Ilene Katz

ALG151A · MA181 · 151A · MATH151B · 151A151B · MA156 · EDUC191 · 151B · MATH181 · MATH04 · MATH151 · MATH190 · MATH156 · MATH151A · 71 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 42/100
RMP rating: 3.5/5
Take again: 42.11%
Difficulty: 2.8

The decision

Only take her if and office hours; skip her if and light workload.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerLots of HomeworkPolarizing Math TeachingProject-or-Test OptionConfusing LecturesMath Anxiety Helper

Teaching quality is sharply polarized between life-changing support and
students and frustrates others

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

52/100

An A is possible with projects, tutors, and , but and heavy workload keep it from being free.

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Is the course easy?

Standard

48/100

Algebra and related math content is standard difficulty, made harder by pace and volume rather than pure concept complexity.

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Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

and warn that skipping class costs you.

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Is this professor recommended?

Depends

42/100

Take-again rate near 42% matches a split: some call her amazing for math anxiety while recent reviews urge avoidance.

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Course guide

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Grading

Fair

48/100

and retests while and strict deductions.

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Nearly every review stresses lots of projects.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Average

48/100

Older fans credit patience and tutors; many later students say lectures skip around, confuse, or read from the book.

Format shift

Assessment method

Balanced

55/100

, and a large final create a mixed assessment mix.

Format shift

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

and attendance, with some students thriving under repetition and others calling lectures confusing or self-study.

Main concern

students teaching themselves.

What students said

“ .”
MATH156

“I went into the class hating Math came out loving it.”
151A

“Useless lectures. It's pretty much you learn on your own class.”
MA181

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.

; many classes let projects replace chapter tests, and reviews do not clearly prove special proctoring tools.

Chapter testsOptional projects instead of testsHandwritten testsGroup quizzes

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

quizzes, and a heavy final with mixed review quality.

Chapter testsProject optionGroup quizzesLarge final

“Gives the option of .”
MATH156

“Prepare to cram for this class. and the .”
MATH156

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Easily the college.”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 in-person reviews, highlighting homework load, lecture quality, and split outcomes. Credibility rating: High.

📚 Workload Reality

28/100

“about 3 assignments a week w/ 30 questions each.”

🎯 Teaching Quality

48/100

“She is not easy but she is an amazing teacher.”

👎 Confusion Risk

35/100

“ , so much that she confused me about things i had already learned previously.”

👍 When It Works

70/100

“Katz totally changed my outlook on math.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

doesn't really teach, just does math problems over & over
She will write it, sing it, have you write it
she doesn't teach during class, just goes over previous nights hw

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Gives the option of
and

Theme 3

❤️ About Character

She's open, honest, and realistic
can be really rude sometimes
she does it because she cares about you

Data context

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Analysis sample

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Lifetime ratings

84/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty reviews over many years show stable themes of and polarized teaching quality.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 530

4 out of 511

3 out of 512

2 out of 57

1 out of 511

Course coverage

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MATH151A6 reviews

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

16 reported outcomes

A range

A 4 · A- 3

B range

B 3 · B- 1

C range

C+ 1 · C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Incomplete 1

Ilene Katz

Only take her if x x x x x and office hours; skip her if x x x x and light workload.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Standard

Mandatory

Depends

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Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

📚 Workload Reality

🎯 Teaching Quality

👎 Confusion Risk

👍 When It Works

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Character

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Quality ratings

Course coverage

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A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Only take her if and office hours; skip her if and light workload.