Karen Saxe - Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Professor: Karen Saxe

Department: Mathematics

College: Macalester College, St. Paul, MN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH237
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

She is a fun and funny professor. She is genius too and is good at explaining and sympathetic. Fair grader and gives great feedback in office hours too. Too bad she is leaving for a greater purpose next semester.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH237
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Very, very helpful if you go to her office hours! Expects material to be read before class.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: 400
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's amazing.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH137
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She is much too spacey for my liking. She will do an example problem and erase it after realizing she did it wrong, and then write the same problem again on the board after she decides she did it correctly the first time. Office hours change weekly. She is kind and cares about her students. A wonderful person and advocate. Just not a good teacher.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH137
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Karen is a really nice professor. I personally do not enjoy her lecture a lot but that is just my personal opinion. Generally speaking, she is a good teacher. She explains everything very thoroughly, and very helpful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH11601
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Karen is amazing. She's very reasonable, down to earth, and helpful. I'm not a math person at all (even though I'm minoring in stats) but she is accommodating. She has also done some really interesting work and will gladly talk to you about it. Plus, she really cares about her students.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH153
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Huge difference between what she is trying to teach you, and what the textbook is trying to teach you. Unfortunately, the homework comes from the textbook and so does half of the exam. Extremely slow at responding emails, shows no interest in helping you catch up, and cancels office hours in the last minute.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome professor. I definitely want to take more classes with her. Makes me love math.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH137
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I adore this woman! Even though it turns out that abstract math is NOT FOR ME, I want to stress what a great prof she is. She knew I was struggling (I ended up with a C+ in the class, compared to my 3.5 GPA) and would always try to work in real world applications to keep the science majors in the class interested. Wonderful lady!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH237
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

She's really helpful and even though some of the material is hard she will take the time to help you understand. Tests are fair, you just have to do and understand the work and material.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

real nice woman, pretty good teacher, took the time to explain everything and she made what was going to be tested pretty clear. Good sense of humor and fun to be in class with

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Karen is a wonderful person. She realizes that most students in her class are not math-oriented and therefore takes the time to make the information interesting. She does not take herself too seriously and doesn't mind a good laugh! Very approachable, was the most understanding professor when I was very ill.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH100
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Took Math Content and Spirit with her. Easy and extremely fulfilling. I feel like I learned a great deal without a ton of effort. Makes everything extremely clear and is very patient. Tests were open book and open notes. We never read anything and we didn't have a syllabus. It was great! Highly recommended.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CALC135
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

It seems she prepares for class. Good at teaching what is in the book. if you ask additional questions out of interest, tends to get frustrated and red in the face if she is not prepared for it. No curves, but grading is pretty decent. Overall, okay prof.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH194
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Karen is amazing. She made the subject easy to understand and was patient and clear. She also kept us up to date with what was going on in the math department and math community, which made me appreciate her class even more.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH194
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Karen is a great math teacher. She's very nice, and very receptive to student concerns. I always feel comfortable talking to her. I am not a math person, really, but I learned a lot and really enjoyed her class.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: STATS
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Karen did an excellent job, especially for a fairly dry subject. Her assignments and tests were fair and not just busy work. She is one of the best in the math department

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: ANALYSIS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

One of the most dedicated professors I've ever had. Her discussions are clear, especially given the subject matter. I'm glad I had the opportunity to take a course from her.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CALCULUS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: N/A
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I thought the class was pretty hard, but her lectures were probably as clear as they could have been, given the material.