Reviews of professor Ethan McCarthy

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
In the lectures, he does not explain the more difficult topics well and will fly through them, but the easy topics he spends years explaining. Coincidence? I think not. A bunch of classmates have me convinced he copies lecture notes from the good calculus teacher, Chui, but can't explain them because he doesn't even know how to do them by himself.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Dr. McCarthy knows his math! He is very kind and willing to help, during office hours and even online Discussions!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I still get nightmares after taking this class. His only motivation for teaching is to see students struggle and laugh in their face. Wait another semester if this is the only available class!!!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take Chui's section instead. He uses her notes and is much worse at explaining them, if you have to take him then just watch her lectures online. I came to class for the clicker points, then used her lectures to study. He's super condescending to student questions also, skips a bunch of steps and then won't explain anything clearly.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
McCarthy seems like a very nice person, and I feel bad for roasting him. He is a new lecturer and you sure can tell. He is probably one of the worst teachers I have ever had (and I went to public school). He confuses the class by over-explaining foundational/background information and then skips over the actual application. 0/10, do not recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst professors I have ever had. Extremely rude when asked questions and is unwilling to explain things. If you think the speed of light is fast, he goes faster. Once someone interrupted our lecture and he said, "It's good to have interruptions. It reminds me to slow down." While I grasp Calc concepts, my heart hurts for those who dont

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ethan. Oh, Ethan. Hes a really smart guy but he cares more about the history of the problems and the extraneous information than the lecture notes he is supposed to follow. He isnt always the most helpful when it comes to questions, and he smirks when he watches the lecture hall struggle on clicker questions, but knows math like back of his hand.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
As a freshman, this was the worst possible teacher I could imagine; he sums up every negative stereotype of a college professor; cold, uncaring, and above all, a BAD TEACHER. He literally laughs when students are confused. I am not joking. I got a 5 on the AB exam, came to calc 2, and was completely lost because he can't articulate at all.