M MacDonald

MATH118 · MATH · MATH125 · BUSCA236 · MATH115 · GEOMETRY · MATH2 · PHYSICS37 · MATH120 · MATH117 · BUSCALC · PHYSICS6 · MATH260 · MATH7 · 25 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 18/100
RMP rating: 1.9/5
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Difficulty: 4.3

The decision

Avoid unless you can teach yourself the textbook and already excel at math.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDoesn't teach clearlyMocks student questionsHard unfair testsSelf-study requiredHigh drop risk

Students repeatedly say he rewrites book examples instead of teaching.
Many report humiliation when asking questions and little support.
Tests are described as very hard with low A rates and high failure risk.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

MissionImpossible

14/100

Students say As , and help is minimal even with heavy effort.

; no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

BrainBurner

18/100

Fast pace, unclear lectures, and .

; no online reviews.

Is attendance flexible?

Avoid

12/100

Nearly every detailed and testing issues.

; no online reviews.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

16/100

Students report As, and little curving or mercy.

Format shift

Workload

Moderate

48/100

, but the main and self-teaching.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Awful

16/100

, and frequent absences.

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Reviews and finals as the grade drivers.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

25 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person math and physics sections are widely described as , and exam-heavy.

Main concern

and .

What students said

“Doesn't actually teach, just re-writes examples from the book and ”
MATH260

“He will insult students who have questions, and he rarely completes the steps when "explaining" a problem.”
MATH7

“If you want an A, !!!”
BUSCALC

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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, and unforgiving with little instructional support.

Hard examsFew questions per testHalf credit commonSelf-study required

Assessment risk

Strict

22/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as tough with only a few questions and high failure risk.

Hard exams5 questions per testHalf credit

“ and unreasonable. (only 5 questions).”
BUSCALC

“ half credit.”
GEOMETRY

“ but passable.”
MATH260

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“ unless you can learn off the book by yourself.”
Voice snapshots generated from 25 in-person reviews with highly consistent negative themes. Credibility rating: High.

💥 Teaching Disaster

16/100

“Doesn't actually teach, just re-writes examples from the book and ”

🚫

12/100

“OMG!!!!!!! !!!!”

📉 As

14/100

“If you want an A, !!!”

🗣️ Hostile Q&A

10/100

“He will insult students who have questions”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Doesn't actually teach, just re-writes examples from the book
he says "its all in the book!"
This teacher needs to learn how to teach.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

and unreasonable. (only 5 questions).
Gives only 1 A per test.
nobody in the class did well!!!

Theme 3

😤 About Classroom Climate

He will try to make a fool of you
Ask a question and he humiliates you in front of the class.
thrives off students failures.

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

Twenty-five mostly negative in-person reviews are highly consistent across many years and courses.

Inside 25 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

4 out of 52

3 out of 54

2 out of 57

1 out of 511

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 1

B range

No reported values

C range

No reported values

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

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M MacDonald

Avoid unless you can teach yourself the textbook and already excel at math.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

MissionImpossible

BrainBurner

Recommended

Avoid

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In person

Online

See what students actually said.

💥 Teaching Disaster

🚫 x x

📉 x x x As

🗣️ Hostile Q&A

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

😤 About Classroom Climate

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

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📉 As