Raymond Grinnell - University of Toronto at Scarborough

Professor: Raymond Grinnell

Department: TBD

College: University of Toronto at Scarborough

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATA33H3
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Grinnell is a great at teaching difficult concepts and making them easier to understand. His exams are hard since you really need to understand the concepts taught in this course and know how to apply them in many different cases.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATA3233
• Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

so i took mata32 winter 2020, and the final marks came out almost a month after -- after a lot of emails he had ignored and students going to the cms department. I am taking mata33 in summer 2020 and it's been a week since summer school started, and there is no curtesy e-mail or anything up. He teaches well but his exams are tough af!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATA33H3
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Prof Grinnell knows his stuff but the shift to online classes made us end on a sour note. As of posting this review I still havent received my final grade. The final exam was written 20 days prior to this review. He really took his time during this online period and he wouldnt respond to emails and he made promises that he couldnt keep.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Here's the thing about professor Grinnell's course. He designs it to make you solve problems and think, not to apply simple principles and rules of calculus. You need to know how to do something in and out, and conceptually, to actually be able to do well on exams. If you do all the assigned work and attend every lecture, you will get an A.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATA33
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

he's very passionate about math and makes lectures fairly entertaining. However his tests/exams usually do not reflect what he taught and are miles harder than content covered in lecs/tuts. He also had some poor management when classes shifted online (posting updates on the course/exam a lot later than other profs)

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATA33H3
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

great professor

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATA30
• 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:

His exams are way too hard for a first-year course. You can tell he is very passionate about math, but you need to do a lot of extra work to get at least a 70 in his class. His exam does not reflect what you know because it was way too complicated. Take this course when he is not teaching it because it will definitely drop your GPA.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• 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:

Made me actually enjoy math, something I'll always respect. If you attend all of the lectures and listen closely, you should be fine. The tests are extremely difficult so study hard.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATA30H
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Tests are unnecessarily difficult.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATA32F
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

His lecture is funny and worth to listen and take the notes. His exam is almost like the past exam. Do the past exam and know every single question in the past exam, you will get good mark

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• Grade Received: D
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very clear, knowledgeable professor. But his exams will not reflect your true knowledge of the course. They are unnecessarily difficult and unfair. Took A33 the next semester with Czimek, put in the same amount of studying time in, and got a mid 70(A32 mark was a low 50). But hey I would definitely recommend if you're willing to sacrifice your GPA.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Like pretty much all the comments say here, hes a real gem in his field. His lectures were extremely enjoyable! Finding a math prof like him is next to impossible. Dont be afraid to speak to him. Hes very kind. Exams were tough but if you work hard you will do well.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• 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:

quizzes are OK as they're made by TAs but his tests are unnecessarily hard

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Excellent teacher, but gave out a tough final exam. Tough course and you really need to study

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He can teach well, that is no doubt. However, I wish he posted solutions for some of the assignments and final exam past papers. His exams are really hard and unfortunately he doesn't do bellcurve.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Lectures were good, quizzes were good and midterm was good too. However, he would always post homework solutions wayy too late or not post them at all and the final exam was a horror show!!! Super tough final exams and unreliable homework solutions made the course a lot harder than it needed to be. Wudnt reccomend.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATA32
• 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:

His lecture is really good

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATA3233
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Excellent professor, sometimes make jokes in class. Explain concepts very clearly. If you are a math person. Prof Grinnell will be the best for you!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATA32MATA33
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Raymond Grinnell is a great professor. He provides great notes on the material and is a great lecturer. He is also great during office hours. However, the course is very exam heavy. His exams are very hard and don't provide answers for final exams. If you want to succeed in the final exams, you really got to know the material in the course.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATA23
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He's a great lecturer but also a very tough grader. If your looking for the easy mark, he's not the prof for you. His tests are difficult but not unfair, in general if you put the effort in you should do well.