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Moves too fast and doesn't look up to see if anyone has a question. SO if you had one question in the beginning, you end up with like 20 by the end of his explination.... so unless you like to interupt.... BE WARNED!!! But he's a funny guy and cutie... so it's up to you!
He doesn't pay attention to his students, and he mumbles a lot during class. If you did not take calculus in high school, or need a good review, DO NO T sign up for his section- you'll be completely lost. He moves too quickly.
I never took Calculus in high school and I still get what he is saying. He does mummble a bit, but if you sit in a front row and listen you can hear everything fine. And before the test he will tell you exactly what to study ( i mean problem by problem). And he is HOT, so its nice to come to class.
He does move a bit fast, but he is funny and interesting and he does try to explain materials in a different way if you do not get it the first time- just speak up. Great accent too!
Yes he mumbles, but he now uses a mic. He moves quickly n dsn't rilly see y any1 wouldn't understand his explanations. So very few ppl shout out questions even when he welcomes them. However, he is funny, got a sexy russian(?) accent and is HOT! So a trade of education for some eye candy...lol.
he covers a lot of material, very quickly, and uses technical terms instead of those which you might have heard previously.
HOTTT TAMALE, but i dont think hes interested in teaching students. just wants to get it over with, always lets us out five minutes early. its easy if u like math.
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SUCKS. Although he is cute to look at, he only teaches you the basic concepts of everything and you're left with complex problems on the midterms. Annoyed by lecturing, as if he doesn't want to be there, hence he always tries to finish 5-10 minutes before the alloted time.
He is cute but that is the only thing he has going for him as a professor. He goes very quickly and never ever stops to ask for questions. He obviously doesnt want to be teaching. His practice midterms are no help because most of the time he says the test is going to be completly different, AHHH!
only 2 people got above 80%!! on his test... the rest, ehh... he has "very" rough grade ranges, the only thing that helps to pass his class
He is very hard to understand and his tests are really frustrating because he does not prepare you for them at all!! 89 people of of about 150 got below a 50%. 2 people got b-'s and that was the HIGHEST! score. So if you like feeling like you're failing and always confused, go for this guy!
You can't understand him, he seems like he hates teaching, and he makes u feel stupid if u ask a question. No motivation at all. i thot he was hot but now he's just a jerk that doesn't care about teaching math. However, i thot the class was really easy, he's just a bad professor.
He's cute, but that's about all he has going for him. He doesn't review for tests at all! He's funny when people ask stupid questions, but he acts like all questions are stupid.If you can understand him he's an ok teacher, but he really stinks and seems unmotivated to be here.
he is the worst math teacher I ever seen. He hates teaching and he hates students asking him questions. He asked some weird questions on the tests.It doesnt make a difference going to his class or not.
unclear...not helpful...bad bad bad
Not a good professor at all. His lectures are muddled and he speaks quietly even in a huge lecture hall. His accent is annoying.
hard teacher. don't take him if u want an easy B or A
1) i dont think hes hot. 2) he hates teaching. hates answering questions. i stopped going to lecture halfway through the quarter and taught myself the rest. the 2nd midterm was completely diff than what he posted online. and he didnt post anything online for the final.
i don't understand why people rate him so badly. he's the coolest proffesor i've had. maybe the way he teaches is difficult to understand for ppl who never took calculus before but during his office hrs, he's really friendly and answers to our questions thoroughly. and he likes teaching!!
this prof whacked... Only those who got A's (i blieve there are less than 20 out of the whole class) in his class say he's cool and all those bullsh@t. His curve is weird and not reasonable.
Hor-ri-ble professor. You can barely hear him or read his handwriting. He doesn't explain the examples very thoroughly. His tests are hard and SUCK MONKEYS and so do his curves. Not advisable to take this course unless you're already good at it. If you have noother choice, then get a tutor.
I felt his teaching was effective; he told us wut we needed to know for tests & presented it clearly. Go to his office hours, he's a completely different person and very helpful. His curves are fair & he's VERY open to re-grades if you have a good arguement. He moves quickly so go 2 lectures/ do hw!
This guy comes in every morning like he's hung over and doesn't want to be there, then he cracks jokes so the much younger girls will laugh, meanwhile his teaching absolutely sucks. The guy obviously knows what he's doing--unfortunately the rest of us don't. He made NO practice midterms nor finals
he is extremely hot and he is a great professor. he might not be good at teaching, but is just because he is new. Let's just give him a break okie. Stop picking on him. Plus, it is so inaccurate to say that he thinks our questions are stupid. he takes us seriously okie. he did all he can to help!!!
i totally disagree with those jerks who rate him so poorly.. He is a decent guy and he did all he can to help us with the material... come on people, did hot guy graduated with a phd degree with chicago university okie, of course he will get frustrated sometimes when we dun understand his teaching
i think the comments ppl wrote about him is inaccurate.. because he seems quite friendly and eager to answer your questions.. he is by far the best professor i ever had.
