Reviews of professor Burton Betchart

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This is by far the most useful professor I've had at this school.  Clear instructions, expectations and the way he structured the courses and workload clearly indicates his passion for the concepts he's teaching. One of the few smart professors I've had the pleasure of interacting with. If you're lazy and dull, you will not like him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He's understanding to a reasonable extent, but the sheer amount of work he provides is super overwhelming; especially when you have many other classes. If you're willing to put in a gigantic load of work and effort, this class is doable. Otherwise, you might wanna wait or switch...

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He cares about his students, he will give extensions, has lots of free time, but is not a good professor to learn from. Assumes everyone has a phd in math, bringing up calculus, linear algebra, and DE concepts just to show off his intelligence. Uses unconventional notation, speeds through problems. More than half dropped his class by the end.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures and hw gets you involved and helps understand the concept, but for his tests are really difficult and you don't have time to complete or double check your work done. Especially for tests being 40% it does hurt grades. For our final he literally told us, you guys will not finish but he will expect to give us a curve....

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Betchart is extremely caring about his students success. He very is accesable outside of class (lots of office hours) . This class is difficult, so you will have to study plenty outside the classroom. In lectures he will sometimes go through a problem too fast but you can always have him go over it again outside of lecture.