courses.

Is attendance flexible?

Varies

52/100

as optional, but some sections treat it as required and warn that skipping hurts.

; in-person also split between mandatory and optional.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

46/100

; fans praise help and humor while others call lectures unusable.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

38/100

Tough grader tags and credit.

Format shift

Online and .

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and .

Format shift

Workload complaints appear in both formats.

Teaching experience

Poor

40/100

some find him caring and funny in office hours, many say lectures are slide-reading and confusing.

Format shift

; in-person is more mixed.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

68/100

Labs and , but tests and .

Format shift

In-person MATH40 notes many tests and quizzes; online also stresses exams and labs.

Luni fit check

Weigh these signals against your actual schedule.

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

4 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews split between enjoyable rigorous teaching and .

Main concern

Heavy workload and weak lecture clarity for non-experts.

What students said

“If you want .”
MATH3
“ but he allows us to use one full paper of cheat sheet which is great”
MATH40
“Really enjoyable to watch professor teach in class.”
MATH3

Remote format

Online

7 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online students , and leaves you teaching yourself, though engaged students who use office hours still earn As.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“All he does is read off of Canvas.”
MATH7
“I had to whole material to get through this class.”
MATH7
“If up teaching yourself and it'll be a struggle.”
MATH40

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Tests are hard and frequent, but some sections allow cheat sheets and .

Cheat sheet allowedTake-home quizzesTest heavySlow exam grading

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person MATH40 allows a full-page cheat sheet and ; tests still feel hard.

One-page cheat sheetTake-home quizzesMultiple testsBring previous tests to final
“ but he allows us to use one full paper of cheat sheet which is great, and for the tests.”
MATH40
“he gives a lot of quizzes but ”
MATH40

Online

Online reviews emphasize slow exam return and .

Slow exam gradingLab points can help homework
“ .”
MATH7
“in-class lab assignments which is the only saving grace as they are unofficially a method to get ”
MATH7

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I had to whole material to get through this class.”

Voice snapshots generated from 11 reviews (7 online, 4 in person), highlighting lecture clarity, office hours, and . Credibility rating: Medium.

📚

40/100

“I had to whole material to get through this class.”

🏢 Office Hours Lifeline

72/100

“If up teaching yourself and it'll be a struggle.”

🐢

38/100

“Because of the the credit you deserved initially.”

👍

46/100

“If you put in effort you can succeed in the course.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • All he does is read off of Canvas.
  • The teaching style was horrible.
  • Really enjoyable to watch professor teach in class.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • You're self studying the whole time in this course.
  • but he allows us to use one full paper of cheat sheet which is great
  • If you put in effort you can succeed in the course.

Theme 3

⏱️

  • .
  • he doesnt update grades like at all so you wont know your exact grade til you finish the class
  • .

Data context

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Analysis sample

11

Recent reviews read by the AI

11

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Eleven detailed reviews from 2020-2022 across several MATH courses show a consistent polarization pattern.

Inside 11 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 54
4 out of 51
3 out of 50
2 out of 50
1 out of 56

Course coverage

MATH74 reviews
MATH403 reviews
MATH32 reviews
MATH11 review
MATH101 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

11 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 1 · A 7 · A- 1

B range

0

No reported values

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Incomplete 1