AI Rate Professor

Engineering

Mike Woods

MATH124 · ENGINEERING1 · ENGINEERING · ENGR17 · ENG1 · CSCI2 · ENG3 · ENGR8 · ENGR3 · MATH108 · ENGR45 · ENGR1 · CSCISECT · ENGR4 · ELEALG · MATH217 · 64 lifetime ratings

AI rating
18/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
100%
Difficulty
3.5

The decision

if you can learn independently, tolerate a blunt classroom style, and keep up with .

Best fit · Self Taught ProRambles Off TopicSelf-Study RequiredHeavy Homework PenaltiesCondescending TonePolarizing Personality
  • Many students say lectures drift off topic and require major self-teaching.
  • Homework and attendance appear important, with as heavily punished.
  • A smaller group found him helpful or funny, but the .

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

38/100

An A may be possible by doing homework and staying present, but students , and weak instruction.

because there are no online reviews.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

35/100

The course content becomes harder because students often report unclear teaching, missing fundamentals, and .

All course .

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

22/100

Reviews repeatedly imply that showing up and staying engaged are expected, and one student described being singled out for arriving late.

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Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

24/100

Most students advise avoiding him because .

Recommendation .

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

32/100

Some students say homework can carry the class, but as causing severe grade penalties.

Format shift

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Workload

Heavy

25/100

Students frequently mention lots of , and needing outside study to survive the class.

Format shift

Workload .

Teaching experience

Awful

28/100

The dominant pattern , and students learning from the book instead.

Format shift

Teaching .

Assessment method

Balanced

45/100

, and finals, but homework appears especially important.

Format shift

Assessment .

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

50 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are mostly negative, with repeated complaints about off-topic lectures, rude comments, self-teaching, and .

Main concern

Students often felt they had to learn from the book or classmates instead of lectures.

What students said

“prepare to learn via independent study.”
ENGR17
“He assigns a ridiculous amount of way.”
MATH124
“For everyone else - stay away from this man.”
ENGR45

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.

Reviews mention tests and , but they do not clearly prove open-book rules, proctoring, or closed-book requirements.

Tests MentionedFinal MentionedRetake Possibility MentionedExam policy not clearly proven

Assessment risk

Standard

48/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and finals, but they do not clearly prove the .

Tests MentionedFinal MentionedRetake Possibility Mentioned
“if but turn in all the .”
MATH108
“Second part of bit.”
ENGR4

Online

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“He literally just reads the book to you.”

Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews, highlighting key themes in , and classroom climate. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

28/100

“He literally just reads the book to you.”

👍 Recommendation Level

24/100

“If I .”

⚖️

32/100

“If a student fails to do a grade.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • He tells irrelevant stories during class time and does not create a friendly or supportive class environment.
  • Woods teaches less than 10 percent of the time you spend in his class
  • He really doesn't teach you anything, you have to read the book and work with classmates to learn the material.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • The key to being successful in any of his classes is to stay ahead on the material and do lots of homework.
  • You can get by if you do the .
  • if you miss an assignment and dont do it by the .

Theme 3

❤️ About Classroom Climate

  • He's also extremely condescending and makes you feel stupid for asking questions.
  • He was no help at all and demands you put up with his mood swings.
  • Mr. Woods is a very nice and understanding guy.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

64

Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

The judgment is based on 50 in-person reviews across many years with highly consistent complaints, though some reviews are old and polarized.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 514
4 out of 54
3 out of 54
2 out of 513
1 out of 529

Course coverage

MATH10812 reviews
ENGR177 reviews
MATH1246 reviews
ENGR15 reviews
ENGR34 reviews
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MATH2171 review

Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

2 reported outcomes

A range

1

A+ 1

B range

0

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C range

1

C+ 1

D range

0

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F

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No letter grade reported

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