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Nathan Schley

132 reviews
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 Beware of pop quizzes Gives good feedback Hilarious Lecture heavy So many papers Inspirational Respected Online Savvy
Past quarters
MATH 8
35 / 35 Full
Transition to Higher Mathematics
Nathan Schley 2.5
T R
12:30 PM - 13:45 PM
41.7% A
MATH 34B
150 / 150 Full
Calculus for Social and Life Sciences
Nathan Schley 2.5
T R
08:00 AM - 09:15 AM
68.6% A
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MATH 4B Schley N B Fall 2025 Total: 117
MATH 8 Schley N B Fall 2025 Total: 30
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 A Month Ago

When going to office hours he helps decently. I will say though Academically I went to CLAS (Which honestly without that I would not have passed) everyday for 2 hrs to help me study and do the homework. Overall sweet guy but not the best teacher.

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MATH34A . Schley N B A Month Ago

Look, will he be late to your 8 am, Yes. Will you not understand what's going on, Yes. Will you learn from lecture, maybe? Will lecture be a good use of time, probably not. But the guy is very nice and tries to be funny. He brought our whole class donuts to apologize for being late one time, and played his guitar for us when we do well on tests.

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MATH34A . Schley N B A Month Ago

Nice guy, not a great professor. He spends way too much time focusing on simple problems we learned in kindergarten and skips over things we actually need to know. He shows up late and then goes on random tangents completely unrelated to math. If you have to take this class, get a different professor or wait until next quarter.

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MATH34A . Schley N B A Month Ago

shows up 10 minuites late and doesnt get through most the topics

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MATH34A . Schley N B A Month 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 A Month 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 2 Months 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 2 Months Ago

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

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MATH4B . Schley N B 2 Months 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 3 Months 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 3 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 3 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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