1)I THINK HE IS REALLY HOT!!! 2)He loves teaching or else he wouldn't be a professor. and he likes to help you, but he just gave u an impression that he is not caring.
He mumbled alot and if the mike doesn't work, make sure you sit in front. My friend tried to get help from him at his office hours, but he couldn't explain it to her. If you haven't taken calc before and just learning, don't take him. He's pretty easy-going, but tests are nothing like his examples.
ummmm i think he is really good, i mean come on u can't get anyone better than that... plus, he is good to look at.. ehhehe...at afterall this is his first yr teaching, so he needs time... and dun expect too much from him okie and give him a chance..
TALK ABOUT HOTTTTTTT. Everyone could sense the hottness of him since day one. easiest math class i've taken for years. the problems that he gives during the reviews are extremely similar to the ones on the test, just study what he tells u the day before the test.
he has an accent, but it is audable and his voice is extremely luring and sexy!! hehehe.. to be honest he is quite easy and very helpful.. and his good luck is what urges me to go to his morning class and and extremely early office hr... u will know that he is not a horrible professor when u have hi
he is willing to help when u go to his office hr... of course he might sound dismissive when u ask him questions after class.. come on how can he explian sth when another professor is trying to set up the room for his class? he is very sarcastic on the outside, but he is very caring in the inside..
he is the best!!!!
he is very friendly and easy going and his curves are great.. even if u did poorly on test, u still can get a B in the class... sometimes he mumbles though.. (maybe b/c he's nervous)
STAY AWAY!!! He is the worst teacher ever! His lectures made me more confused! His test might as well been written in chinese. Good curve because he is a bad teacher. Everyone gets an F and that becomes an B.
He is ok!!! He mumbles a lot plus he has an accent! You are better off sitting in the very front....goes way tooooooo fast and writes very fast as well. Be well prepared before the class with all the materials and everything. Office hours are very inconvenient...passes sarcastic comments.
Terrible teacher! The guy is really smart but has no real desire to teach. If math is not your strong point do not take him. His examples are the same ones from the book and he lectures way to fast.
he sucks!when he explains in the class, he's just like doing the examples on his own and forget the students are watching him. but tests are easy, just study the hw problems!but lectures are not helpful at all~u dont even need to go to lecture cause it will just make u more confudes!
I think he's a very good prof. he does enough examples to give you a feel for the material and clarifies well when asked. tests aren't hard and are very straight-forward. plus, he's a hottie.. mm mm..!
i think he is an easy grader and definitely a cool person... i enjoy taking his class.. (b/c he is a hottie)!!!
He is the most confusing teacher I have EVER had. He faces the board the entire class just doing examples really qyickly and doesn't even show his work. When you ask questions, he gives you an answer that makes you even more confused! The whole class cracks up all the time because he makes no sense!
ahh fianlly a reason to go to class. a feast for sore eyes. ok sexiness apart this class is straighforward and to the point i mean come on u know what u r getting into, come on its math! tests were straight out of the homework and grading is very fair
This guy (aside from having a sexy accent and being extremely HOT!) is a pretty good teacher. he explains things when asked, homework is helpful (and mandatory), and some of the questions on his tests come directly from the homework. great class considering it's calculus...i would recommend him.
Condecending, grades hard, too much on theory and homework that is not on the test. Doesn't care about how you are as a student. DON'T TAKE HIM!
By the end of the quarter, you want to stab him with ur pencil. He is the most horrible teacher ever! He doesn’t teach, he talks to himself and he doesn’t give answers to the hw problems. His tests are straight from the hw, but you NEED to understand the material in order to pass his class.YOU SUCK!
I stopped going to lectures after a week. The lectures had NOTHING to do with the homework. The test questions come directly from the homework. Very hard teacher.
