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Nathan Schley

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Lots of homework EXTRA CREDIT Caring Accessible outside class Tough grader Graded by few things Test heavy Get ready to read Clear grading criteria Amazing lectures Group projects Participation matters Gives good feedback Lecture heavy Hilarious Beware of pop quizzes So many papers Inspirational Respected Online Savvy
Past quarters
MATH 6A
150 / 150 Full
Vector Calculus with Applications, First Course
Nathan Schley 2.6
T R
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
48.1% A
MATH 34A
150 / 150 Full
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Nathan Schley 2.6
T R
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
42.4% A
MATH 102B
19 / 45 Enrolled
Modern Euclidean and Noneuclidean Geometry
Nathan Schley 2.6
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
43.4% A
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MATH 6A Schley N B Spring 2025 Total: 143
MATH 6B Schley N B Spring 2025 Total: 102
MATH 6A Schley N B Winter 2025 Total: 143
MATH 8 Schley N B Winter 2025 Total: 33
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MATH4B . Schley N B A Month 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 3 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 6 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 7 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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MATH6A . Schley N B 7 Months Ago

We had two midterms and a final that were pretty similar to the practice we were given however, we had really hard weekly quizzes in section. They curved them at the end because everyone was failing them and it only counted as 10% of the grade. The professor is super nice and the class is lecture heavy however I did a lot of learning on my own.

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MATH8 . Schley N B 8 Months Ago

I have had prof Schley for 2 classes now, I think he is much better in upper division style classes that are more concept heavy than raw computation heavy. Both classes had a lot of homework and difficult weekly quizzes. If you want an easy A and to learn very little you probably wont like him as a professor.

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MATH6A . Schley N B 8 Months Ago

Nice guy. Lectures heavily focus on concepts and intuition which is why most people find them bad or hard to understand. Personally I did not attend much lecture due to the triviality of the material in Math 6A, but I could see them being very good in a more difficult class. Schley is very caring and understanding, he dropped low quiz scores.

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MATH8 . Schley N B 8 Months Ago

Explanations of concepts weren't too helpful, especially the more complex ones later on in the quarter. The free textbook was a lifesaver. Nice guy with fair exams, a LOT of homework.

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MATH8 . Schley N B 8 Months Ago

Professor Schley is very good on teaching. When he introduces a topic, he is very logical and articulates a concept,which is the best I've ever seen. However, his TA "Jeremy" ruined everything, including RMP grade. I don't know what the future of him, but right now, in 2025 winter, "Jeremy" is always doing something thankless.

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MATH4A . Schley N B 10 Months Ago

Professor Schley's class has a mix of pros and cons. While he cares about teaching and offers generous grading policies, his lectures can be confusing at times. I found unstuck ai helpful for reinforcing concepts alongside the textbook.

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Math108A . Schley N B 10 Months Ago

Nathan is quite literally the worst teacher/professor I've ever had. From not clearly answering questions, to assigning homework and quizzes weekly, I eventually had to drop his Math108A course, but if I stayed in his course, Im sure I would've gotten a C- or lower...

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MATH4B . Schley N B 10 Months Ago

Nathan would often go into tangents and not really teach concepts in a way that leaves you feeling like you learned any material. His canvas/class structure/ just everything had a disorganization to it. Possibly an easy to pass class, however, if you want to learn material to supplement your future classes, find another professor

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