Jairo Aguilar

MATH100 · MATH181 · MATH180 · MATH130 · MATH50 · C22200 · 13 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 24/100
RMP rating: 1.8/5
Take again: 23.08%
Difficulty: 3.5

The decision

Avoid unless you already have a strong math foundation and .

Best fit · Self Taught ProHarsh exam graderBoring long lecturesHomework access feesTests mismatch homeworkHigh drop rate

Most students call him one of the . SAC math professors and .
Exams are graded extremely harshly with step deductions and .
and long and withdrawals.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

32/100

A few older students got As with curves and note review, but most .

; the one online review also calls him a .

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

Students say he makes content harder than needed with fast or and .

; in-person reviews dominate.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

as mandatory and some tags say you will not pass if .

and in-person reviews.

Is this professor recommended?

Avoid

22/100

Take-again rate is about 23% and most comments tell students to save their grade and pick someone else.

Online review is firmly no; a few older in-person MATH180 reviews were positive outliers.

Course guide

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Grading

Harsh

22/100

; missing a step or not simplifying a .

Format shift

Harsh grading appears in both formats; as especially punitive.

Workload

Heavy

28/100

Lots of , and long lecture-heavy classes are common complaints.

Format shift

and in person; expensive lab or access fees appear mainly in person.

Teaching experience

Poor

28/100

Most students find lectures boring, disjointed, or non-intuitive, with only a few older glowing reviews.

Format shift

; one online review is also quality 1.

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

72/100

Test-heavy and graded-by-few-things tags show exams drive the .

Format shift

Luni fit check

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

12 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

In-person students overwhelmingly report harsh exam , and .

Main concern

Miss one step on an exam and ; .

What students said

“Mess up one thing on a .”
MATH130

“Lectures are long and boring and .”
MATH130

“ and .”
MATH181

Remote format

Online

1 reviews

Low confidence · Best fit for Self Taught Pro

Single online MATH180 , and advises finding another professor.

Main concern

and teaching is unclear.

What students said

“ guides and is not clear when teaching.”
MATH180

Exam style

Know what to expect from exams and major assignments.

Exams are hard, often unlike homework, and graded with .

Harsh step deductionsTests unlike homeworkTrick questionsIn-person exams

Assessment risk

Strict

28/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

as hard, full of tricks, and graded with automatic zeros for missed steps.

Harsh step deductionsTrick questionsIn-person exams

“ , and nothing like the hw. Miss a step and get a ZERO.”
MATH130

“ . Not simplifying a fraction or something silly can easily lose you a point.”
MATH180

Online

One online student said tests are not representative of .

Tests unlike homework

“ guides and is not clear when teaching.”
MATH180

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“Save your time and your grade.”
Voice snapshots generated from 13 reviews (1 online, 12 in , and . Credibility rating: High.

🚫 Recommendation Risk

22/100

“ and .”

📝

22/100

“Mess up one thing on a .”

😴 Lecture Quality

28/100

“Lectures are very boring, he would lecture two hours straight with no breaks in between.”

📚 Workload Burden

28/100

“makes you purchase a key for .”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

Lectures are very boring, he would lecture two hours straight with no breaks in between.
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He copies computations from a book for 2 hours and does not seem very aware of the math.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

Miss a step and get a ZERO.
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Half the class dropped, I barely survived

Theme 3

💸

There is a large cost to access the hw and there are no cheaper alternatives.
The , $104.99.

Data context

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Analysis sample

Recent reviews read by the AI

Lifetime ratings

78/100

Evidence confidence

13 detailed reviews spanning 2019-2025 with and lectures, despite a few older positives.

Inside 13 stored ratings

Quality ratings

5 out of 51

4 out of 51

3 out of 50

2 out of 53

1 out of 58

Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

13 reported outcomes

A range

A+ 2 · A 2

B range

B+ 1

C range

C 1

D range

No reported values

F

No reported values

No letter grade reported

Drop/Withdrawal 7

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Four answers before you build your schedule.

HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

Avoid

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.

🚫 Recommendation Risk

📝 x x x

😴 Lecture Quality

📚 Workload Burden

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

💸 x x x x

See exactly what the AI read.

Quality ratings

Course coverage

No letter grade reported results lead the reported letter grades.

A range

B range

C range

D range

F

No letter grade reported

Avoid unless you already have a strong math foundation and .

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