I got an A because I took hs calculus...if i had never had it before I would have failed. He is unclear and just does examples of stuff that doesnt show up anywhere, and expects you to remember how to graph weird trig functions. Should not be teaching.
after i read the comment i felt really mad... and for real, this guy has been doing all he can to help us understand the material, why do we still have to pick on him when we get a mad grade on the test simply b/c we didn't study enough..
what can i say about him beside he's the hottest guy i have ever known? he is a very easy teacher and come on of course he's not gonna give us the answer to the hw cause it will be on the test... i mean wut is the point for haivng a test if he gives us all the answer? just do ur hw, u will be fine
one word to describe him "easy"... who can be easier than him, half of the test came from hw and beside, he's good to look at!
math16a sucks.. the material is just way too confusing for those who never took calculus in HS, but Shapiro made it easier for us, not that he's good at explaining the material, but being extremely easy... i totally recommend this class
shapiro is a great professor and he is not condescending!!! if u go to his office hr than u will know what i am talking about.. he's actually very patience!!! and come on, stabbing him with a pencil? who wrote that anyway? i find that person extremely childish and immature!!
he is a great professor and he is good to look at... what more do u expect?
I only got an A because I had already taken calc. Dont bother going to the lecture, just teach yourself from the book. Listening to him is confusing. Get someone's old tests, too, because he doesn't post practice tests. Curve is huge cause he sucks so bad.
it's an ok class.. to tell the truth, i dun like the class, but i enjoy gpoing to class though cause the professor is hella hot
He likes to make funny ass remarks, but doesnt explain the material well. He tried to make the tests easy so that no curve would be needed, but it had to be curved anyways. That made for it to be pretty easy to get a good score if you understand the material. Homework is mandatory but it helps.
He knew his material very well but taught it way too fast. I wouldn't recommend him if you are shaky with math. I barely understood concepts and equations during class. The only reason I passed was because I took a workshop.
I never took calculus in high school, this was my first calc course but he had lots of examples and took the test problems from the homework! Agh so why did I get a C+?!?! I'M SO STUPID! But he sure is hot! My GOODNESS he's hot! RAWR!
Funny but fast
Unclear. Hard Tests.
He's really quite hot, but sometimes it get's distracting. Anyway that's about the only good thing about the class; it was totally hard, tests were random, and he mumbles and speaks with an accent. This doesn't help when you suck at math already. He's a nice person but not great at explaining.
ugly and horrible...all his exams were totally hard! NEVER take him
This guy is horrible- i mean he's nice and tries (too hard?) to be funny but he's hard to undertand in lectures. He's mumbly and speaks with an accent. The tests are sooo way freakin' hard. For midterm 1 the average percent was about a 20... you know there's something seriously wrong. Just a bad lecturer in general. DO NOT TAKE HIM.
Best teacher ever. Don't listen to people who say he's hard. Only 30% of the class went lecture, perhaps that's why they hated his tests. His tests are based on his sample tests which people managed to ignore. He has the best sense of humor, very cynical. He's the man.
Arg, this class was kinda tuff. ALWAYS read a chapter ahead of him, its easy to fall behind, very easy. Study and REMEMBER the practice exams- he's a good looking teacher, which makes him lazy to do anything. Sit in the front, he speaks soft
Shapiro may not be much in terms of a lecturer but man are his tests easy! the final was identical to the practice one thats right identical and it took about 20 min to finish awesome!!!
good teacher, Exams are exactly the same as the sample exams he puts online!!!
It's a bit hard to understand the lecture, but he seems to be a nice guy, and the practice tests make it a little easier. But he likes to give ugly homework problems for some reason.
hard to understand, a stupid teacher, he cant teach for****, thats why he makes the exams just like practice exams. but they're still so hard that the average is always aroud 50%... if u care about your grade DO NOT TAKE HIM!!!
He is a nice guy, but not a very good teacher. He teaches as if the students already know the material: he skips steps, his explanations are brief, he takes shortcuts and doesn't explain them properly. His homework is really hard, and often doesn't relate to lecture. And lectures often don't relate to exams.
Worst math teacher I've ever had in my life. He makes mistakes during lectures and comes back next day and corrects them, how screwed up is that!!
he's um. kind of hot. (:
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Try not to get him as a professor. I hardly learned anything from him in class because it is hard to follow what he is saying due to his russian accent. His practice exams are helpful but his exams can be tricky. I ended up learning from the book rather than from his lectures.
doesnt really explain material well, but he is hot, with a nice russian accent, and his tests are very easy. what more could you ask for?
poor explanations and almost goes out of his way to make you feel stupid. my pet rock is more charismatic.
prettie hard to understand. i had to study my old notes, and i don't think his notes helps much either. he makes some jokes on his website and in class, but when i went to his office hrs, he doesn't seem as chill. hmm... but i hated linear algegra before taking his class anywayz. the tests are prettie easy though.
he was awful . . . he taught class as if we were all math majors or something. He nearly bit my head off when i asked him to explain how he got from one step to the other. If it weren't for the fact that he was extremely hot, and had and extremely cute accent, i would had never gone to class, because I learned everything from the book
He Knows what he's talking about and is obviously in cotrol. Awesome class overall!
