John Fay - Chaffey College (all campuses)

Professor: John Fay

Department: TBD

College: Chaffey College (all campuses)

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: 65B
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

If you have taken a class with fay pls file a complaint with the dean of math. If we dont voice our opinion about fay more students will fall victim to his unfair teaching practices. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR HIS CLASS! Take any other professor possible. If you value your GPA, dont take your chances. Let the math department know we want him removed.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 65B
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Honors 3.98 student he gave me a C. Killed my GPA and probably my only chance at UCLA. You have no chance at a decent grade. You get a A, B or D on test questions. If you get the right answer he will give you a D for missing a parenthesis. The tests are not hard, he is just an unfair grader. He doesn't care about your grade. He will sabotage you.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH65B
• 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:

The amount of work put into just passing this class would earn you an A in 2 other classes. Half of the HW assignments are extremely difficult mathematical proofs and the other half is on one of those open source math websites where you can't understand what its asking. The tests aren't too difficult, but he grades hard. only take if you enjoy math

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH81
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

knows his stuff. can go fast at times, but its up to the student to make any adjustments. if youre a lazy student then fay is going to rip you apart. if you have no problem taking pride in your work, hes a great option. hes really chill too. always excited to answer any questions, as long as youre not asking what that says on the board.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH81MATH85
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I'm sure you've all heard that this is a tough class and that most people drop. Dr. Fay's class weeds out the lazy students. If you want to learn the material at a high level, take Dr. Fay, but make sure you put in the time outside class. If you want a professor that is going to hold your hand and spoon feed you material, take Tavakoli or Kopp.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH450
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He's willing to help us, but all we ever do is homework during class and that's it.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH65A
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

So you think youre good at math? Take John Fay. He makes you work so hard just to keep your head above water. If you arent doing your work, youre going to get exposed during the midterm. READ THE BOOK. Bad lectures too. Dont take this guy unless the other math courses are already ALL filled up.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH81
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Pretty chill guy. Definitely a math nerd. Hes not mean, or rude or anything like that. Just a really smart guy thats really good at math. He doesnt even realize how hard he makes his class on students because how much he knows his stuff. He definitely tries to teach, but his eyes light up too much and goes too fast. Has a clear passion for math.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH81
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Make sure to be on top of this class, read before every lecture, focus on midterm and exams, make sure you have flashcards for each definition and theorem, KNOW THE PROOFS!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH85
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fay has a bad rep at Chaffey and while I was taking his class, I thought that he was terrible too. It was differential equations, and it was a lot of work for sure. I have graduated and am now attending a UC, and in retrospect,Fay was actually a good professor. His lectures were thorough, and his explanations made sense. Don't hate,put the work in.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH401
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He by far was the worst Professor I've ever had he was so picky with the littlest things on the test he didn't even teach very well he had the students doing all the work he didn't even know what he was doing he had the students explaining things worst Professor ever

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH85
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Everything outside the final and midterm is optional.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: STAT10
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Fay knows and is very enthusiastic about math, but I had a very hard time learning it from him. I learned basically everything from the homework, which took me all day since I was learning as I went. Professor Fay really cares about his students and was a nice guy, but I really struggled with learning the subject.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH510
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Fay is a very nice person he really does try to help students out he usually gets to class early in the morning so students can go and work on homework and he asks if you need help on anything, overall, if you take him for fast track there's a lot of homework online so if your taking more than one class you won't pass.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH4
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Doesn't explain the material. Makes you get into groups to work on worksheets with the new criteria that hasn't been explained at all. grades homework off of one answer only. late credit given but its the lowest score of whoever turned theirs in on time. gives terrible feedback or no feedback.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: STAT10
• 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:

It was hard to keep up with the homework, plenty of it. I have no problem putting in the time if it would have helped me. The constant "use technology" button is nice, but StatCrunch apps aren't exactly available for testing. If you enjoy watching a man flip coins for hours and learning a practice test that will leave you prepaired to fail.. enjoy!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: STAT1089581
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

There is no doubt Dr. Fay knows math, he simply does not know how to teach it. I figured this out when I watched him flip a penny for 10 minutes in order to get probability data. I kid you not! His tests consist of examples not shown or gone over in the book or in his lectures, and those consist of simplified restatements of his PowerPoint. Avoid!

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH605
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

I took Professor Fay during Spring of 2016, so this rating is a bit late. I was in MATH 605. We did all our work on the computer through a program call ALEKS. EVERY problem was based on that program and when you had a question, he didn't really explain it clearly to understand it. Luckily, this was a pass, no pass course. And luckily I passed.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH25
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Forewarning: Hands down one of the worst Professors here. He Moves to fast with criteria, gets upset if you don't understand, and has accumulative tests from the 1st until the final. Doesn't care about his students, doesn't assist even his SI on his criteria either. I had a D in his class, and dropped took with another professor and got an A.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH25
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He has a very old way of doing mathematics. I did not enjoy taking his fast track class at all. It was way too fast paced. The way he writes on the chalkboard is very annoying.