Reviews of professor Ethan McCarthy

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lack of experience teaching clearly shows when asked to explain topics students don't understand. He just writes math on the paper while skipping steps and doesn't know how to break topics down. Don't even try asking questions because he will usually just respond with "because thats the answer." Good luck teaching yourself this semester!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
McCarthy is very smart but he does not have much experience with teaching. I would recommend taking the class with Chui instead because the only way I learned was watching her taped lectures and the notes being used are hers anyways.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Heres the deal. There are two professors for Calc 2: Chui and McCarthy. Take Chui! I had McCarthy, went to every lecture, and still had to watch every Chui lecture video. Why? McCarthy doesnt do every problem in the notes, skips around, jumps steps, and gives way to much explanation on simple problems and little to none on difficult problems.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
tbh the only reason I understand anything is because Chui tapes her lectures and I just end up watching those. Ethan's incredibly rude to his students in lecture, and once he sped through the lecture (like always) complaining he didn't have enough time, then spent 10 mins discussing history of the problem, & didn't finish teaching the lecture.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Yes he is a first year teacher. Yes English is his first language. Yes it does seem like he tries to make his lectures clear and moderately interesting. That's why my rating is as high as it is. B- for effort I guess.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This class covers hard material no matter what kind of professor you have but having McCarthy makes it just that little bit more difficult. He is fundamentally sound in his math but just does not have the natural ability to teach like some of his peers do. You do have to show up for clicker questions which can be difficult with him as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
McCarthy is like a boy who volunteered to present a group project so long as his group did the research - he goes up with another professor's notes (Chui's lecture notes), reads off of them, but has no idea how to actually present them. He constantly makes mistakes and seems to have no confidence in his own abilities. My TA is 200% more useful.