As a teacher he goes a bit too fast in his lectures. You should either be great at learning on your own or you should already know about calculus - otherwise, you're screwed. You won't learn anything from his lectures. I admit he's pretty handsome (and I'm a guy). I think he'd be more successful in other jobs... like boy band frontman
He's awsome! I would love to have him again for 21B. He goes at a medium pace, very little homework, and his midterms are very similar to his sample tests. The only problem are the girls in lecture who laugh at everything he says because they think he's hot. (I have to say that he is good looking though. Needs to change his outfit, though.)
Overall? Really bad. His rating is only high because people think he's cute and love his accent. But he's hard. He forces a curve to make 10% of the class automatically fail, and offers no final review. (He only gives a list of really general possible topics). He also prety much has only one wardrobe.
He is okay. He made the final hard so he could get his nice little curve to fit perfectly. JERK! More than half of us failed that final.
he's a nice prof, his sample tests are like his actual test, except he decided to give us a study guide for the final that doesn't help at all... over half of the class failed the final.
Acutal test is like sample test which he just change a little tiny bit. If you did the sample tests, probably you would get high grade which i didn't.....final was hard.....thought most of us failed but he gave us a curve....he said that mostly 10% of the class would fail once, don't know if it is ture or note...i passed it with a curve......
he teaches as if we all already took calculus, which luckily i have or i wouldnt have understood much! his posture & accent remind me of a vampire, but its hot. he gives little hw, & his midterms are very similar to the practice ones.. but then there was no midterm for the final, & it was REALLY BAD. doesnt curve much.
Strongly disliked him. Very cynical and is the type that expects students to fail. Doesn't do a great job at explaining material and has obscure q's on his midterms and final. I struggled even with a 5 on AB AP test. His system is set up with very little feedback ei. only even # probs on hw. To do well, be a pro on sample tests and go to lecture!
Math teacher who uses definitions to teach math. Not good at explaining things, will help if you go to office hours. If you can get past the accent you stand a better chance, but the way he teaches math is terrible.
I had him at 8am even though i was barely awake, hearing him explain math by using words like "pleasurable", "pleasant", "beautiful" etc was hilarious. I didnt think he was that hott in the beginning, but now i do, i think its a mix of the accent and he dresses really nice too.. lol.. hes definitely good looking tho, Class was alright.. :-/
Mr. Vampire Shapiro can bite my neck any time. Oh, math? Right. So this class wasn't very easy, but seeing Ilya everyday was worth it.
he knows his stuff. he teaches with just a post it. not very approachable. the class is hard. doesnt teach you how to do the homework. you have to go to his office hours to do so and he still doesnt help you there.
His tests are pretty straightforward, if you study the practice tests. I agree that the hw he assigned and the test questions are not easy, but if you take notes during class, you should definitely be okay.
Ilya seems really knowledgeable but he uses a lot of shortcuts so it's kind of hard to understand if you aren't really good at math. His midterms are mainly based on his practice midterms but the problems are a LOT harder. The tests are graded really hard and it's hard to get even partial credit. Prepare to work A LOT!!! ILYA!!
He makes this class so much harder than it needs to be! He briefly teaches material not in the book and then tests you on it. Grade point distribution is unfair!! He makes 1 problem 20 points (exam 2 had 3 of these!! can't do them? you're looking at a 40%--which is was the average was). They grade the exams really hard, little to no partial credit!
His lectures are based mainly on examples. Very knowledgeable, he only uses a post-it to teach. Uses a lot of shortcuts so at times it can be hard to understand. Midterm format close to actual tests. Some questions he makes easier, the others are more complex. Helpful during office hours. He's also pretty good looking.
Just do all the work, you'll do fine.
Ilya is very very attractive, but not that good of a professor....which is just too bad. He seems like a nice guy, but we're almost a chapter ahead of every other class being taught right now. Practically every day we cover a new topic, which is difficult considering that our intake is relatively low of what he says.
Doing the homework helps. Also just going to class to listen helps.
This man is insanely attractive...but a pretty bad professor on the whole. His tests are hard, with a low average, but have heard that the curve is very good. He only assigns even problems in the book which makes it difficult to complete. The main benefit, he's so good looking i never had a problem staying awake at 8:00 a.m.
He is great
Overall he's an easy professor, his midterms are like his practice midterms. His lectures do not make much sense but just write w/e he puts on the board b/c his lectures have hella useful info. in relating to his tests. Basically, know his practice midterms really well and u'll pass with an A or a B. He also curves a lot
Ilya was my first Math professor in university. He was definitely challenging in a fun way, but he was also very tough.
He's the best!
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