Cannot teach so you end up teaching yourself from the textbook. Also goes far to fast the other classes have only done two thirds to half of what we have covered.

I feel he is seriously one of the worst professors i have ever had with 6 months before graduation. Blows through material and does not post relevant stuff online. He is not funny in the least, but will drag jokes for (5-10) minutes during class. Avoid at all costs, he just got his masters.

Terrible, I only took his class because it fit my schedule and it was one of the worst mistakes of my life. I was constantly going for extra help and he would just make me more confused. He nit-picked absolutely everything with his grading. I would avoid him at all costs if you want to pass Data I.

By far the worst prof. I have ever had. I am in his class right now. Be thankful of online HW. As his grading is TOUGHER than the online assignments. I dont think he curves grades but he should, no one seems to do well. I don't know whats worse is teaching or his jokes, but both are horrible. DO NOT! Take his classes, under any circumstances.

HORRIBLE, Worst teacher I have ever had here. Grades horribly, takes off for random things without explanation. Everyone fails test/quiz. NOT FUNNY AT ALL (thinks he is). Makes assignments due at 4:00 exactly and takes off of 4:01. DO NOT TAKE EVER UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES unless you want to teach yourself the whole class.

THIS GUY IS AWFUL! I could not understand anything in class, his teaching skills are horrible. I would always email him to get one on one help and he would NEVER respond. Whenever I went into his office there were always 5 other people in there trying to get help as well. VERY DIFFICULT.

Avoid at all costs! My class's homework average is consistently a 51%. He is only interest in showing you how much he knows, your learning is completely irrelevant to him. There is a definite reason he was suspended three years ago, and they should have never hired him back.

Seems to be a good person but TERRIBLE teacher! Do not take him unless you absolutely have to! He leaves things out in his lectures and then makes them worth heavy points in quizzes/tests. Grades very harshly for no real reason. Homework objectives are unclear and harshly graded.

Professor Reynolds did not know how to teach if it wasn't for his teaching assistant none of us would have made it through his class. The assistant basically had to reteach everything after class. It was all wrong.

He was a TERRIBLE teacher. He will take off points for any reason, even if you obviously show you know the topic. His class structure is a pain in the ass: daily assignments in class, daily assignments online, and weekly assignments. Awful. Please avoid this teacher.

Absolute worst professor I've had. His exams were not on the in-class material, he rarely gave example problems, and wouldn't explain why/how a problem on an exam was incorrect. Also unhelpful outside of class. Brought my 3.8 GPA down significantly.

He is unable to teach. Do not take his class!

Avoid this teacher like the PLAGUE. Absolutely the worst teacher in existence. How he has a job is absolutely beyond me. I think he takes joy in stumping his students. His tests don't cover material from class. His classes barely give you a basic understanding of the material. Overall the worst experience ever. Don't make the same mistake.

Horrible Teacher. Students actually lash out back at him DURING class. His methods for teaching aren't sound. For example, he'll assign homework and then have a quiz later the same week, and the homework doesn't help with what's to be expected on the quiz. Office hours are Ok at best, but with an intro course more instruction should not be needed.

I recieved a C, 79.5, wouldn't round it. Test and quiz questions were poorly worded and made it so that no one had any idea what he was asking. Avoid taking at all costs, I don't know how he is still employed at RIT. Made class attendance worth 10% of grade. Posted class notes online. Refused to post quiz/test solutions to mycourses.

I went from having a high B to a D in less than two classes. He spends a lot of time on bad jokes. His equations produce incorrect responses on myStatsLab. He as manually changed the times that assignments are due, WHILE you're in class, from the next day to before the class started. Takes points off for irrelevant reasons. doesn't provide feedback

Was by far the worst professor I've ever had at RIT !!!

Hands down worst professor I've ever had. If you like bad jokes and the though of dropping out of school because of how awful this class is then he's the professor for you.

Overall terrible professor. Avoid him like the plague. Doesn't know how to lecture. Nice guy, bad professor.

Terrible Professor!!! Somehow makes a simple subject like statistics halfway impossible to learn and understand. Whats the probability of living if you jump off a bridge? (make sure your answer is in complete sentences). Consistently is not at office hours so getting help is difficult.

Pretty bad. Didn't structure the course very well. Grades rather inconsistently. I got all of the questions right on my first exam and got a 70% because I didn't use complete sentences.

A lot of reviews criticize his humor, but the far more glaring problem with this professor is his rigidity of grading and larger-than-life expectations on exams. Be prepared to write in full sentences on EVERY assignment, and study a lot. Made a simple class extremely over-complicated. Don't let the open note exams fool you, they're HARD!

This professor is unrealistically brutal on his exams. Do all the practice you want, chances are you'll only be able to prepare for about half the points. Writing in full sentences isn't an issue but when 3/4 of the class is staying 10 minutes past the exam due time there's obviously something wrong with the exam. Nice guy but horrible professor.

