Only covered 60% of the curriculum. Feel sorry for someone going from his class to real college linear algebra or calculus class! Doubt I can recover 2 of the five credits the university charged me for this watered down class.

He is very difficult to understand because of his accent. Sometimes he has to correct his own simple math. He is a nice guy, and tries to be helpful but the language barrier is a huge setback!

I had such a difficult time understanding him. He does not post grades on blackboard at all and gives pop quizzes which he will not let you make up. He only gave 2 and I missed 1. I only knew my homework grade and one exam grade for the entire semester and only learned my final grade and when final grades were posted. I would not recommend him.

If you have already taken higher math courses and just need this class for the credits, you might be able to risk it. EVERYONE ELSE, STAY AWAY! His accent is so thick that I couldn't understand a single thing he was saying. It sounded like he was speaking a foreign language. BEWARE THIS TEACHER

Horrible teacher

He openly stated that he hated us during class, he even expressed his hate for us in an equation on the board.

Very versed in Math, some just cannot convey information well. Teaches through Power point-which he regurgitates, you do not have access to it! All homework is on Math lab-he does NOT go over it- make sure you do it! Teaching style is a bit muddled. Concentrates on getting thru material not understanding, Will teach future ch before each test/quiz.

IF You read this message it clearly means never ever take his class. He is the worst professor ever. Everything, is taught through power point and his accent is the worst thing ever. He has never discussed homework and never bothered to give extra credit work.

He is a very knowledgeable professor but doesn't convey the material as best as he could. Please do not waste your money with this professor, unless you self teach well he isn't the teacher for you.

Thick accent so it was hard to understand him. Things were rushed and he did not go over class activities to make sure we understood the material.

put it this way. i learned what my grade was through my transcripts. didn't use BB and any time you asked your grade he would tell you to average it out based on your scores. MAYbe it was just me but the homework and what we learned in class didn't accurately portray the questions in the test. i feel the test questions had extra steps to it.

This professor does not know how to teach. He has a HEAVY accent. He speeds through his powerpoints fast. He quizzes us almost every class after we literally just learned it. And he stares so much at people he dislikes which is annoying. Just overall, TERRIBLE. even made me give up my major.

Balcha Borgi is the worst teacher I have ever had. You hear about the horror stories of professors putting things on the final that they never taught, and you think it will never happen to you. It's just too absurd. And then it happens. Professor Balcha Borgi assigned a pop quiz, where I, scoring #3 in the class, got 75%. Take anyone else's class.

I have never almost cried in a Professor lecture before. I have had bad professors before but nothing like this. He knows his material well but DOES NOT know how to teach it and you cannot you calculator on quizzes also he makes you memorize formulas. His class makes me not wanna wear my seat belt while driving so I can die on my way to class.

having Professor Balcha Borgi as an online professor makes it so much worse. he relies all his work on Aleks and doesn't care about your grade. you'll have one module and a quiz due at the end of every week and also not to mention but he reads straight from a textbook that you have complete access too and also teach really fast. I DONT RECOMMEND.

Your main task is to teach yourself. Don't expect any help from him and god forbid you ask any questions, he'll just tell you to stop complaining. All work is done through Aleks, an online textbook. He doesn't make any of the learning material or quizzes. If I could get my credits through just Aleks I'd only pay for Aleks and not the class.

He tells students to ask questions but gets mad when a student is confused. He reads off from the textbook word for word for 3 hrs. He put in the syllabus that attendance isnt graded but suddenly started taking attendance & gave most people 0 for not having their cameras on. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. I got an A just cause it was on ALEKS. RUDE& MESSY

Attended class, professor lectures were hard as ever, he depended too much on the ALEKS which is the online website which is used throughout the math class. Doesn't understand the student's needs. Does not email students to ask why they are not showing up to class. WORST MATH TEACHER I'VE EVER HAD. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS.

So hard to contact outside of class. Is sometimes unclear and has mood swings or something because sometimes he'd make students feel bad for having questions. And since he's not clear the first time, too many clarification questions visibly annoy him. If you can, take another prof, if not, oh well, you'll survive. Mathway is your bff in online math

If you have your camera off, he will mark you absent. He did not say anything in the beginning of the semester, after 2 weeks of class, he was suddenly upset with all the students with camera off. DO NOT take him, you will fail not because you don't do your work, but because you don't turn your camera on.

He relies on the ALEKS software for everything and test questions would have multiple parts to it, if you got 1/8 parts wrong the whole question was wrong--stetting us up for failure. I barely passed and it was only because tests were open book. His lectures were him reading out the textbook and you had to teach yourself the material.

