Dr. Mario is hands down one of the best professors I've had at UNC. The class is both very entertaining and pertinent to the data science field. He is also very accessible outside of class and cares about his students. He makes his class suitable for both advanced programmers and people with little experience. I would take any class he offers!

Best prof I've ever met at UNC! He is truly caring and amazing! I made a huge mistake and he helped me solve the problem. Easy class, clear demonstration, the homework and tests are of similar level of difficulty. Take it. It's worth waking up at 8 am.

Doctor Mario is a real beauty. By far the best professor I've had at UNC. Took him at 8am M-W-F, but I did not regret it. He is super funny during lectures and knows how to crack a joke. Exams are easy and most of the class normally gets a B or higher. There is normally homework on Web Assign after each class, but its easy. Mario is a real homie.

I took STOR 155 with Dr. Mario at 8 AM. Although it was early, it was totally worth it. His lectures are so great that you can do very well in the class and understand the concepts without relying too heavily on the textbook or outside resources. He is also very caring and funny. I would say his grading is more than fair- with curves on exams.

A true gem. I can't say enough good things about him. He is hilarious and engaging and made me look forward to coming to class. Some of the topics are hard, but he makes them as easy as he can and he states very clearly what he expects us to know for exams. I would literally take him for every class at UNC if I could.

You could take discrete math with someone else and be miserable, or you could take it with Mario, where every class is a party! Okay, that's an exaggeration, but Mario is hilarious and does his best to keep the class lighthearted. His lectures are clear. He makes sure you know exactly what to study for each exam, which is a lifesaver in this class.

Mario was a real gem, his lectures are hilarious and he actually made math fun. Don't get me wrong, this was a pretty tough course, but Mario was more than fair in grading and was extremely transparent about what he was doing and why. Take him if you need discrete math, excellent professor.

Mario honestly was the best. I took STOR 155 with him and I despise statistics and was terrified for this class and he really made it enjoyable. 8 am was a little rough so I didn't make it to every lecture, but when I did go he was absolutely hilarious. The exams were fair, always curved some and he graded on a 10 point. 10/10 recommend him!

Dr. Mario is a super cool guy, he had a real passion for stats. Attendance is not mandatory, and he post his slides online. Curves assignments generously and is a fair grader. Overall a really easy class, definitely recommend!

Dr. Mario is the best. Sometimes his jokes fall flat, but he is mostly hilarious and keeps class light. He also challenged me to take more initiative for learning (he says this class will help you land a job, and it really will). There are no tests or finals, only a semester long group project, which I personally enjoyed and learned a lot from.

He does NOT want to fail you and makes it clear so as long as you do what you're supposed to do (HW, study) you should get a good grade in this class. He's really funny and there to help you out! He is very generous with what he tells you about the exam before you take it, and generous after. Lectures also SUPER organized and easy to follow.

I would hang out with Mario outside of class if given the opportunity. While Mario is not strict on attendance, youre really missing out on a lot of fun mixed in with learning if you dont show up. Mario had the whole class roaring with laughter through out the entire class period. He makes concepts easy to understand and gives great examples

Mario wants you to succeed and makes that very obvious from day one. The way his class is set up is very helpful to achieving success, unlike most of the other statistics teachers here. Mario is a goofball, and while he will most certainly teach you everything you have to know, youll enjoy yourself every step of the way. Funny and nice guy.

Favorite teacher Ive ever had

Dr. Mario is my favorite professor I have had at UNC. He is hilarious in class and it makes the class enjoyable. Had him for an 8 am and it was not hard to go to because he is such a great professor. He cares about his students and wants everyone to succeed. Dr. Mario is willing to work with you outside of class. He is a must-have at UNC.

Dr. Mario the best, he is my favorite professor at UNC. He cracks jokes throughout the class and it makes it a very enjoyable class. He is willing to work with his students outside of class to make sure they can succeed. In his class, his students are not just numbers, and he wants everyone to succeed. Dr. Mario is a must-have professor at UNC.

People will complain because Mario gives a lot of homework in his courses, but if you're trying to learn code, then having to practice is the best way anyways. He could honestly make a lecture on paint drying interesting, and if your GPA is struggling this man gives out A's for days. Take him at all costs.

Funny, approachable, and clearly loves his job and puts a lot of work into the slides, tutorials, and assignments he gives the class. His class lectures aren't the most helpful, though. No tests, just assignments. The group project felt like hell, and I thought my project was hot garbage but I still walked out with an A. Thank you, king.

I think sports analytics is now a 500-level class, but I enjoyed this precursor. Mario is the big dawg and he is especially creative in structuring his classes.

Dr. 305 is the absolute man! He is a legend in the STOR department. This was my second class with Mario and he exceeded expectations once again. My knowledge of excel was 0 going into this class and I left an excel wizard. Dr. Mario is a gem in the STOR department and given the opportunity everyone should take at least one of his classes.

Tough grader but the material is not that difficult. He's a funny guy but that sometimes hinders his lectures. I found myself not getting much from them. Powerpoint and tutorials are very useful.

I took Mario for STOR320 in the spring of 2020. He was awesome! There is quite a bit of assignments (no tests/ quizzes), but they aren't too difficult if you follow along with his lectures. There is also a big project instead of a final exam, which I appreciated because it is applicable if you want to pursue data science as a career.

Second class I've had with Mario, as all the other students say he's a diamond in the rough. Learned a ton from him and am hoping to take another few classes with him in the future. I'd take any class he teaches.

All things considered, Dr. Mario is a very good professor. I learned more in this class than probably any other class I've taken at UNC. The final project accounts for a big chunk of the final grade and is largely dependent on how good the group you get is. He often made me feel stupid for asking questions, but for the most part, he is very kind.

This class is really what you make out of it. Remote learning is difficult as it is, but in my opinion Dr. Mario made it very doable. With all of the grading and curving done at the end of the semester, you have to, at the very least, give some effort and it will pay off. The exams were difficult, but not impossible: do the hw, go to lecture, study

Dr. Mario is a great professor and really cares about the students. Exams were difficult and worth a large portion of your grade, but were curved generously. A large portion of the class ended up with an A due to the curve. Mario sets students up for success as long as they are willing to study and work for it.

I give him a 5 for being generous on the curve.

After taking a few classes with him, his humor can get kind of annoying and condescending. But still, he is better at conveying material than most profs in the STOR department. And he curves his classes like crazy. Anyone who manages to get a B or C in his 155 class probably isn't a reliable reviewer. