AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Ray Esquivel

STAT130 · STAT110 · MATH160 · MATH170 · MATH050 · MATH70 · SAT130 · STATS130 · MATH130 · MATH50 · 116 lifetime ratings

AI rating
52/100
RMP rating
3.1/5
Take again
70.59%
Difficulty
3.0

The decision

if you will show up daily, use tutoring, and care more .

Best fit · Effort For RewardEffort Based GradingOpen Book TestsConfusing LecturesMath Lab RequiredFunny But Scattered
  • He , and visible effort more than pure test scores.
  • Lectures are often called disorganized, so .
  • , but strong students still warn As are not guaranteed.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

56/100

Effort and attendance can rescue a pass or even an A, but many hard and struggle for top marks.

All evidence is in person.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

34/100

Stats content plus scattered lectures push students into constant tutoring and self-teaching.

All evidence is in person.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

16/100

Skip-class tags and multiple reports of grade damage from missing .

and Stats.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

68/100

About seven in because he passes hard workers, despite frequent teaching complaints.

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

, and attendance-heavy schemes often lift struggling students to a pass or better.

Format shift

Some high-achievers still call A grades elusive despite open notes.

Workload

Heavy

36/100

, and expected math-lab hours add up even when tests are open book.

Format shift

In-person Stats and intermediate algebra both report heavy outside work.

Teaching experience

Average

50/100

He is funny and caring about transfer goals, but many say lectures wander and force self-teaching.

Format shift

In-person opinions split between inspirational and does-not-teach.

Assessment method

Balanced

48/100

Tests matter, but , and effort often outweigh pure exam percentages.

Format shift

Several in-person reviews note tests near 30 percent of the grade.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In-person Stats and Math reward relentless effort and open-note testing, but teaching quality is highly polarized.

Main concern

Scattered lectures force heavy outside tutoring and as non-negotiable.

What students said

“If you show up and do the work you will pass... and exams.”
MATH130
“lectures are all over the place and . he wants you to pass trust me!”
MATH130
“Mr. Esquivel gave me an A but I left his class knowing nothing. I spent 90% of my time in the math lab.”
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

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Most students report open-book open-notes tests and finals, though questions can still feel mismatched to notes.

Open BookOpen NotesBuddy QuizzesCalculator Allowed

Assessment risk

StudentFriendly

80/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

, and calculator, with some buddy quizzes.

Open BookOpen NotesBuddy QuizzesCalculator Allowed
“ and exams. .”
MATH130
“ , so .”
MATH130
“HE HAS OPEN NOTES AND .”
SAT130

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“If you show up and do the work you will pass. He cares a lot about you passing and transferring to a good school.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 , and uneven lectures. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

50/100

“His lectures are all over the place. I never understood anything in his class.”

⚖️ Effort-Based Grades

72/100

“Professor Esquivel will pass you if you try!”

📘 Open-Note Exams

80/100

“ and exams. .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • lectures are all over the place and
  • He's very inspirational, funny and makes class fun
  • Mr. Esquivel gave me an A but I left his class knowing nothing

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • I did terrible on all the tests and still managed to pass
  • if you show up every day... you will pass the class forsure
  • AVOID!!... Even with VERY hard work you will probably not get an A

Theme 3

🛠️ About Effort & Support

  • go to tutoring and you will be fine
  • , and
  • His philosophy was that he teaches the basic idea, and then you go practice

Data context

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Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

116

Lifetime ratings

86/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty in-person reviews across many years show a stable pattern of , and mixed lecture quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

22 reported outcomes

A range

9

A+ 2 · A 7

B range

6

B+ 2 · B 4

C range

6

C 6

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not sure yet 1