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Nathan Schley

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Lots of homework EXTRA CREDIT Caring Accessible outside class Tough grader Test heavy Graded by few things Get ready to read Clear grading criteria Participation matters Amazing lectures Group projects Gives good feedback Beware of pop quizzes Lecture heavy Hilarious So many papers Inspirational Respected Online Savvy
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MATH 8
0 / 35 Enrolled
Transition to Higher Mathematics
Nathan Schley 2.5
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12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
41.7% A
MATH 34B
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Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Nathan Schley 2.5
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08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
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MATH 4B Schley N B Fall 2025 Total: 117
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MATH 102A Schley N B Fall 2025 Total: 34
MATH 108A Schley N B Summer 2025 Total: 27
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MATH34A . Schley N B 11 Days Ago

His math website is more about self-serving gimmick rather than a sincere, student-centered effort, because we don't see values in doing the online practice(handouts are better), there aren't many helpful problems, it appears he just wants to show off he can make the basic website rather than providing comprehensive review prep for the students.

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MATH34A . Schley N B 17 Days Ago

Schley is a nice guy but he is just not good as a professor. He spends 90% of lecture talking about random things like movies, his website, and whatever else. The tests are based on the lectures and homework but he throws in something new that wasn't mentioned in lecture. The only good thing is that you are guaranteed a B if you try. +Free textbook

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MATH34A . Schley N B 23 Days Ago

just don't. he is so unorganized and basically sets u up for failure. don't take this class if u value ur life

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MATH34A . Schley N B 23 Days Ago

Don't take him you'll hate life. avoid

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MATH4B . Schley N B 30 Days Ago

Not sure why he's rated this low...Prof Schley was an okay and chill professor. His handouts, practice exams, and quizzes were pretty helpful for preparing for the exams.

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MATH4B . Schley N B A Month Ago

He's a nice person but don't take his class. Very disorganized lectures. I may not matter that if there's no section quizzes about random contents. You may be tested on the materials you learned yesterday or from two weeks ago…And the quizzes worth 10%of the whole grades! The materials are not that hard but Dr. Schley made everything confusing.

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MATH4B . Schley N B 2 Months Ago

Cannot lecture. Often talks about how he spent a large amount of time debugging or trying to set something up on the practice problem website. There is almost 0 need to create a website for it when you can create a PDF document containing the same questions and answers... I'm also sure Cursor could have one-shotted the website on its own.

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MATH4B . Schley N B 2 Months Ago

He's a great guy but not a very good teacher. He is very passionate and loves math but he does not translate that well into teaching. Content is not too hard, and you can learn it on your own; the lectures are not useful. I'd recommend you self-study mostly. The sections are mandatory, and you have weekly quizzes worth 10%.

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MATH4B . Schley N B 4 Months Ago

Very disengaging lecture and hard to follow. Skips steps in his math and is super unclear. Unclear exam dates. Nice guy, but honestly more cut out to teach algebra 2.

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MATH6A . Schley N B 5 Months Ago

Mr. Schley was a good teacher and was very passionate about his lectures. He always tried to explain the complicated concepts in compressed ways and was very good about answering questions during lectures. That being said, the course material itself is quite complicated, so make good use of him, TAs and CLAS help! Allows index cards on exams!

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MATH6A . Schley N B 8 Months Ago

The lectures were really good and helped explain material in a very intuitive way. The weekly section quizzes were way too hard, and not completely the same concepts that we learned in lecture. Midterms and finals were just like the practice problems he provides, and there aren't many surprises. Nice guy who genuinely wants students to succeed.

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MATH6A . Schley N B 9 Months Ago

Professor Schley does a great job at teaching Math 6A since he always tries to explain the abstract concepts in the most simplest ways he can, and so it makes the course a lot more easier to digest. My only complaint would be the weekly section quizzes as they are unnecessarily difficult and test obscure/niche topics from section.

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