Helen Timberlake - Rochester Institute of Technology

Professor: Helen Timberlake

Department: TBD

College: Rochester Institute of Technology

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH161
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Amazing math professor. Really focused on helping her students succeed. Very open to helping students in any way she can, as long as they put in the effort.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH111
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She is the best math teacher I have ever had.I hope I can take her for Calculus next semester

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CALC2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Timberlake really explains everything. She helps you if you don't understand. I wish I had her for more of my math classes that i have taken. You have to do the homework but she is a very fair grader. Take her if you can, you'll learn a lot

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH181A
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof Timberlake really wanted her students to succeed. She would go out of her way to make sure her students understand the concepts. Definitely go to her office hours if you find something hard, but come on, it's Calculus. I would definitely do another class with Prof Timberlake.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CALC182A
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher, but very blunt. Will sugarcoat nothing.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH101
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I had her for precalc 5 semesters ago. She wouldn't explain much of anything, and after she approached me to email her when I could set up an appointment, she ignored my initial email, and the email I sent 2 weeks later. Doesn't seem concerned with the progress of all students.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CALC172
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The best math professor I've ever had. Come to class and do your work and you will learn a lot. I wish she was teaching calc C

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH161
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I went in to makeup a quiz and she gave me a test for a different class. She didnt know my name or what class i was in. It was week 9... awful teaching style and is not flexible/willing to work with students. She wouldnt know what good teaching is if it slapped her in the face

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH161
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor will constantly ask the class before she teaches a new subject whether or not if they have learned this already. If one person raises their hand she will automatically assume that the entire class has learned the material and teach as such. Dont bother asking her about grades, because she wont know who you are and she doesnt grade.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH172
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

I have her for calc B and I wish I had taken her for calc A. She is the best professor I have had at RIT. She explains things really good. She is awesome. Take her whenever you can you won't regret it.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CALC172
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

She is one of the best math professors that I have ever had. Take her if you can!

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH140
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is one of the worse professors i have ever had at RIT. Does not know how to teach at all. Math class was for students who are not good at math & made us self teach. If you had a question you had to ask your group who was just as confused as you were. She gave group projects on things she never even went over in class. Rude, lier, just horrible

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH161
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Literally the worst professor I've ever had in my entire college career. How this woman got a teaching job I will never understand. She doesn't teach just puts you into groups to make you "figure it out" on your own. Never comes to office hours, disorganized and full of excuses. Rude. Very unhelpful. Very lazy.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CALC172
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Best Math teacher I ever had. She is so willing to help

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CALC1016
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

fair

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH17204
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Overall good teacher. Fairly easy to do well on the tests. Gives points back if numerous students missed a question. Drops your lowest test, lab and homework grades. No complaints.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH172
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

She was extremely nice and laid out everything required. She was always willing to give you leeway in regards to group work in the second-half of the class. She gave a quiz every Friday but took questions from the homework, so DO THE HOMEWORK. Tests weren't hard and applied everything you learned in the previous weeks.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: PRECALC
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

When I reached out through email she rarely responded, and when she did it was days later. She talked down to my class very much - not sure if that is because it was PreCalc or not - but I felt like she talked to us as if we were 6. I did appreciate she would drop low scores though.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: 171
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awful. Just awful. Stay away. She can't explain anything. But I don't think she even understands Calculus enough to be able to explain it. I had a friend in another profs class let me borrow his notes.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH171
• Grade Received: INC
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Quite honestly the worst teacher I've ever had. She treats those in her lower level classes horribly. Had a family emergency. She made it quite difficult to get an incomplete, and when I finally was able to do the Final, she left out half of the questions without telling the proctors. Her response to this? "You should have used half the time."