At the beginning of the semester Jesse would write problems on the board then have student volunteers solve them at the end of class. By the end of the semester the problems were left unsolved and he failed to provide some necessary information to solve equations. If not for taking Calc BC in high school, this class would have been a nightmare.

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. Professor means well but is too intelligent to be teaching an introductory calculus class. Entire grade is pretty much based off of 3 tests which are shots in the dark. Even if you attend office hours and ask relevant questions, it's difficult to get clarification/help. It ruined my GPA.

Worst professor ever. Not helpful at all;if you have to take calculus with him, reconsider your schedule. He puts you on the spot in class, drills you about the new material and never directly answers your questions. Office hours are worthless and during exams you will be uncomfortably hovered over by the t.a.'s or the extra proctors he requests.

One of the absolute worst professors I've ever taken. He never teaches directly, and by the end of the year won't give you solutions to any of the problems. His tests are conceptual and ambiguous and he is not very helpful in office hours. Super pretentious attitude. If I could go back I would have never taken him. Ever.

One of the absolute worst professors I have ever had. Or teacher for that matter. He does not teach you directly and never actually gives you solutions to any problem. His tests are very conceptual and ambiguous and he will mark you wrong for right answers. Useless in office hours. If I could go back and never take him, I would in a heartbeat.

Jesse is by far one of the worst teachers i have ever had. He doesn't ever teach or answer anyone's questions directly, instead he responds with another question. We basically go to class to get quizzed on the material that we spend so much time at home learning. His class is much harder than it is supposed to be. The TA was very helpful though.

I had to Q drop this class! DO NOT TAKE HIM! UNLESS YOU LOVE PHILOSOPHY and understanding WHY things are the way they are. He's a math major with a philosophy background. Ask him a question, he'll answer you with another question. Class is mandatory. 10 mins quiz everyday (yup!) and classworks and homeworks 3x a week! CONCEPTUAL TESTS!!

Thinking about taking a class with Jesse? Well I'm going to do you a favor and do something Jesse never does, answer your question! And that answer is no! He is no help as a teacher, there is very little continuity between lectures and discussions, and any attempt to get a direct answer out of him will be futile.

He is the worst! he NEVER answers a single question ever. i think he enjoys watching the class fail as he gives true or false quizzes every class with about 3 questions. the odds are literally against you. i wish i Qdropped. awful class professor provides no help or clarity. he's dull and annoying

Jesse is the worst professor for calculus at UT. He will not answer a single question or be willing to help you. He takes flipped classroom to an extreme and his tutorial videos are not helpful at all. If you get Miller, DROP. Only 2% of people made A's on the final and he doesn't curve. Average grades for tests were in the upper 60's or lower 70's

Guys... don't do it. Switch out immediately.

I took this class because I love math. One semester later, I want nothing to do with it. Not only does Jesse Miller give ridiculous daily quizzes, he also refuses to work example problems for us and allowed us to struggle constantly the whole semester. Expect failing test averages. I survived and did well reading the book, and spending time myself.

He has a weird (and awful) philosophy about teaching. He doesn't lecture and he counters questions with more questions. Tests are formatted weirdly and graded illogically, and he basically ignores requests for regrades. He dodges emails and questions and doesn't "believe" in failing even with test averages in the low 50s. Avoid at all costs

Very difficult professor, probably one of the worst I have had at UT. Not helpful at all. Avoid at all costs, he seems like a cool guy but he is absolutely terrible at his job.

There is so much to say about this professor but ill keep it short. No examples, no lectures, and no clarity. Extremely conceptual class with little instruction. The professor is available two hours a week and holds multiple classes during the same office hours. I couldn't be more disappointed.

Lectures are socratic seminars that cannot be skipped because you have a hard group quiz in them, every single lecture. The quizzes are not typically solve-by-evaluation questions; they are trick conceptual questions that you have to understand very well. Exams are hard. HW is hard and due before every lecture.

Have you ever wanted to teach yourself calculus? No? Then this is not the class for you. Also, He cares more about you understanding the course then getting a good grade, which is nice and all, but Grades are still important.

he knows his flaws in teaching, but still doesnt change his method. just a stubborn man who destroys your gpa

DO NOT TAKE! Lectures are extremely boring and useless. Discussions don't help at all. He doesn't answer your questions directly. TA's and LA's are also instructed not to answer questions. He takes forever to reply to emails. Homework is HARD and he expects you to learn everything from it. Exams are recycled questions from classwork and quizzes.

