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Mathematics

Lydia Morales

CALC21B · MATHV01B · 1BEN · MATH007 · MATHV01 · MATHV21B · V21B · V03 · CALC21A · MATHV11 · 20 lifetime ratings

AI rating
36/100
RMP rating
2.9/5
Take again
63.64%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

Skip unless and tolerate uneven, sometimes harsh instruction.

Best fit · Self Taught ProHeavy HomeworkInconsistent TeachingConfusing ExplanationsSlow Grade UpdatesStudent Presentations
  • Recent reviews slam no-lecture student presentations, rudeness, and crushing busywork.
  • , and practice exams that match tests.
  • and workload is a major barrier for working students.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

Reported grades include B, C, and C- with and uneven teaching, so an A and grind.

Online reviews emphasize crushing timed work; and .

Is the course easy?

Standard

42/100

Material is standard college math or calc difficulty, but confusing explanations and .

Online pace is described as very fast; .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

18/100

and tags warn that skipping means you will not pass.

Both online and in-person comments treat attendance as required.

Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Historical would-take-again near mid-sixties clashes with and workload.

Online reviews are firmly negative; .

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

Not framed as a free A; practice exams and help, but tough work and slow grade updates hurt transparency.

Format shift

Online and .

Workload

Heavy

24/100

Lots of , and stacked MET assignments dominate recent comments.

Format shift

Online reviews stress absurd volume; .

Teaching experience

Poor

38/100

some love interactive help and humor, many say she confuses, yells, ignores email, or makes students teach.

Format shift

Online experience is largely negative; in-person spans excellent older notes and poor recent ones.

Assessment method

FocusOnAssignments

35/100

, and discussions carry heavy weight alongside tests and practice exams.

Format shift

Online stacks timed HW and quizzes; in-person also relies on presentations and homework.

Luni fit check

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Course format

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Classroom format

In person

18 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

In person ranges from loved interactive problem-solving and , and slow grades.

Main concern

Recent in-person calc experiences report she does not teach and reacts poorly when students struggle.

What students said

“There are , students have to teach other students the new chapter with presentations.”
CALC21B
“I loved that we did problems in class together. It helped me a lot. !”
CALC21B
“ but and you end up more lost than when you started.”
V03

Remote format

Online

2 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online sections add timed quizzes, discussions, MET homework stacks, and .

Main concern

Workload volume and timed everything make the class hostile to students with jobs or other classes.

What students said

“Weekly quizzes, and HW, and discussions. And also has this MET (HW on top of HW) due at the beginning of every class.”
V21B
“ ! She gets upset when you ask questions, expects you to know the material before coming to class”
V03

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are standard with practice tests sometimes matching the ; online adds heavy timed .

Practice examsTimed quizzesTest heavy tagsHomework-linked tests

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

; quizzes feed into the final and study effort is emphasized.

Practice examsQuizzes on finalIn-person tests
“Her tests are just like the exam.”
MATHV21B
“If you do good on the quizzes (5 total and seen on the .”
CALC21A

Online

Online work is timed with weekly quizzes and ; reviews do not clearly prove webcam or Lockdown Browser use.

Timed quizzesWeekly HWDiscussions
“Everything is timed, this not a class geared for anyone that works or has other classes.”
V21B

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“There are , students have to teach other students the new chapter with presentations.”

Voice snapshots generated from 20 reviews (2 online, 18 in-person), highlighting workload and teaching inconsistency. Credibility rating: Medium.

📚 Workload Overload

24/100

“ if you have no life. , and HW, and discussions.”

🗣️ Teaching Split

38/100

“Good instructor. Makes the . She explains well and if needed.”

⚠️ Recent Red Flags

30/100

“extremely rude, has yelled at students' multiple times. ”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • She often gets mad when we don't know how to do the .
  • I love her mini lectures.
  • Restored my faith in myself and my ability to actually understand math!!!

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Work

  • Also, there is so much work it's pretty ridiculous.
  • She takes FOREVER to input grades so you really don't know where you stand.
  • STUDY everything

Data context

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Analysis sample

20

Recent reviews read by the AI

20

Lifetime ratings

62/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty reviews across years show a clear older-positive versus recent-negative split, with enough detail but moderate consistency.

Inside 20 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 56
4 out of 53
3 out of 51
2 out of 54
1 out of 56

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

7 reported outcomes

A range

2

A+ 1 · A 1

B range

2

B 2

C range

2

C 1 · C- 1

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

1

Not_Sure_Yet 1