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Callister is the MAN. He knows his automotive stuff for sure and has great stories. He's funny and keeps lectures interesting. Exams can be a little tricky, but he's an easy grader. No comment on whether or not he's helpful outside of class.

He's a brilliant guy. Anyone who sets the mean to an A should be given an award.

Callister is the best teacher at Cornell hands down. If you go to class and make any effort you will get an A or an A+. His sarcastic humor is hilarious, and where else will you find a professor that has Anna Kournikova on his laptop background.

he gives great lectures... makes the most boring stuff pretty interesting too! easy grader in the pass years but i think he's making an effort to be tougher...well generally i like his classes

Easy course, easy professor, easy material, easy homework, easy exam...what's more to expect?

Callister is the man. He's smart, funny, and knowledgable about the material. Very good lecturer. Definitely try out one of his classes.

Accounting is horribly, horribly boring, but it would be that way if it was taught by circus clowns and kung fu masters. Callister's clear, witty and has the best handwriting I've ever seen in my life. This is a pretty good course.

if you thought or 310 was hard you are a giant idiot

Callister is hot. And he loves hockey. And his children. And we love him for that.

He's definitely a very engaging teacher. Not an easy trick to pull off in an 8:40 class! I was always told that accounting is horribly boring, but Prof Callister makes it relevant (mmm, counting up MONEY!) and interesting. *thumbs up!*

Best, most honest prof. I ever had at Cornhell.

john callister is the MAN!

310, 350, & 452 were the easiest classes i had at cornell. my favorite callister moments were when he showed up an hour and a half late for the 310 final..or maybe when he made a distasteful joke about 9/11 the day after.

ver easy

Callister is real cool. He takes the time to make lectures as fun and interesting as possible and his tests are very fare. And personally, I think he's hillarious.

4 credit class, i managed to get a good grade without stressing too much. kisses to callister!

Callister is a great professor. He reviews material that students haven't grasped, and he tries to make lectures interesting. Also, exams and grading are fair.

Great professor, responds very fast to emails

Relatively easy class. Callister is a decent lecturer considering the dry material he teaches. Class was curved very generously, but you still needed to be a bit of a perfectionist to get the higher grades. Overall, an easy but boring A.

His slides make it fun. Especially knowing he checks this website. If you have a class at 8:40 in the morning, I would much rather have it with lame jokes, then a normal boring lecture. Even if I do fall asleep sometimes...

One of the best profs i've had.Knows his stuff, makes everyone in the class know the stuff, does his best keeping people awake(which is hard at 8:40 in the morning, considering there is always a row of chinese people behind you snoring very loudly).Great job Prof!Give you an A, can i get one too?

I like Callister. He's so awesomely funny. I like the funny stuff he puts in his slides. He's pretty good at teaching. Keeps me interested in the subject.

He teaches in a way that makes me enjoy this really dry course more and more. He puts in a lot of effort into the things that he is teaching. I really enjoy this course. Thank you Professor. You indeed deserve all the stars that you get. I will intro more people to take this course heh ...

Callister doesn't talk too fast in lecture; he's easy to listen to. He is one of the most funny professors I've seen in lectures. It makes the early lectures some more worthwhile going.

Really easy, but really good teacher.If you go to his office hours he will practically give you all the answers.Going to lecture is not crucial.No suprises on exams.Really like Callister he is much easier to relate to than any other wacky nerdy Cornell Professor.Got A+'s with him(Take his classes)

He may give easy exams, but he's still one very dedicated prof. Really helps students understand the material, especially during office hours. Makes the extra effort to email students with important material and information. Lectures are interesting too.

fun teacher, class is eaasy

his slides are really clear. make my cornell experience much less painful. everyone shld take his class! as a bonus, he has loads of gd jokes, too!

Callister is cool! His notes are clear, he goes out of his way to make sure we understand, his jokes are funny. I wouldn't miss a lecture because they're enjoyable.

When you manage to wake up for his 8:40 classes, they are enjoyable. The best part about Callister's classes is that there is a linear relation b/t how much time you spend on the course and the grade that you get. Learn the material, get an A. The lectures are clear enough that going to class is all you need to do to understand.

Anybody who doesn't enjoy Professor Callisters classes is crazy. They are highly interesting and are recommended for anybody interested in his aspects of engineering. The people who have posted below are probably just too blind to see how worthwhile these classes are.

Callister presents lecture material in a clear and organized fashion. His office hours are quite helpful and he never throws curveballs on exam questions. 350 can be tedius, but 310 is interesting and useful.

Callister is great. His class is early, but that's really the worst thing about it. Sections can be a bit boring too. But Prof. Call. is funny, and his lectures are clear. He makes it easy to do well in the class, and exams are ALWAYS fair, no tricks at all. His anecdotes scattered throughout lecture are hilarious, and def. help keep me awake.

This was a terrible class, not because Callister is a bad professor, but because accounting is boring as hell and, moreover, it was at 8:40. C'mon, Cal-man, push the class back to like 12:00 and I'd actually be able to make it to class.

Callister is a nice guy. These subjects are very interesting, however they are not my strong point, but when i asked him what i could do he replyed with a generous, well thought out response. his tests are more than fair, i only wish the class was't so early.

Callister is awesome. Financial and managerial accounting is lots of fun! He gives you a lot of work in hws, from which u can learn a lot. His tests r easy. Goooo Callister!

So easy if you do the HWs, thanks for the A!!!

This teacher was very funny. He taught very well, and kepy us all entertained and educated.

Callister is the man- I especially liked his wry sense of humor. His rant about his wife "investing" in holiday Barbies was hillarious. He also bumped my grade from the A i earned to an A+ for no reason, which was cool. If you need an Acounting course, take ORIE 350 with Callister

It was so interesting to take ORIE 350 class. It was very good chance for me to learn about the accounting. Prof.Callister was sooo helpful during semester, and encourages me in studying acconting.