This was by far the worst professor I have ever taken. Extremely unclear about EVERYTHING. Ask a question, receive a vague unhelpful question back. Go to office hours and come out more confused, just a waste of time. No lecture, just problems in class and no direction for how to actually learn the material. DO NOT TAKE.

He's a nice guy I suppose but I feel as if he designs his class/quizzes/tests with the intent of making you do poorly. You will teach yourself everything so I recommend putting in a lot of effort, expect to get nothing from Jesse's lectures or the TAs that he trains, and prepare to be very frustrated.

He seemed to have little grasp of the material, as he is normally a calculus professor. He repeatedly corrected students who were correct and apologized later. Did not have a good teaching style, as he preferred to throw difficult problems on the board and have student groups solve them. We rarely had time to go over the answers.

No lectures, no study guides, no reviews before tests and he would post homework assignments a day before they were due without telling people. Every class he would assign a couple problems, make people solve them without help, then give us the answers without explanations. His tests were difficult and studying was difficult from the weak textbook.

This guy doesn't lecture and would always make us get in groups to do practice problems that he wrote, none of which he posted solutions for. Additionally, he assigns homework a day before its due with no clear warning on the syllabus. His questions on tests and written assigments are designed to trick you if you don't read twice.

Professor Miller is the worst professor I have had at the University of Texas. He neglects to answer questions, claiming questions are more important than answers, and fails to truly teach anything at all. Jesse Miller is not only ineffective in helping students learn; he seems to be actively determined to prevent his students' academic growth.

Doesn't teach, we just do activities all day. His 2 rating is justified.

I dropped this class after realizing lecture and discussion was all group work, most of which we were never given the answers to. And the quest assignments were the only opportunity to learn anything, but didn't coincide with his tests. Take 408D instead..

horrible, literally doesn't teach at all. class is just working on problems that he doesn't even give solutions to

He has a flipped classroom teaching style, but does NOT implement it effectively. He fails to consider that everyone has a different way of learning, and refuses to work out any example problems even after a worksheet is due. He thinks students just want answers, but that's not it. We don't understand the concept in the first place. Do not take.

This man just flat out doesn't teach. He does a flipped classroom, which is frustrating already, but then during lecture he doesn't explain anything fully at all! If you ask him a question he'll just vaguely respond. The homework isn't bad but some tough questions don't even have explanations after the assignment is due! Exams are very tough, too

Flipped classroom. Three test in total which are difficult because they are concept heavy. He does allow for test corrections. Classwork is completion for the most part but he doesn't give answers for them. Homework is annoying. He is not very responsive to his students. His explanations are very poor. Sadly, worst professor ive taken..

Flipped classroom. Horrible teacher for calculus. His exams are multiple choice and does give half the points back on the test if you do corrections. Very hard exam compared to a very weak textbook. I was spending too many hours on this class even though I am not a maths major.

He was a really poor teacher. I have not encountered a class where the professor does not teach the methods of how to solve problems in class. Very heavy on theory and almost no method. I legitimately had to teach everything to myself, and something like multivariable calculus is just not something a person can teach themselves.

HORRIBLE TEACHER! Does not give answers to any in class assignments or any homework. Exams are hard since you have no review or practice problems. He does a lot of concept questions. Does not lecture! He puts students into groups each class period then you work on class assignment with other students. Never get any of the solutions. PROOFS ARE EASY

Simply, the guy doesn't teach discrete math. Expect to read the textbook for everything, and even then the exam problems aren't anything like the textbook (this is worsened by the fact he never posts any sample exams, questions, or homework solutions). He gives multiple choice exams for discrete math, a proof based class... enough said

The class was fine, but don't think I learned much more here than I did in AP stats (SDS 321 and M378K with other profs are much better). Also the class isn't exceptionally hard, it's just Jesse doesn't teach so you're completely unprepared for the tests. Midterm average was a 70%, final was a 62%, and he doesn't "curve" (think he did +3% overall)

RUN AWAY!!! Didnt learn anything from his classes. During the lectures it's all gonna be group work. Need to teach yourself to pass. It's better take 408D instead.

Does not ever explain anything on the homework. Expect to teach yourself and learn from your peers. Or do yourself a favor and do not take his class.

This man has ruined my life this semester. You will spend hours a night doing homework that he doesn't help you on at all. He makes everything much harder than it needs to be.

Just, no. Homework about a concept BEFORE you're taught about it. Unnecessary extra work.