Frank Tran

MATH285 · MATH181 · MATH180 · MATH290 · MATH260 · 287 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 74/100
RMP rating: 4.0/5
Take again: 67.89%
Difficulty: 3.2

The decision

if you will attend, redo lecture problems, and use office hours; skip if you need a slow-paced intro calc class.

Best fit · Effort For RewardLecture Heavy Fast PaceExams Match HomeworkOffice Hours GoldExtra Credit Drops LowestClear When You Keep Up

Exams and and , so redoing class work is the main path to an A.
Lectures move very fast; office hours and study guides make the difference between struggling and succeeding.
Strong math foundations help a lot; weaker algebra/trig students often feel lost without heavy outside study.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

FairEffort

62/100

An A is very doable and use drops and , but weak foundations or skipped work make high grades much harder.

Both online and ; online comments more often mention long or difficult timed tests.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

32/100

Calc content is dense and lecture pace is very fast, so many students must put in heavy outside study even when exams mirror class work.

In-person and online both describe a fast, computation-heavy pace; winter or compressed terms feel especially brutal.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

28/100

and students warn that missing even a few lectures leaves you cooked.

Most evidence is in-person; a few online .

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

70/100

Many students call him one of the if you work hard and use office hours, but a vocal minority .

In-person praise is stronger and more detailed; online reviews are more mixed on difficulty and .

Course guide

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Grading

Lenient

72/100

Students often report clear criteria, drops of lowest scores, , and .

Format shift

A few online and older reviews call him a , but .

Workload

Moderate

42/100

Lots of homework and frequent quizzes or tests are common, though if you master lecture problems.

Format shift

Online students more and long exams.

Teaching experience

Good

78/100

support, but frequent criticism of skipping steps and talking too fast.

Format shift

In-person fans dominate; online quality is more uneven for compressed terms.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

78/100

Grades center on quizzes, midterms, and and homework, with limited non-test weight.

Format shift

and in person.

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

41 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

lectures are heavy and fast, but , and for students who show up.

Main concern

Missing lectures or weak algebra/trig foundations leaves students completely behind.

What students said

“The exams are exactly the same as the homework, so if .”
MATH181

“GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS — it helps so much.”
MATH181

“You will be completely lost during lectures if you don't study the topics on your own before class.”
MATH181

Remote format

Online

9 reviews

Medium confidence · Best fit for Effort For Reward

Online sections still move fast with and homework, but and office-hour support when they engage.

Main concern

Fast pace and .

What students said

“Professor Tran moves fast in lectures, so be ready to put in extra work outside of class.”
MATH181

“ and he wants you to show every ounce of work possible”
MATH181

“His exams are based on all the , so .”
180

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

homework and practice, fair if prepared but long and hard for unprepared students.

Exams Match HomeworkPractice Exams SimilarTest HeavyShow All WorkDrops Lowest Exam

Assessment risk

Standard

55/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and and practice problems closely; study guides and office-hour reviews are major grade boosters.

Exams Match HomeworkPractice Exams SimilarGroup and Individual QuizzesDrop Lowest Scores

“The exams are exactly the same as the homework, so if .”
MATH181

“his quizzes and as the practice problems he gives just with different numbers”
180

Online

Online students describe difficult, long exams with heavy show-your-work expectations and little proof of open-book or soft proctoring.

Difficult Timed ExamsShow All WorkHomework-Aligned Content

“ and he wants you to show every ounce of work possible”
MATH181

“The exams were also impossible to complete, 20+ questions, 3 hrs, felt like a .”
MATH181

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“The exams are exactly the same as the homework, so if .”
Voice snapshots generated from 50 reviews (9 online, 41 in , and support themes. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

78/100

“I think he's one of the .”

📝

80/100

“ , and as lecture.”

⚡ Pace Warning

32/100

“Lectures are crazy fast and so I had to learn a lot by myself.”

🤝 Office Hours Payoff

85/100

“GO TO HIS OFFICE HOURS — it helps so much. and genuinely wants you to understand the material.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Lectures are very fast but clear.
and is always patient when students have questions.
He talks so fast and his class is difficult but if you can process it.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Class is tough but fair.
, and the
If you put in a few hours every week studying, the class is very simple.

Theme 3

❤️ About Support & Character

He demonstrably cares about his students and is willing to show grace when other teachers won't.
Super kind and forgiving when I visited him during office hours.
W professor so friendly and was willing to give his own time to students.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

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Lifetime ratings

88/100

Evidence confidence

Fifty recent reviews across many math courses with , and office hours give strong confidence.

Inside 50 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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1 out of 526

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

A range results lead the reported letter grades.

50 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 6 · A 23 · A- 2

B range

B+ 1 · B 4

C range

C+ 1 · C 2

D range

D+ 1 · D 1

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 4 · Not sure yet 3 · Rather not say 2

Frank Tran

x x if you will attend, redo lecture problems, and use office hours; skip if you need a slow-paced intro calc class.

Four answers before you build your schedule.

FairEffort

Challenging

Mandatory

WorthIt

See how this professor fits your week.

Compare the in-person and online experience.

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

In person

Online

See what students actually said.

🎯 Teaching Quality

📝 x x

⚡ Pace Warning

🤝 Office Hours Payoff

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

❤️ About Support & Character

See exactly what the AI read.

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

if you will attend, redo lecture problems, and use office hours; skip if you need a slow-paced intro calc class.

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