There is no other professor that I would rather have for an 8:40 am class. Great sense of humor. Do the work and get an A.

Callister is a funny guy. Good sarcastic sense of humor. He made accounting my favorite subject this semester. Take this class, you'll be glad you did.

Amazing professor. Worth waking up at 8:40am for. Very easy A and he is very understanding. He is very sarcastic and his humor is hilarious. Great class!!!!

The class is interesting, but keep up with the work. Go to class, read the book, do the hw, and you should be able to earn a high grade.

Took both of these classes as electives - excellent prof. Highly recommended.

Good prof and easy class. You do need to go to lecture and read the text, but the class was easy overall and the material was practical and interesting. I would take another class taught by Callister.

It is unbelievably annoying to have multiple typos and errors in the solutions when you are studying for an exam. And this prof's solution has a lot of those.

Loved his dry sense of humor. Your own fault if you don't get an A or A+ in this class.

I think anyone that dislikes Professor Callister or his classes either have no sense of humor or were deprived of joy as a child. He is great. He tells is like it is and makes even boring subject interesting/relevant. One of the best professors Ive had at Cornell. Honest, fair, helpful, understanding and sarcastic what more do you need

I think Prof. Callister is one of the best professor I had at Cornell. He can be fast sometime, but you always can go and ask him. I used to email him with questions, and he replies back pretty quickly.

do the work, AND GO LISTEN TO GUEST SPEAKERS. should get you an A or A+ easily. material quite pragmatic and interesting.

Very unsympathetic. I was forced to miss a class for personal reasons, and he did not let me turn in my homework by email. Sticking to your guidelines is understandable, but with the amount of stress that a student has, a professor should be slightly more compassionate.

Callister is the man! ORIE 3150 is a pretty straight forward class if you do the homework and go to lecture. I got an A+ in the class; this is not to brag but to show you if you put in the effort you will succeed (i'm usually a B-average student). Exams are similar to and a bit easier than the homeworks. Come to lecture, you'll succeed.

Best Lecturer I've had. If you go to class you won't need to read the book at all. Highly recommended.

Wonderful. Knows exactly how to deliver information to a class of tired, overwhelmed engineering student. All I had to do was go to class, write down his neatly written and detailed notes, and enjoy his wacky sense of humor. Oh, and do the homework. Class was a piece of cake. First A+ I've ever received in an engineering course, anyway...

He's good, take his class, you wont regret it. He funny too.

ENGINEERING ENTREPRENEURSHIP - go to classes. take notes. ask questions and be ready to answer questions. MAKE SURE TO COME UP WITH A CREATIVE BUSINESS PLAN!! dont try to be safe and come up with a mediocre business idea. creativity = guaranteed A

Teaches probly the most practical courses in orie - and does it well. Easy class if u go to classes and take notes. Very funny, nice and helpful. Best lecturer in cornell engr.

Callister is the funniest professor I've had at Cornell. He's got a dry sense of humor though, so it doesn't appeal to everyone. This is one of those classes where if you put the work in, you will do well. Go to class for his examples. They're very helpful. If you think you'll miss some classes, I'd recommend getting Take Note.

Good guy with a dry sense of humor that I happen to find funny. He was more than willing to answer questions in office hours. Can be a bit blunt sometimes if you ask him a question that he thinks is too easy. Lectures sometimes got boring but that is the nature of Accounting.

Interesting entrepreneurship class. The takeaways from the class were constructing a good business plan, and basic accounting and business skills.

Math level needed for homework is algebra, easy. Lectures are interesting bc he uses current examples. Some were upset with questions on prelim but they Were in the reading that he assigns. Straightforward class, easy to get an A if you pay attention, maybe without doing so as well. Not curved.

The class is very easy, especially compared to other freshman engineering classes. Show up to class and go over the material before prelims and you should be fine. Only had 3 homework assignments and one easy group project the whole semester.

He is one of the best if not the best prof I've had at Cornell. do the readings before class, go to class, do the homework to get an A. Paying attention in class usually clears up the topics you found confusing. in class exercises are super helpful. I'm not even an engineer. I took the class because I like cars and I got an A. material isn't hard.

Dry humor. Tests are easy but curved. It'll be hard to get anything higher than or lower than an A.

Best class I've taken at Cornell. Love going to lecture

Callister is a really nice guy. He is open to questions and gives a lot of examples during class to help you study. Very enthusiastic and incorporates personal stories in class.

exams are pretty difficult and can be hard if you dont attend lectures

Awesome

He is really good at teaching accounting. I personally find him really funny in class but I might be one of the only ones. You have to go to class to learn how to solve the problems the way he wants. The text book is pretty useful but if you don't do problems exactly as done in class your grade will suffer.

Professor Callister is a very engaging lecturer. He answers questions and explains concepts very clearly and, whether you are interested in the topic or not, he is enthusiastic and seems to really care about the material. He is very accommodating (especially during COVID) and cares about his students' wellbeing (not common among STEM profs).

Easy as long as you pay attention and spend time doing the homework. The course covers a lot of materials so organizing notes can be really helpful.

There were a lot of practice problems given throughout the course from the lectures, discussions, and homeworks. Actually doing all of the them multiple times really helped me. Even though the 8:40 lecture is brutal it is worth it to watch him work through the in class problems.

Pretty underrated professor at Cornell. Extremely straight-forward grading, homework, and exams. Lectures can be a bit dry but the fact that he laughs at himself every five minutes makes them go by a bit faster.

The lectures and homework are tough, but doing tons of practice problems really pays off. Unstuck ai was a lifesaver for study prep. Professor Callister is engaging, though could be sarcastic at times.