4.4

Giuseppe Tenti

Mathematics - University of Waterloo

4.4
Quality
2.8
Difficulty
100%
Would Retake
91
Reviews
4.4
Quality
2.8
Difficulty
4.4
Helpful
4.5
Clarity

100%

Would Retake

91

Reviews

Rating Distribution
Official

5

72

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3

9

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3

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3

What Students Say

Great Prof, explains everything well, fun, entertaining, loves Star Trek (

MAT211 - 5.0 rating

Very nice prof, explains very well, very helpful

MATH211 - 5.0 rating
Class Info

Attendance Mandatory

100%

Textbook Required

0%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

B-

62% confidence
Based on 4 grades
Most common grades:
B- (1)
A (1)
D+ (1)
Grade Distribution
A(1)B(1)C(0)D(1)F(0)A-/B+(1)
Based on 4 reported grades
B-: 1
A: 1
D+: 1
B+: 1
Common Tags
Respected (1)
Inspirational (1)
Hilarious (1)
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.66 avg change
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Ratings by Course

MATH138

5.0

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MAT211212

5.0

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ECE370

5.0

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MATH117

5.0

(18)

ECEMATH212

5.0

(1)
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Difficulty by Course

MATH126

5.0

MATH2BCALC

4.0

MATH115

4.0

MATH119

3.6

AM261

3.3

Reviews (91)
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MAT211
Nov 14, 2001

Great Prof, explains everything well, fun, entertaining, loves Star Trek (?).

5.0
2.0
MATH211
Nov 14, 2001

Very nice prof, explains very well, very helpful. All prof should learn to him!

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Nov 15, 2001

Greatest Math Prof ever!! So funny, you'll never fall asleep in his class..

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Grade: B-
Nov 15, 2001

beast

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Nov 16, 2001

Best prof I have had so far!!! Absolutely amazing teacher and person.

4.0
2.0
MATH211
Nov 25, 2001

euler! bow> good guy.

5.0
2.0
MATH211
Dec 6, 2001

OMG! I cannot afford not going to his class! He's too funny

5.0
4.0
MATH211
Dec 8, 2001

As calc profs go, he pretty much kicks ass

5.0
1.0
MAT211
Dec 9, 2001

Every class is a star-rated dramatic production :)

5.0
2.0
MATH211
Jan 16, 2002

Great guy

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Jan 17, 2002

Where the hell was he last year???

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Feb 2, 2002

Amazing guy! EULER rules! Knows his stuff, not one of those strict math geeks...

3.0
1.0
MATH211
Feb 3, 2002

He is so fun, but he teaches too slow.

3.0
3.0
MATH211
Feb 10, 2002

Best prof and great guy. Makes Math fun.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Mar 8, 2002

Tenti is a god, best teacher on campus, makes class fun and cares about learning

5.0
3.0
MAT211
Mar 17, 2002

"I am not worthy"...*bows down to Tenti*

5.0
4.0
MATH211
Grade: A
Mar 17, 2002

One of the most enthusiastic profs at UW, but he should do more examples.

5.0
2.0
MATH211
Mar 28, 2002

Energetic and entertaining!

1.0
3.0
AM261
Mar 31, 2002

Math211 is eng, right? Try Applied Math261. He don't teach, just blah blah

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 5, 2002

No Comments

3.0
3.0
AM261
Apr 6, 2002

No Comments

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 11, 2002

Tenti's a great teacher and a great guy! Applied Math people are just slow/lazy

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 16, 2002

No Comments

5.0
4.0
MATH211
Apr 16, 2002

Very fun prof, but makes examples look too easy. Long assignments.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 17, 2002

No Comments

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 20, 2002

Most enthusiastic prof ever. Loves applied math. Very helpfull and entertaining

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 21, 2002

Most entertaining prof ever!

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Apr 21, 2002

Tenti rules ! Euler rules ! star trek rules! Einstein rules !

5.0
3.0
MATH138
Apr 24, 2002

the best prof I ever had

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Apr 27, 2002

BEST PROF U WILL EVER SEE IN UW

5.0
3.0
MATH211
May 22, 2002

Best prof at UW

4.0
4.0
MATH211
May 27, 2002

No Comments

3.0
5.0
MATH211
May 28, 2002

Beware! The class Avg. for this course was under 70%!!

3.0
4.0
MATH212
May 28, 2002

Do not take this course; it will only increase your suffering.

