Thomas Yu - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,NY

Professor: Thomas Yu

Department: Mathematics

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATHANALYSIS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Horrible professor. He loves to talk down to students and is incoherent at best. He can never finish a sentence. I recommend you avoid him.

Rating # 2

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Yu was awesome because every time he introduced a new concept, he would explain it both in abstract terms (algebraically) and in physical terms (geometrically) which was really helpful. People complained but that was because they were dumb and didn't read the text. It was an easy and enjoyable class. I learned a lot and would take it again.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH2800
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He sucks, not much else to say.

Rating # 4

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

He is a jerk. Avoid having him as a teacher at all costs.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MULTIVAR2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He knows his material and does a good job of going in depth. His exams are HARD, but he's generally willing to help you if you read the book and ask questions. Nice guy.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MULTIVARCALC
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You should take most of these reviews (especially the bad ones) with a grain of salt.A serious student will not have any trouble following his lectures.He presents what needs to be known in a clear, logical, and concise manner.His tests foster the kind of thinking necessary to master further topics.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Yu is definitely a smart guy, though he appears unorganized on the surface. As long as you're paying attention, lectures are easy to understand. Exact exam topics are posted on his website, along with a practice test that's basically the same as the actual test. No reason to avoid this prof.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very sloppy teaching method and notation.

Rating # 9

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

sucks

Rating # 10

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Prof Yu is unbelievably bad. I have no idea how he ever go his PhD. His way of teaching (if you can call it that): not finishing 80% of his sentences be very unorganized, moronic, and have a really big ego. I am looking forward to a class w/McLaughlin

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: 20104600
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

i had him for multivar and now i have him for advanced calc. he's definately much better at teaching upper level courses, but still has a somewhat disorganized and hard to follow teaching style. no doubt though, he is actually wicked smart.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's terrible. He cannot finish sentences and his exams are ridiculously hard. Don't take any class with him if you can avoid it.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

yu doesn't make much sense. his lectures are hard to follow, as he makes up words and doesn't complete sentences and jumps around what he's talking about. his tests are confusing also. i would try to avoid this prof. in the future.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH2010
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy is horrible!!! Can't complete a sentence and mumbles through everything he says. Tests are ridiculous and often the average value for an A what it should be to fail. Don't get this guy if you can help it!

Rating # 15

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I think math majors will benefit greatly from his style. Lectures start off looking deceptively disorganized, but quickly become quite insightful. Though he's hard to get hold of outside class, and didn't give much feedback on homework.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH2800
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This guy was horrible. I stopped going to lecture for the last two months of the semester. I found him unhelpful and his tests had no relation to what was taught in class usually, anyways. The final was insane. My B must have been 'cause of huge curve.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH2800
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This was by far the most unorganized and poorly taught course I have taken here at RPI. Prof Yu obviously did not care about the course or the students, and we were constantly left guessing what we were going to be tested or quized on.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH2800
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Same as the guy before me -- unprofessional, completely not helpful. His lectures give zero insgiht into what he will ask on tests, and he doesn't give you much notice for them.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH2800
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not very professional, always shows up to class late. Does not give enough notice about exams. This is my second episode of discrete math and he sucks more than Schmidt.