He throws a lot of lame jokes, make sure to laugh, he notices and holds a grudge if you don't. Make sure to worship him like a good to fill his ego, he needs to feel powerful and mighty (some students laugh about how he is overcompensating). Tests are long and don't really match any of the material he teaches but are manageable.

All his class reports are supposed to be based off what he taught for that specific day but about 50% of the material on his class reports are never based off what he taught.

He may be by far the worst professor at RIT. I am surprised that positive comments exist (but came to the conclusion that he may have wrote them himself). He is very passive aggressive. Make sure you laugh at his dad-jokes in class, he takes note of that and might even comment on it. If he notices you don't, he's the type that holds a grudge.

He's very ambiguous on his grading criteria and he doesn't give good feedback either. I would email him and ask him specific questions, he will just respond to me very minimally and if I ask him to further explain, he will just ignore my emails. I put into a lot of effort in the assignments but he's not giving me a grade that I deserve.

Reynolds does not round grades up and states you should know the material when you learned it last class. There is a quiz every class that counts at 5 points of that days total grade. You get a grade every class so if you are out sick like I was you won't do good in the class.

He sucks, very unreasonable and won't listen. Also very unfunny

Quizzes every day, 3+ page group busy work that you lose points on if you don't finish before class ends. Lectures run into classwork time with boomer humor. He will always find a reason to take points off, and I only got 1.11/1.11 points on classwork once. Only professor I know who removed the lectures from mycourses during online tests.

Important: he stated on the first class that this is a-sync Doesn't make a mycourses post or send an email about a quiz and then sets the time limit to 30 minutes, normally all of the quizzes are 20 minutes but alright I guess. Following day, im really surprised to see that a lot students didn't do the quiz and those that did went over on time...

When I had to meet with him for my poor grades and I asked him if he could write the exams to be comprehensible he said " tough luck" When half the class failed a quiz because he didn't announcement it, he openly mocked all those students in the next class He only asks for questions, never teaches, in the zoom a-syn classes; or teaches in general

harsh and petty grader, he'll mark you down for stupid little things in exams, no compassion for students in the middle of a freaking pandemic, had to teach myself everything

The notes are crap with bad formatting (seriously, learn to use latex for mathematical expressions). Course resources are unstructured and you need to look for videos for a topic or example codes in ten different places.

Avoid if you can. This professor has historically had many problems and complaints raised against him but apparently, he and the department head are close friends. The man is incapable of teaching, his grading doesn't follow any specific rubric and takes off different points for the same wrong/incomplete answer. Bad jokes too.

Welcome to the class only taught worst professor at RIT. Exams are 5x harder than what you learn in class or homework. Openly mocks his student for not being able to answer questions. Does not respect basic human decency (I was hospitalized and refused to let me retake a test). an improvement would be if RIT hires a homeless man to teach this class

I think the comments here covered it pretty well. The professor feels a need to establish his authority which is likely because no one respects him due to his constant nervous jokes. Material quizzed on is way harder than what you learn in class and you are expected to "entail" on your own how to solve them based on the basics learned in class.

Dr. Reynolds has a SEVERE issue of not allowing students to review their work prior to exams/quizzes. He refuses to provide answer keys for anything, including ungraded review assignments until after the related quiz or exams. Friday class was made hybrid as he is working his second job where he has taken calls which interrupted class.

Lectures are okay, but super boring and not very clear. Homework counts as a bonus so there's no weight to anything other than quizzes and tests. The lowest quiz and test are dropped, lot of quizzes and exams with little time to do them, all online and he is not accommodating if you have any issues. If turned in even 3 min. late 50% is taken off

Reynolds seems like a nice professor in class, but wait until you take your first quiz/exam. He will nitpick your exam to find anything he can take any point off for, incorrect formula, the variables in the formula not matching the rest of the problem etc. Also 80% of your grade is exams, and the other 20% is quizzes. Not worth it and never again.

Easy class and material but Reynolds' grading system means that you can get every question on an exam correct and still lose well over 20%.

Reynolds is an absolutely terrible professor with a god-awful and subjective grading system. The content in and of itself is fairly easy, but he hardly gives any examples on how to apply the content in his lectures. In his quizzes and exams, you could get all of the answers right and still get a 70% based solely off formatting in the work you show.

This man is hard to reach outside of class, doesn't respond respectively with emails (didn't include a "Hi [your name here], thanks for reaching out" or a "best, donald reynolds") and is not a helpful grader. ASS teacher, don't take his classes. go to a community college

Doing the homeworks in this class is purely for yourself. He will actively make you feel bad about your work in hws, quizzes and tests. Is always looking for an excuse to take off points. need to write a full paragraph sentence for every question or you get no points. Does not care about you. Actively looks annoyed to see you in office hours.

Donald Reynolds was one of the worst professors I've had. His grading is very inconsistent and harsh, and don't bother emailing him for help, as he won't respond to you or will send you a five-word email with no greeting and closing. He also thinks he's funny, but he's not. Don't take him if you can avoid it.