2.0
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AM261
Jun 6, 2002

He can talk, but he's completely USELESS when it comes to exams.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Jul 24, 2002

Best prof - bar none

5.0
2.0
MATH211
Sep 14, 2002

Best. Prof. Ever.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Sep 30, 2002

1st man to make calculus not be calcusuffering

1.0
1.0
MATH211
Nov 10, 2002

No Comments

5.0
2.0
MATH212
Dec 1, 2002

Awesome prof!

3.0
3.0
MATH211
Dec 15, 2002

Goes too slow. Tries to teach fourier transform in one class...

5.0
2.0
MATH212
Jan 27, 2003

the only way to learn calculus

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Mar 18, 2003

Had an extremely easy midterm, but then made a hard final to screw us all over

3.0
5.0
MATH211
Mar 23, 2003

very interesting prof, but also very hard. Assignments take at least 10 hours to finish

4.0
5.0
MATH211
Mar 27, 2003

still undergoin counselling to reverse the effects of that exam.

2.0
1.0
MAT211
Apr 3, 2003

Tenti is a p'tarh, and speaks the lies of a tar'kegh. He is a verengan Ha'DIbaH (Ferengi dog) He teaches tu'HomI'raH (useless stuff) I'll give him his doom the Klingon way! Go mate with your targ!

5.0
3.0
MAT211
Apr 8, 2003

Very good prof.. interesting and clear... he's like the grandfather you wish you had... But he started really slowly and then did 150 pages of the book in two lectures. and I'm still finishing that last assignment!!

5.0
3.0
MAT211212
May 12, 2003

No Comments

5.0
4.0
MATH211
May 28, 2003

The course is hard, but he passes you if you know all your assignments (they are hard too). Fun and enthusiastic, the second best thing than having *BOW* Euler to teach differential equations.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Jun 13, 2003

Very Nice Guy, HARD BUT FAIR!!! Way too much emphasis on historic European Mathematicians, were there none in the rest of the world?

5.0
3.0
ECE370
Jun 17, 2003

Some of those assigment questionss are just plain wrong

5.0
2.0
MATH212
Jun 24, 2003

Has the unenviable job of teaching arrogant know-it-all engineers mathematics. idolizes gauss and euler. very thorough in class and an great lecturer who holds your attention.

5.0
1.0
MATH211
Jul 17, 2003

Nice guy. Stupidly long assignments, but good lectures.

5.0
3.0
ECE370
Aug 20, 2003

The greatest professor EVER!!!

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Sep 24, 2003

awesome teacher.

5.0
1.0
MATH117
Oct 10, 2003

a very good prof

5.0
1.0
MATH117
Oct 27, 2003

The MAN

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Oct 28, 2003

Really cares and works hard. Side tracks a lot and gives unneeded history lessons. But they are interesting enough. Main thing, really works hard and is very helpful and fair.

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Oct 28, 2003

Awsome teacher. underestanding and caring. hard worker

5.0
1.0
MATH117
Oct 29, 2003

amazing prof! knows his stuff, cracks great jokes, knows how to teach, nothing useless, IS NOT boring!! useful examples throughout the material, go Tenti!

5.0
1.0
MATH117
Nov 2, 2003

great prof

5.0
2.0
MATH117
Nov 2, 2003

If you go to one lecture all day, make sure it's Tenti's

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Nov 2, 2003

hate the hw... but his class was interesting....

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Nov 10, 2003

Best teacher we've got!

3.0
5.0
MATH212
Nov 20, 2003

He's an interesting prof, but even though you know his assignments inside out, the highest mark you can get is 70%. His exams are brutal.

5.0
2.0
MATH117
Nov 20, 2003

Simply amazing, quite possibly the smartest person i know. He is by far the greatest prof that waterloo has for math. You can say nothing but Outstanding for him

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Nov 26, 2003

Perfect!

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Nov 29, 2003

WOW...I haven't had such an amazing Prof since Gr11...he makes sure that the majority of the class understands before moving on...he's clear and he's EULER-crazed...GO EULERRRR!!!

5.0
1.0
MATH117
Feb 4, 2004

Excellent Excellent Excellent. Really cares. His TA's were crap but thanks to him, we didn't need to go to tutorials. focused on teaching concepts rather than tricks.

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Feb 23, 2004

Quite possible the best professor at the University of Waterloo

4.0
3.0
MATH211
Mar 9, 2004

He's good but he thinks he's fantastic. He'll scrap the textbook and any other material and make up the whole course on his own. If his style works for you, you'll love it. If not, you're S.O.L.

1.0
5.0
MATH126
Mar 11, 2004

Brutal course, told us we would fail and we knew nothing. He told us 60% would fail and he was right. Why should schools have courses that you have to fail??? IS this a money thing?