Borgi was really difficult to understand. Every lecture was him just reading off the textbook. He makes you do the work thinking you already know it. He makes you feel dumb and say a lot comment he shouldn't say. he laughs when you don't answer him. He hardly replies to emails and makes you do double the work for homework. He does give 2nd chances

Yells at students. very short temper and seems to get frustrated and overwhelmed when someone doesn't understand something. Accent is very hard to understand almost impossible to follow his lectures. This is the 2nd professor I have taken for MTH 261 and I cannot understand either of them. For a class of this difficulty, an accent harder to learn

I went into this class holding onto the 2 good reviews he had. Terrible mistake on my part. He is EXTREMELY short tempered. Screams at the class daily. Tests are 10x harder than the study guide and theyre 25 questions with 1hr&30min to complete. Tests are done using mymathlab & he doesnt grade them himself so its harder to gain points back.

Very disorganized. Never made reminders for students. Hard to understand. Takes forever to let me into the class. Doesnt ever look at chat.

He is very soft spoken and I found it very difficult to understand him. He teaches extremely fast and makes comments like, "this is clearly the answer", "guys this is easy", "obviously this is correct." It discourages students from asking questions and most of the topics he was teaching was far from easy. An egregious amount of homework and 3 tests

Tough Prof, gets flustered to easily and expects you to know everything. If you're not good in math or rely on a calculator too often, his class is not for you. Alek's is going to be really helpful in teaching you. He's very straightforward but if a Prof. has to say that he hopes everyone at least get a C in his class. That's a red flag.

He expects you to know things before you learn them, is a very strict professor overall, and couldn't care less about your grade or helping you.

Tests are cumulative and extremely detailed. You are expected to remember every detail about everything you have learned so far in class. Week 7 test had more from week 2 than it did from 7. Study guides are 100% useless and do not reflect what is on the test. I was hoping the reviews were wrong, trust me they aren't. Take this elsewhere.

Prof. Borgi is one of if not the worst prof. I have ever had. I wish I could post videos here I have a video of him screaming so badly at a student who asked a question she started crying and left class. If you ask questions, you will be belittled and berated. Tests are extremely difficult and they can test anything you have learned so far.

Prof. Borgi is condescending, rude and intimidating. Do NOT take his class you will regret it.

Do yourself a favor and take this elsewhere. You will be tested on detailed concepts that were taught in prior classes and expected to remember every formula you have ever learned. His test were some of the most difficult I have ever seen and forget asking for help unless you want him to scream at you.

This class has single handedly destroyed my confidence. I was routinely told how I should know things and how bad I was. During office hours Prof. Borgi would ask other students question and follow it up with "see they know it so should you". Please, please, please listen read the other reviews and do not take this class.

Please do not take this guy he is not helpful at all his test are hard and provides no reviews for the test and is a tuff grader and says aleks can happen it won't trust me good luck

I have never written a review however felt compelled to after three weeks in class. This class was extremely poorly organized with a far less than helpful instructor who talks to his students in a condescending and hateful manor. I really regret not listening to the other reviews and taking this class in the fall.

4 tests with ~15 questions each account for 80% of your grade. Missing one question because you misread it will have major consequences. To top this off it takes weeks to get a reply to emails, grades are "sealed," so you can't see how you did. Take my word on it when I say if you take his class, you will regret it.

blazes through material for no regard of whether or not you understand. Not very good at explaining

Easily tempered if you don't know something. Puts things he didn't teach at all or otherwise mentioned once on the exam and makes it worth the most amount of points. I studied stacks for the first exam and got an F. Studied using organic chem tutor and khan academy for the second, still got an F. A couple smart students means no one else is trying.

Please don't take this professor unless you're very good at math. I took him for calculus during a 13 week online course. HW assignments take hours to do. He punishes the students who attend because fewer people show up as the weeks went on even though he chose not to take attendance. FYI he has an accident but you get used to it.

The exams are weighted 80% of your grade which is very unfair. he does not offer feedback on exams unless requested. I would not take the course again he is very tough. Just dont do it.

Will never take him ever again and never recommend him to anyone else.

(Calc II) Never answers emails, course is chaotic, materials are incomplete, and assignments lack clear instructions. Exams cover topics never taught. Worst online class ever—save your GPA and sanity and pick another professor!

He doesn't care about any students. If you want a class that will make you wanna drop out of college then choose this professor.

Since he has a strong accent, you spend more time trying to figure out the words coming out of his mouth than the actual material you are supposed to know. Makes me waste my time when ever I went to his office hours.

Took him for online summer semester. He does not actually grade your work he just looks at final answers. I asked to see one of my exams because I wanted to know why I got a 65%. He then responds by saying oops I didn't check your answers fully and my grade was updated to a 96%. I still was not allowed to see a graded version of my exam.

This class was extremely difficult for no reason. He would say tests are like the study guides and the study guides are missing concepts that are on the test. Averages on exams are 55 and below. Exam 2 and th final were the only ones that followed the study guide but the others I would recommend studying your mind off.