One of the best professors I've had. Classes were fun and I learned a lot.

VERY NICE GUY!!! easy class and great to talk with. he will help you with any problems. hard tests though.....

Very helpful with his students. Strongly recomended.

nice guy, soooooo borrrrring....going over tests, reads all 66 questions to you, but doesnt give out a copy of the test for you to look at with him, takes frickin forever, just hand out the grades already

Is very approachable for help. Must show some effort in order to do well. Is a little boring but has a good sense of humor. Show him you're interested and you're good to go.

VERY EASY!! but you also learn a lot too!! he is a great guy and fun to talk to. if you get on his good side your set.

very helpful professor~~~

Very easy to learn from. Had some moments where he was difficult to understand, but overall good.

easy class if you take notes and pay attention. don't buy the text book, you don't need it. he has an accent, but after about a week, you get used to it and he's easy to understand. the takes are fairly easy, and the assignments are a breeze. take him now

INCREDIBLE PROFESSOR. Very easy and straight to the point. Great guy to talk to and hang out with also. A definite recommend!! Very easy-going and understanding.

AGREE!! definitely take chompalov for as many classes as you can, you won't regret it

I love chompalov. he makes the class easy but he also crams a lot of information into you. his tests are a little hard though...if you are his friend he will treat you good. great personality and likes to joke around!!

He's quite easy going and very understanding. He goes over alot of info but gives you a study guide with all ?s and answers before the tests, how easy is that. I would definitely take him again if given the chance

One of the greatest professors at Edinboro. Take him along with Taylor. Very funny. Very easy. You will learn a lot if you want to. Get on his good side, you won't be disappointed.

Do not pass up on Dr. Chompalov. You will learn so much, and have fun!! Very easy grader too.

This guy is a riot, has his boring lectures at time but makes Soc funny. Has alot of life stories to add to lecture. Take him for Soc 100.

Extremely easy professor. You will also learn a great deal in his classes without much work. Great sense of humor and very outgoing. Chompalov will help you any way he can to pass. Don't pass him up!!!!

take him over and over again! he's great. great sense of humor and whoever said he doesnt let you talk in class, we talk about totally irrelevant stuff in his class and he always enjoys inputs.

sign up for any of his classes right now!! you will look forward to going to class just so you can hear his stand up comedy and crazy life stories!! very easy-and you also learn a LOT

very intelligent professor. makes class easy but also gives you the opportunity to learn a ton of material if you choose. his tests are a little tricky, but overall he is one of the best professors I have ever had. he will work with you to make sure you do well!! take him now!!

Dr. Chompalov is a great guy. He cares about his students and will offer his help in any way he can. The lectures were clear and to the point, and there was very little homework. He also goes by a very easy grading scale. I will be taking Dr. C again in the fall and I can't wait!

Chompalov is awesome!! Makes class easy and fun!! His stand-up comedy is also a bonus. You end up learning a lot if you want to and he will help you every way he possibly can to pass his classes. Highest recomendation!!

One of the best and fairest teachers I have ever had. If you need to fullfill your Sociology requirement w/ 101 take Ivan...He is the MAN!

only positive things to say about ivan the great!! fun classes too. he is sooooo awesome, seriously...

really great guy!

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Very cool teacher, offers help, and speaks Bulgarian...that's fun in itself.

excellent professor. highest recommendation!! very funny. makes sociology interesting and fun at the same time. you will learn a lot and have fun in class too. very easy going guy and great to talk to.

truly professional in my opinion. chompalov knows what he is talking about-perhaps even too much!! very in touch with many sociological topics and areas. he is a pure genious in my opinion. had him for 5 classes and made sure i could get him for every one. best decision ever. sign up for him NOW!!

excellent!! easy classes and an awesome guy outside of the classroom too!! very funny in class!!

A genious!

What else is there to say? Chompalov is an extremely smart and entertaining guy!

The beast from the east will make your day ok.I love Chomaplov! Seriously, he's one intelligent man. And interested in students? Heart of Gold.

Dr. Chompalov is one of the most knowledgable, helpful professors I've ever run across. A nice guy in and out of class, I consider one of the best. Has even taken the time to help me improve my chess game. Would recommend him for another class in a heartbeat

What an awesome guy!! This was the third class I have taken from him and would definitely recommend him. Very caring and helpful inside and outside of class. If you want a fun class and a excellent professor take Dr. Chomp you will not regret it. (Plus his Bulgarian accent is really sexy as is he)

very knowledgable and funny guy!! chompalov is great at teaching sociology and knows how to make it interesting. i switched my major to sociology just because of him!!

I love this man, he is very funny and makes the class interesting.. you have to study for his tests but he gives out study guides with all of the questions and all the tests are scantron. Take him if your taking sociology!

Enjoyed lectures, tests could be a little tricky the way questions were worded. Gave extra credit. Almost no homework. Lectures easy to follow, liked to include jokes and funny emails. Would take again.

Dr Chompalov is a great prof! He makes his class interesting by telling stories and jokes. Study the notes and read the chapters and you're guaranteed an A! I would def take his class again!

Chompalov is one of my favorite professors. He's a good teacher, though he can be hard to understand sometimes due to his accent. His tests are easy as long as you pay attention in class and read the book. I would definitely take him again given the chance.

Love this man, and the class wasn't bad either. Never bought the textbook and still got a B. He gives you study guides for the test.

Ahhh...what a funny man!! Loves to tell jokes and the class isn't bad! Take him if you can.