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Mar 13, 2004

Best prof I ever had in UW. Undoubtly, one of my most favourite teachers of all time. He was so enthusiastic and thorough in his teaching that my attention never drifted out of focus for every single lecture(never happens for any other course)

5.0
3.0
ECEMATH212
Grade: D+
Mar 31, 2004

I know this prof named Tenti; He's an Euler cognoscenti; his can be tough any day, but keep pluggin away; And you'll pass with marks aplenty!

5.0
3.0
MATH119
May 10, 2004

He is different from all other profs simply becuz he cares about students. Calculus lecture is the only class I've never skipped but Calculus tutorial is the class I've never gone becuz we don't need TA's. Without him, I would've failed miserably.

5.0
5.0
MATH119
Jun 6, 2004

great prof as usually, the course is brutal

5.0
1.0
MATH119
Jun 15, 2004

Tenti's Da Man.

5.0
3.0
MAT117119
Jun 20, 2004

Our Euler-crazed ECE calculus grandpa!

5.0
1.0
MATH212
Aug 2, 2004

Greatest prof encountered so far. Possibly the last of a dying breed of caring profs. He helps you visualize the most abstract concepts in calculus with such an ease that it seems like kid's stuff. Hope he starts teaching ECE 370 again.

5.0
4.0
MATH2BCALC
Aug 22, 2004

Greatest prof probably still teaching. I love his homemade notes better than any text.

3.0
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MATH119
Oct 17, 2004

Lots of people say he's good, but lots think otherwise. His ideas and teaching are too abstract. Not a really good type of teacher if you've just got out of high school!!

2.0
5.0
MATH119
Oct 18, 2004

brutal course. the lectures are just straight off from the provided lecture notes. course appears to be too abstract and uncomprehensible.

5.0
2.0
MATH117
Oct 24, 2004

Great, great prof. The notes and supplementary materials he provides are just excellent.

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Nov 9, 2004

Good teacher. Presents concepts in different ways to help different types of learners.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Nov 11, 2004

Great prof!!

5.0
2.0
MATH211
Dec 13, 2004

Truly a great prof - revamped 117/119/211. Our class frustrated him at times, but he always kept his cool. His online lecture notes are awesome and he gives clear and interesting lectures. He really likes helping students. The exam had no surprises. It's a shame he's gonna retire at the end of 2005.

5.0
3.0
MATH211
Feb 17, 2005

GREAT prof - one of the best the university has to offer. REALLY cares about his students. It would be great if he were a little bit more sensitive to our brains. He gets really excited while giving examples which often goes beyond the students' level of understanding.

5.0
5.0
MATH211
Jun 10, 2005

let's just say this, if you fall asleep on reading Tenti's online lecture notes, you'll fall asleep on all the notes from every other course. his notes are the best! and it's still a tough course, so thank you for helping me pass!

5.0
3.0
MATH117
Jan 14, 2006

You want a epitome of the "prof who cares"? Tenti is it. His methods of lecturing cleverly integrates theory with application that instigates interest for engineers while without losing any math rigor at all. If you have a genuine interest towards applied mathematics, his lectures are very pleasant experiences indeed.

5.0
4.0
MATH115
Nov 30, 2006

Greatest. Prof. Ever.

5.0
4.0
MATH212
Grade: B+
Sep 18, 2017
Would take again

This was a great teacher, a man who loved his subject and wanted to pass this love on to his students. He knew some math undergrads spent their time wondering if they should have taken engineering instead. He worked hard to remove students' doubts about that.

Respected
Inspirational
Hilarious
Class Info

Attendance Mandatory

100%

Textbook Required

0%

Grade Predictor

Your expected effort level

LowHigh

Predicted Grade

B-

62% confidence
Based on 4 grades
Most common grades:
B- (1)
A (1)
D+ (1)
Grade Distribution
A(1)B(1)C(0)D(1)F(0)A-/B+(1)
Based on 4 reported grades
B-: 1
A: 1
D+: 1
B+: 1
Common Tags
Respected (1)
Inspirational (1)
Hilarious (1)
Rating Trend

Improving

+0.66 avg change
Dec
Feb
Jun
Jan
Nov
Sep
Last 6 months
Ratings by Course

MATH138

5.0

(1)

MAT211212

5.0

(1)

ECE370

5.0

(2)

MATH117

5.0

(18)

ECEMATH212

5.0

(1)
+9 more courses
Difficulty by Course

MATH126

5.0

MATH2BCALC

4.0

MATH115

4.0

MATH119

3.6

AM261

3.3

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