Peter Zimmer - West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA

Professor: Peter Zimmer

Department: Mathematics

College: West Chester University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MAT113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Weird dude. Scatterbrained and never clear in his lectures. Not usually one to comment on these sites but he was such an exceptionally bad teacher I had to warn others. Do not take him if you can avoid it. The worst math teacher I have EVER had.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I am Taking Mat113 With Peter Zimmer right now. Oh boy, I highly suggest taking ANY OTHER MATH PROFESSOR. He is a nice guy in all but he does not explain everything to you in class. You're stuck trying to teach yourself from the textbook and that's not easy. He doesn't give you study guides for tests. Please, I am begging you don't take this man.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Do the homework and you'll learn what is going on in class. Dr. Zimmer's way of teaching makes everything more complicated than it really is. His class is very easy if you understand the homework.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT162
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Many people criticize him of being confusing but that is not the case. He explains everything that you need to know, his tests are really easy if you pay attention in class. He does not care about attendance. WebWorks are challenging but if you don't know a question you can ask him in class/ office hour and he will literally give you the solution.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Literally if you can get ANY other professor for stats, TAKE THEIR CLASS INSTEAD. Peter makes things more confusing than they really are and never explains things in full detail. THERE WILL BE CONCEPTS ON EXAMS AND THE FINAL THAT HE DOES NOT GO OVER. It'd be better to just learn from the textbook than attend his classes.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Did not care! I asked for help three times after class and every time he told me only to practice on the online textbook. When I failed the first test I asked him for help on a different level because practicing with the textbook didn't help. Again, he only told me to keep practicing with the textbook . Even though her created all of the tests.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Pete is a great guy. He always cracks me up, like I am a fragile egg. His jokes are phenomenal. For eggsample, the decimal 0.666 will always be described as the "devil's number." He always makes sure that you know that mistakes "don't make you a bad person." Zimmer is energetic and there's a lot of great things going on in that class.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He might seem boring at first, but for this class it is pretty hard to fail. (unless math is not your strong point) He will give review problems that are very similar to the ones on the exam. He understands that no one cares and will not give heavy workload.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MAT162
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Zimmer is WAY better than these ratings make him out to be. Maybe he's changed his teaching style this semester, but as a current student in his CALC 2 class I can tell you that he's an excellent teacher. He never makes students feel bad or dumb for asking questions, and always answers them thoroughly. Course is tough but he gives partial credit.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MAT261
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was very boring and condescending, but he honestly wasn't the worst. He gives a lot of partial credit when grading and took a lot of his test questions from the book so if you do those you should be fine for the test. I took him during the summer and got a B or above all the tests including the final. It's not terrible.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MAT000
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Zimmerman is the worst! He's sloppy, and he never says hello to the class. He walks right in a minute before class time and goes straight to the board. When he teaches, he assumes you know it already and quickly runs through everything. He makes you feel dumb when asking Q. DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS ! You will regret it if your bad at math like me.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Dr. Zimmer is in no way organized. He was awful at teaching and made you feel stupid every time you asked a question. He jumped around a lot in his lectures, and was extremely discouraging. He doesn't seem to care about his students or teaching at all, he definitely is one of those professors who just cares about getting paid.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Although his lectures and tests are easy, all math department finals are standardized and this fella does not prepare you in the slightest. Also, he will NOT teach you how to used a graphing calculator where all other professors will. All of his students are put at a huge disadvantage.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MAT403
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I found Dr. Zimmer to be an extremely discouraging and condescending professor. He made multiple mistakes, each class. Lectures were long, boring, and confusing. It never seemed like he cared about his students. When I asked for extra help, he just told me to do more book problems. Only thing he seemed to be good at was making me feel stupid.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Often gets angry when people ask questions, but doesn't teach well enough to avoid them.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAT403
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I found Dr. Zimmer's lectures felt pretty disorganized. His in-class explanations of the material were not that great either. However, he was very helpful in office hours. Also, the book problems he makes you do are much harder than the actual exam problems, but the tests have way too many questions for the given time period, so be ready for that.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MAT000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

You basically have to teach yourself out of the textbook but because it was only Q100, it wasn't hard. He grades your tests and gives them back to you the next class period which is nice. Easy final

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATHQ00
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I had Dr. Zimmer for an intro to algebra class. The class did not count for any credits so he really just wanted to make sure everyone got out of it. He also gives a lot of partial credit on the tests. I felt like he kind of just expected you to understand the things he was doing even though sometimes it was difficult. Not too bad though.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MAT121
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

YOU WILL NOT PASS THIS CLASS IF YOU DO NOT PREVIOUSLY KNOW HOW TO USE A TI-84 CALCULATOR (the $$$ calculators you might have had to buy in high school). I took AP Statistics in high school, passed no problem.... I came to this class and didn't know what I was doing. If you have a TI-84 calc., you're better off. May the odds be ever in your favor..

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MAT12112
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He clearly knows what he is teaching very well. If you pay attention and do all the homework, and study, you should be fine. there is no extra credit though, so you have to do well on the tests (which i didnt do).