Awesome prof. Very clear etc etc.

very good

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great guy. very approachable

He's the best theoretical math prof at U of T.

He is the best math prof I ever had at UoT.

Very Good Prof!

Very helpful & enthusiastic. One of the best math profs.

Wicked prof. This class was a gift from the U of T Gods, grade-wise

Excellent prof..... very helpful

friendly, smart, approachable. We need more profs like him at UT.

Great prof, great guy. Cares very much about his students and their success.

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Very friendly, explains concepts very well. Great prof!

so cool

Good guy. Take his courses

he's ok, but he's no paul gries. gary can take concepts to a very basic level to clearly explain them. he's a pretty neat guy.

cool as hell

He's a good guy. Teaches well and always tries to be helpful

Very clear presentation of material during lecture + he is simply awesome in his office hours.

good guy. went to office hours once and he helped out quite a bit. knows his stuff.

Gary is disorganized and ALWAYS late... but, he's also a damn good professor. Especially in his office hours. His assignments and his exams are quite difficult but he brings the marks up at the end so no worries. Just get to his office hours for help with the assignments and you'll be fine.

Gary is a great proff. I found this class tough and was doing quite poor but I started going to his office hours and that helped out a lot. I think he also adjusted my mark to make me pass because I was going to office hours. He comes across as aloof but I think he does it on purpose to "learn" with you.

A really good prof. Don't understand why some people have negative comments: reality is that he teaches one of the hardest courses in CS (236) and makes it pleasant and understandable. It could have been like 137! Great prof but don't expect anyone to give you an easy ride in a course like 236. Office hrs will pull you through.

Gary is such a nice guy, so engaged in his job, so enthusiastic about the material, and so curious about life and ideas that I can't understand why anyone would have a bad word about him. Okay, I concede he's slightly disorganized, but other than than that, he's fantastic.

A great professor, very friendly, enthusiastic, and teaches the material well. One of the best professors I've had.

His office hours are really helpful and he teaches pretty good but there is one problem, he is not organized.(It is less than 4 days left to our final exam and 4/5 of our assignments haven't been marked yet.)

Pretty awesome prof. Not easy, his assignments are quite challenging, but he gives a lot of help and hints and is very helpful you you drop by his office. You really learn the stuff too. Only drawback is that he marks slow, and pushes back assignments, leaving you with only half your marks going into the exam.

Perfect example of a great teacher.

The assignments are hard and the course workload is also very heavy, but they're very insightful. They're designed to capture the concepts/ideas of the topic. It is unfair to say he "Teaches only to top students". You will not find another professor that will stay at school to help at 2 a.m..

Great teacher.

The best teacher I've ever had.

kewl prof

Amazing prof and amazing class. I was terrified by computers and programming before this course but the prof made it feel simple. Go to his office hours! He is really good at explaining things in a smaller setting. So helpful and even fun to talk to; however, he rarely answers emails so if you have a question going to his office is your best bet.

I really like this professor. He's very clear at explaining rather abstract concepts and found his assignments thought provoking (although it does take time to do them).

Really good prof. love him:)

Professor Baumgartner is clearly passionate about the course and tries hard to get his students to understand it. However, a certain amount of mathematical maturity is needed for this course to make sense. The final was also incredibly challenging.

The best teacher in my life. Even though I did poorly on this course, he never gave up his students. It is worth to take his course to see the brand new world. I highly recommend if you attend his office hour. Think you learn a lot, but there is a tax (Mark).

Tries to get audience participation, but the class isn't always there for him, and he doesn't know when to move on if nobody is willing to answer. If you know the material please answer at least one question per lecture so that the class can actually go somewhere. Extra points if you can make it go somewhere productive.

I know that a lot of people say they can't follow his lectures, but I actually really like his teaching style. If you want to do well you just need to give yourself time after each lecture to process what the examples he used all have in common - it's subtle, but if you do this you will do really well. I have him now for CSC324 and it's great.

I took CSC104 with him based on past reviews (and to complete a breadth requirement) and was happy with the turnout. He is a little disorganized but I look past that because I can tell that he really cares about his students understanding what he says. He's really helpful during his office hours, and I liked his last lecture a lot.

He assigns a lot more problem sets than other instructors who have taught the course but they are well designed in that after completing them the student will grasp concepts that are often difficult for them to wrap their head around. Gary is also high accessible outside class. If he's in his office, he'll often make time for you.

He is a brilliant professor who is very helpful outside class and on Piazza. He always takes the time to help you out and the lectures are informative. The course isn't very difficult if you keep up with the work.

Gary Baumgartner is just excellent

You have to try to understand his words, not the course material. Once you are used to his wording, all you need to do is just follow his instruction on assignment and type codes. And helps and answers questions great-fully when you visit his office.

Amazing professor! For anyone considering taking CSC104, ensure you take it with him. I had to do CSC104 for my program requirements and I HATE comp sci, it's worse than a math phobia. Gary was so accessible in Office Hours and made room for me well into an hour, practically teaching me on personal time. He's the reason I began to enjoy compsci a

Very patient and give lots of hints!

Gives hints and tips if you approach him. Horrible teaching though, 90% of the time writing mindlessly on the blackboard. This guy should focus on being a piazza "answerer" instead of a teacher.

Initially was very afraid of this class and didn't get off to a great start - stuck with it though and as long as you can understand the way Gary speaks (assignment instructions can be very literal at times), you'll be fine! I highly recommend getting a strong parter in this course and trying as many of the exercises as possible

Passionate about teaching, Professor Gary often ventures beyond the textbook. While some may see this as a pace slower, I view it as their endeavour to instil more knowledge, pushing us to excel. Their zest in addressing queries post-lecture, with vivid and comprehensible answers, is remarkable.

great prof

His lectures don't overwhelm you with information; instead, he focuses on the foundations of each topic, which makes it easier to really understand the material instead of just memorizing it. His sections also tend to be smaller (around 20 students), since most people prefer the other professor he often co-teaches CSC165 with.

It hurts me to see so few students attend Gary's lectures. Yes you have to pay attention, yes they are not as organized as other lecturers, but he is a stand up guy and passionate teacher. Put some respect on this man.