AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Daniel McAllaster

MATH155 · MATH130 · MATH30 · 5 lifetime ratings

AI rating
22/100
RMP rating
1.4/5
Take again
—
Difficulty
4.4

The decision

Avoid if ; only consider if you can teach yourself from the book and videos.

Best fit · Self Taught ProUnprepared lecturesConfusing teachingHeavy homeworkSelf-study requiredCurve sometimes
  • Multiple students say lectures are unprepared, error-prone, and .
  • work.
  • ; .

Key questions

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Is this an easy A?

HardWork

30/100

and heavy HW dominate; a curve in one course helps slightly but .

All evidence comes from 5 in-person reviews; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

15/100

Difficulty is high and teaching .

All evidence comes from 5 in-person reviews; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Optional

75/100

; little else is said about enforcement.

All evidence comes from 5 in-person reviews; no online reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

18/100

; they call lectures terrible and the class hell.

All evidence comes from 5 in-person reviews; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

50/100

One course is curved; as generous given high difficulty and withdrawals.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Workload

Overwhelming

18/100

Mass amounts of do not help.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Teaching experience

Awful

18/100

Repeated reports of unprepared lectures, mistakes on the board, and inability to convey material.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

and difficult tests both matter; notes often fail to support either.

Format shift

Based only on in-person reviews.

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

5 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews overwhelmingly describe unprepared, , heavy HW, and students learning more from the book or Kahn Academy; one milder review calls him average with a curve.

Main concern

Lectures may not teach the material; risk of falling behind or withdrawing.

What students said

“Teaching is not his primary focus, isn't prepared for class, half the time he couldn't do the same problems assigned to us.”
MATH155
“He'd spend most of the class trying to figure out how to do the homework and would typically do it wrong.”
MATH130
“Probably wouldn't recommend him but . Average.”
MATH30

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.

Tests are described as difficult and sometimes out of sync with taught material; limited format detail beyond hardness and .

Difficult testsMaterial ahead of test scheduleCurve in some courses

Assessment risk

Strict

35/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

difficult tests, sometimes material taught weeks ahead of what is tested; .

Difficult testsTeaching ahead of test materialCurve grading
“I felt that the but the saving grace is that he grades on a curve.”
MATH30
“Made lots of mistakes during lectures and was teaching material 3 weeks ahead of what we were about to be tested on.”
MATH130

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice

“I gave up, no matter how hard I tried just couldn't keep up. .”

Voice snapshots generated from 5 in-person reviews, highlighting lecture failure and . Credibility rating: Medium.

🎯 Teaching Quality

18/100

“Teaching is not his primary focus, isn't prepared for class, half the time he couldn't do the same problems assigned to us.”

📚 Workload Pain

18/100

“His notes/lecture are terrible and dont help with the mass amounts of hw he assigns.”

👎 Recommendation

18/100

“Probably wouldn't recommend him but . Average.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • isn't prepared for class, half the time he couldn't do the same problems assigned to us.
  • His notes/lecture are terrible and dont help with the mass amounts of hw he assigns.
  • He spent the whole class time with his back to us writing on the blackboard.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • I gave up, no matter how hard I tried just couldn't keep up.
  • but the saving grace is that he grades on a curve.
  • and watching Kahn academy videos.

Data context

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Analysis sample

5

Recent reviews read by the AI

5

Lifetime ratings

58/100

Evidence confidence

5 consistent negative in-person reviews from 2013-2015 with detailed complaints; small sample but strong agreement.

Inside 5 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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

Course coverage

MATH1303 reviews
MATH1551 review
MATH301 review

Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

3 reported outcomes

A range

0

No reported values

B range

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