Everyone has pretty much summed it up. You can get every question correct on his exam but still end up with a C because he doesn't like the way you formatted a specific thing. He thinks he's funny but he's not. How this guy is still teaching at RIT is a complete mystery.

Could do everything correctly, but still get points taken off bc he feels like it. Looks for every excuse to take off points. Corrupted by academia, he doesnt not care about your learning and only cares if you solve the problem exactly his way. Not worth taking this dude. so much work just to get points taken off for no reason. he sucks

Don't think because lectures and homeworks are optional means this class is easy. The material truthfully isn't too bad, but due to Reynolds confusing grading, and him only giving a few words why for each, make it difficult to get a good grade. Unless things do change, prepare to take Reynolds if you have STAT 205, chances are, you'll have him.

The others arent lying. Through quizes and exams I have never once answered a problem incorrectly. My final grade? 80% The quizes do not give nearly enough time for what is expected. He will take points off for anything that he can think of. The grading system for each problem doesnt make any sense. Do whatever you can to not take this class at RIT

Literally the worst class I think I've ever taken. He takes points off for every little thing on quizzes and it seems like he randomly decides how many points to take off. Barely has any examples in class, some stuff on quizzes are not covered anywhere, either a quiz or exam every week. Also, painfully unfunny.

Would not recommend. Does not know how to grade. In class examples are high school level statistics but the quiz and exam problems are convoluted word problems where it takes half the time to understand what he is asking. Claims only 1 problem quizzes but they are 3-4 problems with one word statement. Same thing on exams.

This professor has been by far one of the worst professors I've ever taken. The examples he gives are relatively easy to understand and easy to solve, while exam and quiz questions are more like a riddle. Additionally, I was doing fine in this class with good exam grades and then had my final bombed and no feedback was given. Avoid him.

If you're taking a class with him, write your answers EXACTLY how he writes it, or you'll get points taken off. Takes off points with little to no feedback, only clarifying if asked personally. Lectures are practically pointless to attend, but the class is open notes and he provides well organized notes in mycourses.

This professor was super duper strict with his grading. Even a missed word or misspelled word in your explanations and he would take points off. You could get the correct methodology and answer for all questions and still get a 70% total in exams if your explanations were not up to par with his standards. Lecture heavy so make sure you go to class!

Take Carly Metclafe instead.

Not bad at teaching stats, actually a good teacher. ABSOLUTELY AWFUL GRADER, even if you know 100% of the content and get everything right, be prepared to get a 5/10 on your quiz because he didn't like one word you used in your written paragraph final answer.

good luck.

AWFUL GRADER. Yes, he is very clear about what he wants, but there is absolutely no need to be that strict on grading. His teaching is not that bad. Goes off schedule all the time, so while he might provide a class calendar, give it a week before you are behind the schedule and he doesn't know when the next exam or quiz will be. Weekly quizzes.

He is the world's words grader.If you think you did a question right, no you didn't. He grades based on your format not even your understanding of the topics. He didn't even teach my class the last topic for our final. It was just put in my courses for us to look over after he did it for 15 minutes in class.

Reynolds would be a fine teacher if he wasn't the harshest grader I've ever had at RIT. You could get the problem completely right and he will still find a way to take points off. My grade should've been so much higher than it was. He also barely answers his email, and he is not willing to make accommodations for students that need them.

For such an easy class, Reynolds turned this it into my biggest headache this semester. Reynolds did a good job explaining the content, and I feel that I have a strong understanding of applied statistics. However, his grading 'standards' are unjust, inconsistent, and are based on his version of perfection. Good luck on the final, its final death.

The course was extremely heavy on tests and quizzes. And he assigns no mandatory homework assignments. He gets into tangents sometimes which will make you lose attention. Until he's in the middle of talking about important concepts, you know you screwed up He's also a pedantic grader. A trivial mistake could cost you points

I felt compelled to warn anyone who might consider taking STAT614 with him. First, he gave only on average 64 mins of lectures a week (less than 180 for 3 credits) didn't give clear instructions or grading feedback, and contradicted himself. I originally got a B- which he curved to a B, and had to protest to get a B+ due to how poorly he taught it.

Avoid taking this class with Donald! The grading becomes extremely arbitrary and nitpicky very quickly, and his exams are never a reasonable amount of work for the time given. He is not accomodating for technical/life difficulties, and I had one friend fail this class and another friend drop out of RIT partially due to this class.

No homework, only quizzes and tests. Hes an incredibly harsh grader. He takes off points for everything. If you ask him for help or if there's an error in grading he will not help you and he will not fix any errors he made. Don't take this class, take it with another professor or off campus if you have to.

Avoid Prof Reynolds at all costs. When it comes time to takes quizzes or tests it doesn't matter how many example problems you did because the test questions are nothing like them. Tests and quizzes are usually much longer than the time limit given. Takes points off for anything and everything. Do not take any classes with this professor.

Terrible profesor. Avoid at all cost. This guy does not care about his lectures or his students. No clear grading rubric. Everything depends on his mood. Messy handwriting, nearly impossible to read. DO NOT TAKE.