Reviews of professor Kevin Casto

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
bad at teaching, explaining, or even responding to emails. thank god to youtube videos otherwise I would've failed

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kevin is an absolute beauty, nothing but respect for this good ol chap

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The course is intended for students who had no prior knowledge of Calculus. I previewed a calculus course in highschool for no credit so I was already familiar with the material. Somehow Kevin made me confused about material I already knew. Paid attention for the first 2 weeks and then gave up. My own studying and prior knowledge carried me. Drop.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Spends entire class talking about theory and does one or two actual questions in a week

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Casto is an inspirational math professor that explains topics concisely with theory and exam-like questions. This allows his students to succeed in his class. Don't get me wrong. I could have definitely done better on the midterms, but I think it is my fault. I did not study enough and a result, only got 84 and 91 on MT 1 and 2.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Really bad, probably worst math professor in UBC

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
LOTS of FAKE REVIEWS because 1) we haven't got our grades back until late dec + yet all the positive reviews have A+. There's a reason why all the "positive" reviews have many dislikes. Honestly seems like he's just writing fake reviews about himself. He overcomplicate the material - proofed power rule first THEN gave us the rule. DONT TAKE

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Probably the worst math professor ever. DOES NOT prepare you for the exams, things discussed in lecture is irrelevant to course topics. He over complicates every topic, leaving you more confused than ever. Asking questions doesn't help, as when i did, i was rudely told to "look back at my notes and try to understand it." Do yourself a favor, avoid.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Took MATH 184 with him first year first sem and he would only go over questions that were from webwork and spend the whole class on 2 questions from there (webwork questions were quite different from questions on exams except for a select few). Basically had to teach myself everything and passed with a super low mark. TA's were nice.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Kevin was a really nice prof and he was willing to spend extra time after class to explain things to students. He made all of us laugh in class and made math class enjoyable. He's a legend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
One of the worst classes I have ever taken. I learned literally nothing from his classes, and my friends taking his course also agreed he was worse than useless, overcomplicating the simplest concepts. Like most who took his 184 course, I had little previous knowledge of calculus, and ended up learning everything though Youtube videos. 0/10 DNR