Reviews of professor Mark Ilton

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Second coming of the Messiah Jesus of Nazareth, best special relativity professor, great lectures, useful office hours, productive recitations

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
great lecturer for specrel!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof. Ilton seems to believe one should never give out an answer, even for the simplest of examples. It oftentimes gets frustrating when all you want is a confirmation of whether or not your answer is correct. Also oftentimes when asking for help I found myself more confused than to begin with after his explanation. You can tell he's trying though.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Good prof for PHYS023, mostly since it's an easy course. However, when you ask him a question, he leads you down a rabbit hole of explaining things from the very beginning, which is frustrating you are often are left more confused than when you started. Is very caring and accessible and good person overall. Just bad at explaining content.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great prof, super nice and understanding. He is the idol of what the next generation of physics professors should be.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I took Phys 24 with Prof. Ilton during the pandemic when my mental health was tanking. Prof. Ilton checked in on me constantly and gave up hours of time to help me with course content and see if I was doing ok, which is atypical for a Mudd prof. Prof. Ilton isn't the best at communicating course content, but he doesn't give up on his students.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Ilton is very confusing and does not succeed at trying to communicate information to the students.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Ilton is so lovely - he always makes time for you if you need more help (I mean seriously, this man offers 3 HOURS of office hours on a Friday afternoon... every single week!). He's really mindful of our workload and has generous grading policies (late passes, drops, etc). Sometimes he fumbles an example but he's self-aware and tries again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Since this is an intro class for all Mudd students, it is not too hard, and Prof. Ilton does it pretty well. Since I'm a Pomona sophomore, I just took it and received a letter grade. Not bad. I like him very much. His lecture makes you feel comfortable.