Raul Rodriguez

19 reviews
Tough grader Test heavy Graded by few things Get ready to read Lecture heavy Accessible outside class
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MATH8 . 4 Months Ago

He spent the entirety of lectures talking at the blackboard and writing full sentences on the board. Super hard to follow. TA did all the homework for me because I didn't understand. Had to curve the class so that a total grade of 39% received a C.

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Math4A . 5 Months Ago

Thanks to this professor, I found my love for statistics again. Amazing lecturer and very nice person

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Math4A . 5 Months Ago

Class is well-organized, though lectures can be sometimes hard to follow. Homework is manageable. No complaints so far!

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

Easily the worst professor I have had at UCSB. He is incapable of giving a proper lecture and the tests are ridiculously hard and seemingly outside the scope of what we should reasonably know.

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

You will probably have to learn everything on your own since lectures are so poor. They are crazy fast paced without ever looking to the audience to clarify stuff. His accent also makes it difficult to understand.

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

The TAs and the math department itself had to have a talk with this guy since his teaching standards are so poor / ridiculous. Note that the midterm average was about 30%

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

This professor does not teach - he just scribbles down the entire textbook each lecture without ever clarifying anything.

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MATH8 . 6 Months Ago

Professor Rodrigues writes about 15 pages of notes per lecture with no time to stop and ask questions or get clarity. He seems bothered when you visit office hours, and more so when you don't understand the material. He works entirely front to back out of a textbook. A nice curve, but test averages were 28%.

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MATH8 . 6 Months Ago

Expect extremely boring lectures, hard materials, and harsh exams. Only thing he does for lecture is writing down every single word from textbook. I was one of the few students who went to every lecture and witnessed how half of the class just quitted coming to lectures after the midterm. Uncurved midterm avg is 12/50, just in case you wanna know.

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

Raul I love you but this final was a bit too hard :(

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

Toooooo hard exams!! midterm average 34%, crazy try to teach many stuff outside regular Math 6b curriculum. Some students say those stuff should be in math 120s. As a result I am feeling bad in both the regular stuff and irregular stuff.

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Math6B . 6 Months Ago

Professor Rodriguez is a super chill professor. It's true that he has some accent, but he teaches very well. The exams are pretty easy. If you work decently hard in the class, it's an easy A.

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