Awesome dude.. he doesn't do a whole lotta teaching, and delays assignments.. sometimes tests. He relates to students very well and is always willing to help. The guy is definitely a good prof. when he teaches. Take his classes!

Although he is world renowned and has been published more than most professors, Dr. Chompalov is a really nice person. He was once my teacher; now I consider him my friend.

The greatest prof i had. Definatly looked forward to going to class. Tells a lot of jokes. At first hard to understand because of accent but after a while you get used to it. Definatly take him.

Awesome professor! He is entertaining and intelligent. His tests are fair and he gives good study guides. He is very funny and I really looked forward to his class.

He's soooo good. I really did completely and thoroughly enjoy his class, and was pretty much at the top of the class, but if I had him to do all over again, in the interest of time management, I'd just take him once a week for the longer night class instead of the afternoon sessions. That's just me.

I couldn't understand a word he said for the first couple weeks, but then I got use to his accent. He's really funny, and extremely smart. His test are fair. He gives you the study guide. Great Teacher!! Take his class....easy work....easy grade!

His accent is hard to understand when he gets excited. He has a reputation as a terror hist, but is perhaps the sweetest, most kindest, compassionate and peace loving man I have ever met in my life. I hear there are no words in the English language to describe the inside of his house, which is like the inside of I Dream of Jeannie's bottle.

Easy professor. Don't even need to read the book most of the time. Do the study guides and it's a guaranteed A. Can miss 3 classes but you can always just have a friend sign you in because he wont notice if you are there or not because of big class size.

The comment below clarifies something that I've wondered about for a long time. Some parts of EUP's website say that the faculty-student ratio is 1:19, but some parts say it is 1:18. It is obviously this extra person on the roll who fraudulently has his or her friend sign in for him or her that makes up the sig. diff. in the ratio descrepency. ;)

i would also like to comment on whoever wrote that message about "just having a friend sign you in" i took his class my very first semester @ EUP 4 years ago, and yes i did have people sign me in and he didnt notice... however you are in college paying for this class. now that i'm older i realize i really wish i was there more, hes an awesome prof

I am an esteemed EUP Sociology Dept. Graduate, currently attending a foreign college ranked in the top 50 colleges of the world. He knows his stuff, that's for dam sure. And he's awesome too. I would highly recommend him as a professor if anybody should happen to ask me what I think about him as a former professor, in my professional opinion.

He's silly, yet sensible! Super smart, yet sexy!

To test your intelligence to see if you can make it in grad school, fill in the blank just like they make you do on the Miller Analogy test: Sally, Selly, Silly, Solly, S__lly!

A very funny man that shares a joke almost every class. Don't buy the textbook if you take good notes, he gives you a study guide before each test that can be filled in from your notes. Recommend taking for sociology

Chompalov is AWESOME!!!! My favorite class of the semester! His tests are super easy, lots of examples in his lectures, and homework is only once a week and you can pretty much write anything for them and he will give you full points. Highly recommended!

I was trying to find his office this eve so I could talk to him at length about the assignment. I'm not sure, but I think I passed him in the parking lot as he was leaving in his luxury sedan. I'm sure I'll find him. It will just take time. I'm going to start recording everything he says in class. He speaks so softly though, that's the problem.

he was a great teacher, kept me waiting for the next class. hated that it was a distance learning with all 3 campus' but he follows the book really well and knows what he's talking about.

A great professor! He's funnier than hell and he's more than willing to help you if you don't understand something.

I took him and he's nice and easy and smart and professional and all, but when it comes to the numbers he's a bit of an extremist. It was a hard class but I learned alot and I'd take him again if I had to.

He kills me.

Gives study guide, VERY concerned with his students and goes out of his way to help them and make sure they get a good grade. Very positive person with stories and jokes to keep you interested. Grading scale is easy- 85+ is an A. At first I thought I was gonna fail because of the accent but he's great. Highly recommended.

Over the years, I've had all the professors. I'd do this one again in a heartbeat.

Good teacher. Go to class, take good notes, and study for the exams and you'll do fine. Reading is not necessary at all.

I had him as a teacher many years ago, and just recently thought about him again. God I miss that boy so much, and in his picture he looks really HOT for an old man. Is he single? Just wondering. (Just hoping with my fingers crossed..lol.)

Great guy, but kind of a boring teacher. I took his research class and if you know how to used excel then you will be bored in class. Grading scale is really nice though. 85 is considered an A.

Though the class was incredibly easy to pass, Chompalov is incredibly boring in the classroom. I would suggest studying from the book, his study guides was not very useful.

This is one class I suggest taking online instead of in person. Many of my friends said that there were lots of Cs, Ds, and F's. For the online one though, it was easier. Three exams, discussions, some extra credit and an essay. You gotta read, but it wasn't too bad. I aced it.

Dr. Chompalov was very nice and sometimes hard to understand, but was helpful in understanding the information we needed to learn

GREAT PROFESSOR READ THE CHAPTER BEFORE YOU GO TO THE CLASS. WRITE THE OUTLINE WHEN PUT IT ON THE SCREEN STUDY THE TEST GUIDE.

This class was easy and attendance is part of your grade.

Great class. I learned a lot and got a good grade. Highly recommended.

He tells funny jokes. Overall, a pretty good class. Will take him again.

This class was fairly easy. Just read the book and take the tests and you will be OK. Will take again

He let me take a make-up, although it was really my fault for missing the test. I ended up with a good grade and would recommend him highly, although it's an online class.