AI Rate Professor

Mathematics

Regis Smith

MATH240 · MATH263 · STATS227 · MATH273 · MATH0227 · MATH110 · MATH262 · MATH227 · MATH260 · MATH173 · 56 lifetime ratings

AI rating
21/100
RMP rating
2.3/5
Take again
27.27%
Difficulty
3.6

The decision

unless you are comfortable self-teaching and only need a passable grade.

Best fit · Self Taught ProDisorganized lecturesSelf-teaching requiredSlow gradingPoor communicationSometimes easy to pass
  • Most students criticize Smith for , and delayed grading.
  • Grades can be surprisingly attainable in some sections because of open notes, open book, , completion grading, or lax structure.
  • many students say they passed or got good grades while teaching themselves.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

58/100

A good grade is possible because some sections have lenient or , but students often pay for it with self-teaching and .

Online and in-person reviews both include easy-pass examples, but and poor learning.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

31/100

The course experience is intellectually hard because and , and many students must self-teach technical material.

Online reviews stress self-learning and weak support, while in-person reviews repeatedly , and coding or math struggles.

Is attendance flexible?

Recommended

45/100

because students say missing class costs a lot and notes are needed, though a strict mandatory policy is not clearly proven.

matters, while online reviews do not clearly establish an attendance rule.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

27/100

Most students do not recommend him because , and self-teaching dominate the comments.

Both formats contain serious avoid warnings, with in-person evidence much larger and consistently negative.

Course guide

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Grading

Fair

55/100

Grading can be lenient in some sections, but , and late grading make the experience unreliable.

Format shift

Online reviews include an easy-pass-without-learning claim, while and tough-grader complaints.

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Workload ranges from low assignment volume to lots of , and .

Format shift

Online reviews mention homework and practice exams, while , and self-study.

Teaching experience

Poor

31/100

Teaching is widely criticized as disorganized, unclear, slow to grade, and or helpful.

Format shift

Online reviews emphasize poor communication and self-teaching, while , and .

Assessment method

Balanced

63/100

, and finals, with some courses graded by few major items.

Format shift

Online reviews mention exams, homework, quizzes, and practice exams, while in-person , and finals.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

42 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person reviews are heavily negative, with repeated complaints , and frequent self-teaching.

Main concern

Students often need to learn from the book, notes, YouTube, or outside help because class instruction is unreliable.

What students said

“The as well, making it mostly a self-taught class.”
MATH173
“95% of the course requires self teach/YouTube tutorials.”
MATH273
“ . .”
MATH173

Remote format

Online

8 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Online reviews are mostly negative, citing poor communication, self-teaching, rude interactions, and .

Main concern

Online students , and .

What students said

“You basically have to teach yourself because he so you don't know where you stand.”
MATH262
“ . Didn't even lecture Just wrote down notes and made us figure out the classwork.”
MATH240
“You can fail all of the exams and still pass with a B.”
MATH227

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exam friendliness varies because some students report open-book or open-notes exams, while and .

Open Book MentionedOpen Notes MentionedFew Exams In Some SectionsHard Tests In Other SectionsNo Clear Online Proctoring Evidence

Assessment risk

Varies

50/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

In-person reviews mention open-book or open-notes exams in some sections, but , and difficult finals.

Open Book ExamOpen NotesHard TestsPop QuizzesDifficult Final
“The only thing useful is that he allows open book for the exam”
MATH173
“super good all open notes and open book , easy A”
MATH262
“ .”
MATH173

Online

and open book in another, but do not clearly prove webcam, Lockdown Browser, or strict proctoring.

Few Exams And QuizzesOpen Book MentionedNo Clear Proctoring Evidence
“ and quizzes mainly due to the fact that .”
MATH263
“he helps us pass by giving us e/c, open book etc.”
STATS227

Student evidence

See what students actually said.

Top student voice

“You will get a good grade but you won't learn much from him”

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

🎯 Teaching Quality

31/100

“95% of the course requires self teach/YouTube tutorials.”

👍 Recommendation Rate

27/100

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⚖️ Grade Value

58/100

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Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

  • The as well, making it mostly a self-taught class.
  • No focus in any of the lectures.
  • He just writes everything all over the board and loses the students attention easily

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

  • . .
  • You can fail all of the exams and still pass with a B.
  • Homework graded by completion, we only had 1 exam and 2 quizzes before the final

Theme 3

📬

  • .
  • .
  • Took him 1 month to grade 4 assignments.

Data context

See exactly what the AI read.

Analysis sample

50

Recent reviews read by the AI

56

Lifetime ratings

96/100

Evidence confidence

Credibility is high because 50 reviews across many years and courses show strong recurring patterns, especially around disorganization and self-teaching.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 58
4 out of 56
3 out of 58
2 out of 512
1 out of 522

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

39 reported outcomes

A range

14

A+ 3 · A 11

B range

7

B 4 · B- 3

C range

5

C 5

D range

0

No reported values

F

0

No reported values

No letter grade reported

13

Drop/Withdrawal 2 · Not sure yet 9 · Rather not say 2