Crichton Ogle - The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Professor: Crichton Ogle

Department: Mathematics

College: The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honestly speaking, if you don't have a solid mathematics standard like a graduate student or upperclass mathematics major student, you might find his lecture and textbook to be super-tough and hard to understand. Even if you are a math major student, you might not want to choose his class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class itself is awful and the material is entirely up to the professor, but if you can keep up with what is being said in lectures and meet with him a couple times to go over HW, you might actually learn something, which cannot be said for most professors in this course.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MTH2415
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

honestly i have never struggled in math before. taking this class as a freshman has ripped me apart and is the hardest thing ive taken. i am confused all the time and feel like he doesnt explain anything well at all. i would not recommend this professor at all.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH2415
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

He has great lectures where he clearly identifies how problems are solved from the beginning, and gives good example problems that will help you with homework and tests. The homework is heavy and very long but it helps you learn the material. Tests are very straightforward - he gives you review problem that will help you do well.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had him for 2568. Tough class, even tougher grader. However, I found that even though he wasn't the nicest professor, he pushed me to be better. He emphasizes knowing your definitions, which is crucial for beginners in proofs. His lectures are cool. Good stories, really insightful. This professor changed the way I think about a lot of things.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tons of homework. Tough exams. No curve.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• 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:

Tough grader who did not willing to give partial credit!! DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR'S CLASS

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I can tell that he professor is very intelligent, but he is kind of old school. There are a lot of homework, but you should expect that for a math course. The exam is not tough, and the grader is cool, but the average is a low 60. The lecture is not that useful, and you will definitely need to read the book. Otherwise you will not get the concept.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He has to be the most condescending professor I've ever had. He will interrupt you when you're trying to ask questions, and always has to be the loudest. He thinks you should just "get it" right away, it should be easy, when in fact he's just blabbering straight theory at you the whole class, and he wonders why no one gets it. NOT RECOMMENDED!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This teacher totally have no idea how to arrange the homework and test. I took his math2568 in Summer and we have to do at least 30 problems per week and we even have to hand in it in midterm week. The exam was not too hard but it's super time-consuming. He talked a lot of theories in the class but get lot of impossible matrix transform problem .

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH3345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This Teacher is not someone you should take if you are a student that depends on lectures. If you are good at reading the book and learning then its best not to attend class as he is extremely confusing and goes off-topic quite often. Overall he doesn't care about his students grades, and best if you take another teacher.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH3345
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This class was the bane of my existence. I was a math major at the time (haha) and to be honest I learned a ton of great stuff but and am thankful I took it but the homework is absurd in difficulty and time consumption. The teacher is brilliant and does try to share his knowledge but he's not very good at actually teaching and helping the student

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH3345
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Crichton lacks respect for students and the teaching process in general. He will boil in frustration when you struggle. He will blame you for your bad note taking, attendance, heritage, ignorance, etc. At no point will it occur to him that he is a bad teacher. Crichton, if you are reading this, please consider another profession.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH3345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The course is tough but he makes the class harder than it needs to be. He moved extremely fast through the material and most lectures were confusing. Would often show up 30 or more minutes late to his office hours, and even then those weren't very helpful. He once yelled at me for not knowing something I had never seen before. Don't take him.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH3345
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

2 weeks in and I dropped it as fast as I could. He will never answer your email- so don't even try ask him about office hours. When you finally get to office hours he tries to rush you out of there asap. Lastly, if you're a girl- good luck! Get ready to be ignored & undervalued compared to the rest of the boys in your class. Find a different prof!

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

If you take his summer Linear Algebra class, you WILL learn the material. His lectures are very participatory in that he expects students to be able to complete his sentences. Many times it's easy to do if you're paying attention. Sometimes not. His lectures are like having a textbook read aloud. He is very precise and specific. He's good but hard.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH2568
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

TERRIBLE TEACHER. DOES MORE DEFINITIONS THAN EXAMPLES IN CLASS. TALKS RANDOMLY MORE THAN HE TEACHES. ASSIGNS A BUNCH OF HOMEWORK BOOK PROBLEMS BUT ONLY GRADES 4 QUESTIONS PER HOMEWORK. EXAMS ARE IMPOSSIBLE. HE BARELY CURVES FINAL GRADES. OFFICE HOURS ARE USELESS, BECAUSE HE MAKES THE MATERIAL EVEN MORE CONFUSING. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS !!!!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH2174
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

SWITCH OUT OF HIS CLASS AT ALL COSTS IF YOU CAN. this guy is the absolute worst! This class is hard enough without him being an awful professor. Time consuming/impossible HW's and boring abstract lectures that leave you more confused then you were. Take someone else if you want your sanity.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH2174
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awful professor. Gives you a condescending look for every question you ask or wrong answer you give in class. Learned nothing in lecture, had to rely completely on the book and homeworks to learn the material.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH1151
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Absolutely horrid. He assumes you know the material very well and does not explain all of the steps he takes. He is also very boring and monotoned.