Maria Berm Cayco - San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Professor: Maria Berm Cayco

Department: Mathematics

College: San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: M31
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

she didn't explain topics well at all and it felt like you were bothering her when you had questions.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH32
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Does not teach well, at all. people would ask questions and she would say we were wasting her time. does not answer questions or re-grade tests. Very rude and overall not conducive to learning. you are better off waiting a semester to take this class than taking it with her.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH32
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Time for the truth guys, she knows what she is talking about in class. She talks fast and go through materials fast. She is helpful only if you ask for help. She assigns hw but not mandatory, but she drops one low grade out from all your test if you have higher percentage on homework. Work Hard, don't complain.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH143C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst teacher ever!!! Avoid her, DO NOT take any of her classes unless you want to have a hard time by learning by yourself. She is always late to class, and her class is boring and hard. she is the Worst Math teacher I ever had.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CAL3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

AVOID, ALWAYS LATE TO CLASS SO SHE MAKES IT UP BY RUSHING THROUGH THE MATERIAL AND WRITING SUPER FAST, TEST ARE SUPER HARD SUPER HARD, TAKES 3 WEEKS TO RETURN TEST, AND FINAL HAS 20 SOMETHING QUESTION...

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH133A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Cayco is not helpful and stands in the way of while writing her notes. Plan on learning from the book only. She is only nice if your doing well in the class.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH132
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Personally, she had a laid back/fun vibe about her but teaching wise she was not good because this attitude carried in all aspects. There was always debate about which assignments were due when, which to collect, when exams were. Lectures were not challenging enough, she spent too much time on problem solving when the material itself is difficult.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH143C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Avoid like the plauge. Worst instuctor I've ever had. She didn't grade our work through the term so we could not improve -something good math teachers do. She was always willing to cut class short if it was suggested. Athough this was an applied class she could only conceputialize it as a theoretical course. I won't take her again. - I hope.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH143C
• 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: N/A

Comment:

"Professor" Cayco is absolutely useless. Even after the semester was over, I still had no idea what the class was even about. She never had an actual lecture prepared, she'd just write proofs straight from the book onto the board without telling us what it was she was proving. An absolutely lazy and irresponsible teacher.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH143C
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof Cayco is nice, but she really does not seem interested in teaching. Took a midterm in march and just got them back today,8 wks later! She only returned a couple of hws so we are guessing our grades all semester. She expects students to try hard but she can't come to class on time, normally being 10 minutes late. Is rarely prepared to lecture

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH32
• 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:

Make sure you do all of the homework. It counts for a huge percentage of the grade. Midterms were extremely hard. Final is a bit easier, but still hard. I did so well on the final, yet she failed me.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH32
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Extremely knowledgeable and fast. Read book before she presents in class or she will fly right by you. Relaxed & friendly atmosphere. All homework online with immediate feedback. EXTREMELY SLOW with grading of exams (3+ weeks). Curves generously on exams. Recommend if you have lots of PATIENCE to wait for grades.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MAT31
• 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:

So I took her the summer. It's a 4 month course condensed to 4 weeks. Calc II, hardest of the series. She gave quizzes often, the tests were hard. Basically, read the book thoroughly, use every resource you can. Really get the material and you'll be fine. If it wasn't for that diverge/converge crap I would've had an A.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CALC31
• 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:

She teaches with the assumption that you already know the material. Went to office hours and had to wait for her to finish her phone conversation with daughter. When "helping" me I told her I was stuck on part of a problem and didn't know what to do next, she simply replied "what do you think you should do"...

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH31
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Kind of unclear while lecturing, but very helpful when answering questions. DO ask questions; people sat there blank-faced, she would say, "Come on, ask questions..." and they just sat there and complained "she doesn't make sense." Paper and test grading was very slow! Do your homework, ask questions, understand the material, and you'll do fine.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH112
• 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:

Anything glossed over during lecture was covered in the homework assigned. She is available for questions, so ask them. Homework and tests came back a little slow.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH30
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HER!! YOUR GOING THE WRONG WAY!! IF POSSIBLE TAKE THE CLASS WITH SOMEONE ELSE!!! IF NOT THEN WAIT A SEMESTER, AND TAKE WITH SOMEONE ELSE.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH32
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is a very intelligent person and she is fast at calculating but dont take her if you are not good in math. She teaches at a very fast pace. Sometimes she gets complicated but if you can take someone else.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH133A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Cayco is pretty good. Her tests are okay, if you do ur homework reguarly and actually understand it, then u'll do fine on the tests. She drops one of the quizzes out of 5. She is pretty slow at grading tests/quizzes but overall a good professor. Just work hard, and do the homework daily. I got an A in the class.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH203
• 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:

If you are upper-division math major, you should take Math 203 and know her personally. She will give you lots of insider information and useful advices for your future career. Non-majors and lower-division students can't appreciate her enough.