Rachel Roberts
2 courses · 20 reviews
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8-10 hrs/week
First proof-based math class. Homework sets are very challenging but the exams are more doable and the grade works out in the end. Lots of learning and lectures can be challenging.
5/19/2024
Prof. Roberts is one of the best math professors at WashU. She gives clear lectures and is very accessible outside of class. She's a really nice and caring lady.
5/13/2023
All time favorite math professor at WashU. Actually lectures on the information and gives you time to work on practice problems and ask for help. She truly wants you to understand the material and do well in the class. Highly recommend!! So sweet and a quick responder, overall a great professor!
12/28/2022
Professor Roberts is one of the most brilliant and knowledgeable people in math I have ever met. She does not trick students on exams so the exam questions are very close to textbook problems. Some homework questions are hard so she expects students to have a deep understanding of the material.
12/27/2022
If you have her it's not the end of the world - she has trouble articulating points clearly to a whole lecture hall, but individually she is much more helpful. Her tests are often similar to the practice exams so heed that advice. Also, beware her webworks, they're long/tedious but not impossible.
7/27/2018
Roberts is okay, nothing special. She follows the textbook closely, so going to class isn't necessary because you can just read the chapter and do some practice problems. I feel like she spends too much of lecture on the theory side and not enough example problems. Weekly WebWork. Exams were moderately difficult, but fair. She is a nice woman.
3/31/2018
Overall she is very predictable, organized, and fair. All classes follow the textbook (the textbook may go a little deeper). Attending class is still essential however because she sometimes says things that aren't exactly in the textbook. If you put in the proper work you will get an A.
1/11/2018
Reading textbook is critical for conceptual fluency. Attendance at lecture also critical, as Prof. Roberts often assesses topics not explicit in text. Weakness of the course was the exam structure: entirely multiple choice without opportunity for partial credit; hence, despite correct methodology, grades can be harmed by pure computational errors.
12/20/2017
Class revolved around doing homework and regularly attending class. Professor is pretty strict, sticks to her grading guidelines. If you attend the class, do the work, it's easy. If not, expect late nights and not too hot of a grade.
12/18/2017
Horrible teacher, tests are ridicoulsy hard, practice exams (written by her) look nothing like the actual exams. AVOID her
12/18/2017
Dr. Roberts has incredibly clear lectures and is always available outside of class! I have friends who didn't even open the textbook and still got an A b/c her lectures were good. I even talked to her before the final because I was so nervous and she gave me a pep talk! SHOW UP TO THE LECTURES, she'll sometimes put examples from class on the tests.
12/15/2017
Here is how you succeed in this class. You must read the textbook. If you read the textbook (making sure to understand all the explanations including the examples), go to all the lectures, do all webworks, some book practice problems, and the practice tests, you will get an A. Focus on knowing the practice test really well before test(and webwork).
12/15/2017
Professor Roberts cares deeply about her students. My grandmother got sick an hour before the final, and Roberts completely understood and is allowing me to make it up even though she is not required to do so. She is great at explaining things and her office hours are extremely helpful. All in all she is more the nice enough-- she's extrodinary
12/14/2017
Rachel Roberts doesn't just teach you math, she teaches you about life. If you go to lecture, which you should, you will be amazed by how much information she manages to teach in one lecture, and how little of the information is about math. What a woman. Socks 10/10 not frumpy at all.
12/10/2017
Such a kind and caring professor. She's very concerned for her students, even a huge lecture class like Calc III. Very clear, very passionate, and her tests are really easy as long as you read back through the notes and reason through them.
6/3/2013
She really cares for her students and actively asks for questions. She goes at a slow enough pace so that the majority of the people in the class can understand. Great teacher. Though you can just read the book and do well in the class too.
4/27/2013
Don't have to go to class at all, infact you will probably learn better form book. Tests are similar to webassign problems
4/17/2013
She is definitely the best teacher I have had so far at WashU. She is clear when teaching, receptive to questions, eager to explain things. She wants you to understand the math and is a very friendly person in general. Her exams are very much consistent with the material given in class and on homework assignments. Highly recommended!
2/27/2013