Reviews of professor Carol Downes

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I took Calc I with Dr. Downes and her lectures are phenomenal. Theyre structured really well and she provides helpful guided notes. Shes also super caring and willing to help during office hours. The class is verrryy homework heavy though so get ready to do some work. Shes a really great professor though.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
A great professor that is intelligent, caring, and funny too. I would take every math class with Dr. Downes if I could.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I took Linear Algebra last year with Dr. Downes and she was absolutely fantastic. She is extremely helpful during office hours and gives lots of problems to help practice the material (only a few of which are mandatory). The tests in the class were hard, but there were slight curves and enough other assignments to balance them out!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Downes is very invested in teaching math, she is always available outside of class and she is very approachable. The expectation was to come to class with the chapter read so we could split into small groups to work out the practice problems in that section. Dr. Downes will answer most questions, but she makes you struggle to find the answer.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great professor. Make sure you stay on top of homework and go to math help center. How you do in this class depends more on your capacity to understand mathematical concepts. I took precal 3 years ago and going into class took some refreshing of those algebra concepts. Show up to class caffeinated because she goes pretty fast and it's an 8am.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Downes is the best! She breaks down the hard stuff and always helps even on past stuff you should've known. You must do the online hw AND the practice problems to earn As on exams/quizzes. People who don't get wrecked and blame her instead of themselves. But she is everything you want in a prof. Smart, caring, funny, and an amazing teacher!