AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Lih-joun Ma

MATH106 · MATH000 · MATH103 · MATH902SPRING · MATH902 · MATH00D · TRIGONOMETRY · 000D · MATH000D · 19 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
0%
Difficulty
2.9

The decision

Avoid unless you already know the math well and and notes.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHard to UnderstandSpeaks Too FastNo Syllabus ChaosTest HeavyAccent Barrier
  • Most students struggle to understand her fast speech and thick accent.
  • Many say she , and makes board mistakes.
  • A small and able to show easier solution methods.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Even with lower content difficulty, confusing teaching and and luck.

Both formats report hard or unfair tests; a .

Is the course easy?

Beginner

58/100

Course material is often basic algebra-level, but delivery makes it feel much harder than the content alone.

Online and in-person both rate content as not inherently advanced, yet hard to learn from her.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and warn that skipping means failing.

In-person evidence is strongly mandatory; but still time-heavy.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

12/100

Among students , and most warn others away.

Both online reviewers say no; .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

30/100

Tags and comments point , and little even in tiny classes.

Format shift

; online also calls tests unfairly difficult.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Homework and quizzes appear regularly, and some call workload heavy, but the bigger pain is clarity not pure volume.

Format shift

Online mentions lots of homework; and tests.

Teaching experience

Poor

24/100

Dominant theme is hard-to-understand, rushed, unclear teaching with frequent mistakes.

Format shift

Both formats criticize understanding and organization; .

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

74/100

Tests and quizzes dominate, sometimes scheduled back-to-back, with .

Format shift

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Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

17 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

and pace, with a few older students saying she shows easy methods if you attend and adapt to the accent.

Main concern

Accent, speed, and .

What students said

“Unless you ”
MATH000
“She talks to her students like they already know the material.”
MATH00D
“She always shows you an easier way to solve a problem.”
MATH103

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviewers report rushed long lectures, , and weak organization.

Main concern

Fast talking plus tech inflexibility and .

What students said

“She talks way too fast and isn't really that .”
MATH000D
“Hard to understand, unorganized .”
MATH103

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Students describe difficult tests with , and little study-guide support.

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and tests come frequently, sometimes the day after a quiz, with weak preparation and no reliable syllabus.

Frequent QuizzesHard TestsNo Study GuidesHomework on Test Days
“For some reason she gives tests out the day after a quiz.”
MATH106
“No syllabus, no study guides. .”
000D

Online

Online students call tests unfairly difficult under a .

Hard TestsUnclear ScheduleTest Heavy
“ . The .”
MATH000D

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“Unless you ”

Voice snapshots generated from 19 , and sparse positives. Credibility rating: High.

🗣️ Clarity Barrier

20/100

“Professor Ma is extremely difficult to understand and speaks very fast.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

24/100

“ we already know it and rushes through it on the board.”

🚫 Recommendation

12/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • she would be a little critical about small things sometimes.
  • she just goes on huge tangents (lectures I guess) and teaches as if everyone knows the stuff she is teaching.
  • She always shows you an easier way to solve a problem.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • .
  • She is often making mistakes and plays them off like she's actually teaching the class.
  • If you attend every day, turn in and are very attentive, you may get a passing grade.

Theme 3

🎧 About Understanding

  • hard to understand.
  • her accent is so thick that you have to really pay attention to decipher her words.
  • she speaks a thousand words per minute

Theme 4

❤️ Rare Positive Notes

  • mrs. . If you have family, work, children, etc... choos her.
  • I love Ms. Ma. Wish she was teaching 106 also.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

19

Recent reviews read by the AI

19

Lifetime ratings

76/100

Evidence confidence

Nineteen reviews over many years strongly agree on accent and clarity problems, with only a small older positive minority.

Inside 19 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 52
4 out of 52
3 out of 54
2 out of 55
1 out of 56

Course coverage

MATH1068 reviews
MATH1034 reviews
000D1 review
MATH0001 review
MATH000D1 review
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MATH00D1 review
MATH9021 review
MATH902SPRING1 review
TRIGONOMETRY1 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

10 reported outcomes

A range

2

A 1 · A- 1

B range

1

B 1

C range

2

C 2

D range

1

D 1

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

4

Audit/No Grade 1 · Drop/Withdrawal 1 · Not sure yet 2