diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py
index e98fb1071a..818db024e5 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/tests/test_auto_auth.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 from django.test import TestCase
-from util.testing import UrlResetMixin
+from django.test.client import Client
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from util.testing import UrlResetMixin
 from mock import patch
 
 
-class TestAutoAuthEnabled(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
+class AutoAuthEnabledTestCase(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
     """
     Tests for the Auto auth view that we have for load testing.
     """
@@ -15,15 +16,16 @@ class TestAutoAuthEnabled(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
         # value affects the contents of urls.py,
         # so we need to call super.setUp() which reloads urls.py (because
         # of the UrlResetMixin)
-        super(TestAutoAuthEnabled, self).setUp()
+        super(AutoAuthEnabledTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.url = '/auto_auth'
+        self.client = Client()
 
     def test_create_user(self):
         """
-        tests that user gets created when visiting the page
+        Test that user gets created when visiting the page.
         """
 
-        url = '/auto_auth'
-        self.client.get(url)
+        self.client.get(self.url)
 
         qset = User.objects.all()
 
@@ -32,40 +34,29 @@ class TestAutoAuthEnabled(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
         user = qset[0]
         assert user.is_active
 
-    @patch.dict("django.conf.settings.MITX_FEATURES", {"MAX_AUTO_AUTH_USERS": 10000000})
-    def test_create_multiple_users(self):
+    @patch('student.views.random.randint')
+    def test_create_multiple_users(self, randint):
         """
-        speculative test to make sure multiple users are created.
-        Technically, this test is probabalistic.
-
-        However, my judgement is that if the chance of failing due
-        only to bad luck is less than 1:10^1000, we are OK (it is more
-        likely that the test failed because the jenkins server was hit
-        by an asteroid, or the person running the tests was a freind
-        of Hamlet's).
+        Test to make sure multiple users are created.
         """
+        randint.return_value = 1
+        self.client.get(self.url)
 
-        url = '/auto_auth'
-
-        # hit the url a few times. Mathematically, is much more efficient
-        # to hit the site many many times, and have a smaller MAX user
-        # count, but it is the GET request that actually takes a lot of time.
-        for i in range(200):
-            self.client.get(url)
+        randint.return_value = 2
+        self.client.get(self.url)
 
         qset = User.objects.all()
 
-        # make sure it is the smae user
-        self.assertGreater(qset.count(), 1)
+        # make sure that USER_1 and USER_2 were created
+        self.assertEqual(qset.count(), 2)
 
     @patch.dict("django.conf.settings.MITX_FEATURES", {"MAX_AUTO_AUTH_USERS": 1})
-    def test_login(self):
+    def test_login_already_created_user(self):
         """
-        test that when we have reached the limit for automatic users
+        Test that when we have reached the limit for automatic users
         a subsequent request results in an already existant one being
         logged in.
         """
-
         # auto-generate 1 user (the max)
         url = '/auto_auth'
         self.client.get(url)
@@ -74,11 +65,11 @@ class TestAutoAuthEnabled(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
         self.client.get(url)
         qset = User.objects.all()
 
-        # make sure it is the smae user
+        # make sure it is the same user
         self.assertEqual(qset.count(), 1)
 
 
-class TestAutoAuthDisabled(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
+class AutoAuthDisabledTestCase(UrlResetMixin):
     """
     Test that the page is inaccessible with default settings
     """
@@ -89,14 +80,13 @@ class TestAutoAuthDisabled(UrlResetMixin, TestCase):
         # value affects the contents of urls.py,
         # so we need to call super.setUp() which reloads urls.py (because
         # of the UrlResetMixin)
-        super(TestAutoAuthDisabled, self).setUp()
+        super(AutoAuthDisabledTestCase, self).setUp()
+        self.url = '/auto_auth'
+        self.client = Client()
 
-    def test_404(self):
+    def test_auto_auth_disabled(self):
         """
-        make sure automatic authentication is invisible
+        Make sure automatic authentication is disabled.
         """
-
-        url = '/auto_auth'
-        response = self.client.get(url)
-
+        response = self.client.get(self.url)
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 404)