Raymond Schram

This professor has taught: MATH113, MATH120, MATH246H, STAT400, STAT401

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Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A theGreat 01/19/2023	Exams are straight forward and exactly like the practice exams. No homework but there are optional practice problems. He can get lost in his own work sometimes but he tries to be engaging at least. Overall hes just a very mid professor.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 05/20/2022	I took Ray in the Fall 2021 semester. He was funny and an engaging lecturer - however, that isn't to say he was the best as he would get lost or confused on what to do. Personally, I don't really mind as the exams and quizzes were fair. For quizzes, pay attention during discussion and you'll be fine. As for exams, go to review sessions and go over the review questions. I can relate to other's not appreciating how unorganized Ray was during lecture, however, I am speaking from hindsight, where the class was overall easy - which to me nullifies the lectures.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 02/24/2022	I took AP Stat which is pretty close to the course material, so I might be a bit biased, but I thought Ray was a great prof. He was funny and kept the 75 minute lectures entertaining. His exams are also pretty easy as long as you do the examples in class and in discussion.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/20/2022	If you're looking to see a (not very good) stand up comedy special every week, but not actually learn any content Ray's your guy. I think he emphasizes being relatable in class to keep engagement, but he spends too much time on that leaving all of his lessons rushed. He's not prepared to teach at all and rushes through content. On top of that, his handwriting's pretty bad so symbols tend to get mixed up which is bad if you're actually trying to take notes. Also sometimes he'll completely mess up a lecture and go through the same material in the next class (but corrected (supposedly)). Honestly, if he actually taught well, he could have let us out early 45 minutes every lecture (for a 75 min long class). Pray for a good TA because they will make or break your experience. The graded things however are not bad at all, quizzes are straight forward, but he tends to be unclear on what they're actually about. And tests are almost exactly like the practice exam. Don't sign up for the earliest discussion section though because a lot of the quizzes have errors, which are corrected halfway through the quiz and you wont get extra time to account for the error. Literally every single test I've taken with him has had some type of typo. The final for example, had a typo that made the problem unsolvable and Ray had to correct it 3 times during the exam to get the question right. In general however tests are very easy and you have a lot of time to do them. TLDR: If you can learn things on your own, and/or have a good TA, you'll be fine. If you have a hard time learning things on your own, don't take him.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/02/2022	I had Ray as a TA for MATH241 (calc 3) before having him for STAT400. They say you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself the villain. Ray as a TA was better than Ray as a professor. He's not prepared and makes up questions on the spot. His exams are not bad at all. In terms of graded stuff, that is all good. I really only go to lecture because he's a fun character and it's chill. However, if you really just want to learn the topics you could just read the textbook and go to discussion. TLDR: If you are bad at math (likely taking MATH113 and MATH120), don't take him. If you are good at math (likely taking MATH246H and STAT401/401), take him.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/27/2021	Pros: -Exams are easy. If you go to his review sessions and understand his review test, you should be expecting at least a 90%. -Projects are easy. They take around 1-2 hours to complete. -Ray has a humorous personality. The one counterweight to the temptation of slamming my head against the desk numerous of times. Cons: -Ray comes to lectures extremely unprepared. Typically he'll start off strong and begin to freestyle content as we progress. This gets annoying when he freestyles content that is actually important and spends too much time on topics that aren't relevant. Luckily, his exams are familiar questions, so we don't get completely screwed over(that's what separates him from a 1-2 star) -Them weekly quizzes. Unlike the exams, these are very hit or miss. Sometimes the questions are a walk in the park while sometimes you're just hoping for some particle credit. However, I will say the TAs do go over similar questions during discussion, BUT, sometimes they don't / don't go over it clearly. Make sure to ask questions in discussion. If Ray keeps the same style of teaching I would say there is no harm in choosing him.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/26/2021	Ray is a cool guy, but holy hell are lectures absolutely useless. They are fun to watch, but honestly my TA in a 40 minute discussion section taught what takes Ray 2 entire lectures to teach. By the end of the semester I simply would not go to lectures since it would be faster to learn everything in my discussion section and on my own. At least the exams are very fair, however if you want a prof to actually teach you I would avoid him.
Raymond Schram MATH120 Expecting a C- Anonymous 12/23/2021	He was so bad, I want to give him a 0, but that's not possible, so I give him a 1. In all seriousness, Professor Schram cannot teach to save his life and I only really learned from the TA's in discussion.
Raymond Schram MATH120 Anonymous 12/22/2021	Stay away from this professor. He shows up to class and dont know what's his doing. He gives up wrong answers, that the TA's have to fix them, even students have to correct him. It's honeslty not worth it. This professor suck so bad, you would stop coming to his class because it's useless even going, you mean as while stay home and review on you're own.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 12/15/2021	Ray is smart, and grades STAT400 easy. He is very funny and actually makes class interesting. Additionally, his quizzes closely mirror the problems he does in lecture; similarly, his exams closely mirror the practice exam and class material. However, he is often unprepared and overall not that great at actually teaching. He often spends too much time on joking around during lectures and sometimes only gets through 2 or 3 examples during a 75 min lecture. He doesn't reply to emails and his material (practice exams, etc.) is usually riddled with small mistakes, typos, etc.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/07/2021	Ray is a nice, charming guy but a very meh professor. The only reason people do well in his class is because the content and exams aren't too difficult. The teaching style isn't ideal but is enough. It's clear that he's very knowledgeable, but it's also clear that he's unprepared for lectures, stuttering and making examples as he goes. Not a terrible professor but if given the choice, take someone else before him.
Raymond Schram MATH120 Anonymous 12/06/2021	Avoid at all costs. I swear he has never taught an in-person class before fall 2021. It felt really unorganized where he was weirdly a nervous wreck and would start something then jump to another problem because it go too complicated. I had to go up after class an correct an arithmetic mistake he just glossed over. The TA during discussion taught me more once a week than he ever did. The midterms were mostly easy but the homework will sometimes go over something you've never heard of before. He really needs to get his shit together.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/02/2021	Lectures are rather unorganized and it feels like he's coming up with examples "on the spot," which don't always accurately demonstrate the material being taught. As previous reviews have mentioned your best bet is to simply read the textbook if you're able to digest the mathematics jargon well enough. The saving grace, however, are that the assignments and course are relatively well-organized. Weekly quizzes that generally go over the past 2-3 lectures with review beforehand, a decently accurate schedule that goes over what sections in the book should be discussed each lecture, and very helpful practice midterms, which basically cover every concept on his exams, with solutions are duly provided. So as long as you learn the material, either from him or some other source, the course isn't too much work to get through and easy enough at that.
Raymond Schram MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/30/2021	Professor takes 30 minutes to complete a 2 minute problem. Sometimes he doesn't even finish the problem, and assumes we know how to do it. He is very unorganized and hard to follow. Sometimes he stops to tell an incredibly awkward joke instead of completing the problem. This class was not meant to be hard but he made it that way. Most of what I learned came from the TA's in review sessions, or my textbook.
Raymond Schram MATH120 Expecting an A Anonymous 11/24/2021	Ray is interesting, to say the least. He is very good at math but terrible at teaching it. He makes very simple concepts very complicated. Usually wastes class time doing 2 problems that could've taken 2 mins each. This makes certain concepts very overwhelming and confusing. He assigns way too much homework, usually all due in one day too. Ray is nice and a character who will make you laugh. He gives practice exams that usually match exam problems.
Raymond Schram STAT400 Anonymous 11/20/2021	Very unorganized and unprepared. The teaching style is way too casual to be anything useful (e.g., he spends tons of time on irrelevant jokes and would pause for applause after explaining some examples). His examples are sometimes hard to follow and miss a big picture of how the examples relate to the concepts being taught. I learned most of the stuff by reading the textbook by myself. Exams are not too hard. Emailed him twice about questions from the textbook and he never replied.
Raymond Schram MATH120 Expecting an A+ Anonymous 11/10/2021	Raymond makes me cry but ig he's an alright dude u have to put in effort but the exams aren't bad I don't think calc is hard it's just a lot of busywork assignments I don't think I vibe w his teaching style