AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Rooney Alpern

MATH030 · MATH30 · MATH050 · MATH70 · MATH070 · MATH1017 · MATH50 · 26 lifetime ratings

AI rating
38/100
RMP rating
3.0/5
Take again
40%
Difficulty
3.9

The decision

Only take Alpern if and want a demanding math drill coach; skip if .

Best fit · Effort For RewardTons of HomeworkTough GraderPolarizing TeachingMandatory AttendanceClear Criteria
  • Extremely heavy homework load that filters out unprepared students
  • some thrive, many feel lost
  • and

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

An A requires grinding huge homework sets and showing .

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Fast pace, dense algebra content, and catalog level.

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

15/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

38/100

Roughly four in ; recent voices often say she cannot teach while older fans praise hard work only.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

See how this professor fits your week.

Grading

Strict

32/100

but tough and process-picky; right if steps are out of order.

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Workload

Overwhelming

15/100

and papers dominate the semester.

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Teaching experience

Average

45/100

Students split between caring mentor who drills mastery and .

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Assessment method

Balanced

52/100

Grade mix of , and .

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Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

26 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person math courses with , and very mixed lecture clarity; dedicated students sometimes praise growth while many report confusion and stress.

Main concern

Sloppy or and pace leave many students lost despite fair criteria.

What students said

“She just cant teach, period. She writes questions on the board and expects you to follow and understand”
MATH070
“Prof. Alpern gives a lot of homework and is tough but she is amazing! She know how to teach superb!”
MATH050
“Homework 3 hours worth every other day. I like the class but only dedicated survive.”
MATH70

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.

and ; reviews do not prove open-book or proctoring tools.

Homework heavyQuizzesIn-person examsShow all work

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

Exams and and demand full work shown; no webcam or Lockdown Browser is mentioned.

In-person examsQuizzesShow all workBook-aligned
“ and fair (hw, quizzes, exams) goes by the book”
MATH070
“I was , but she makes you show all your work for everything”
MATH30

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“The instructor you get can make or break you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 26 in-person reviews, highlighting homework load, polar teaching clarity, and . Credibility rating: High.

📚

15/100

“A lot a lot a lot of .”

🎯 Teaching Clarity Split

45/100

“She just cant teach, period.”

👍 For Dedicated Students

70/100

“If you're dedicated to actually passing the class you will.”

⚖️

32/100

“she will mark it wrong if you don't do the steps to the problem in the correct order.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • Her lecturing is bad and her writing is sloppy.
  • She really explained well. And she has an awesome personality
  • She is very hard to understand cause of her accent.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • Homework 3 hours worth every other day.
  • I retook the class with a diff professor and got an A.
  • Quite Literally the ;

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

  • I saw the frustration in her face when she knew most students were not understanding
  • She is so

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

26

Recent reviews read by the AI

26

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-six reviews spanning nearly two decades with detailed comments and .

Inside 26 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 59
4 out of 53
3 out of 53
2 out of 53
1 out of 58

Course coverage

MATH308 reviews
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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

6 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 2

B range

2

B 1 · B- 1

C range

0

No reported values

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

2

Drop/Withdrawal 2