Reviews of professor Stephen Ray

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Great prof. Print out the notes, watch the lectures, and make clear notes of the formulas. Exams are open note. He explains formulas and variables like Dora the Explorer would, it makes physics much easier. very helpful in office hours, and a fair grader. If you have to teach yourself algebra and (pre)calc bc you havent taken them it may be rough.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Very tough class alone, but to add a teacher who had his TA's be the main source of learning, is not a good combo. Had pre-lab videos that didn't talk about working through the labs as examples only how to use the tools and some equations. Labs themselves had little to no explanation so you HAD to go to the TA's hours. Do not take, save your GPA!!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Just a heads up to everyone reading the comments: there's about 6 comments that were posted on May 4th 2021 that rated him horribly, which is a little sus. AKA there was probably one angry student who just submitted multiple ratings so that they could rant. I haven't taken him yet, but I'm just letting yall know his rating might not be accurate.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Ray is a fairly easy professor to learn from despite this being a physics class. I hate physics but I think he genuinely tries to make the class understandable for everyone. He does in-class demos of the situations he is discussing. And attendance isn't mandatory, it is extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Physics is hard! It will be with any teacher. 4 week summer classes are super fast-paced so keep that in mind. Prof Ray gave us dozens of opportunities for extra credit, and even changed his syllabus policy about dropping exams to help us out. He also held office hours every day. If you want a blow off class this isnt it but he wanted us to succeed

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Ray was an amazing professor. I took him in person, but he has every lecture recorded online broken into modules.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
By far the most unorganized professor I have had. He is still posting lecture modules for us to watch 2 DAYS BEFORE OUR FINAL EXAM!! He does not know what he is doing and it is very confusing because of his disorganization. he assigns so much homework it is impossible to focus on any other classes. The exam averages are always failing.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He literally puts questions on the homework that he can barely figure out himself. And the "practice" exams? He doesn't even write. They are generic ones from Pearson so the material isn't even the same. In addition, he doesn't explain problems thoroughly AT ALL. He sorta explains concepts but the math... good luck. Only got a 2 because he's nice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
NEVER responds to emails. It's ridiculous and shows lacks of respect for his students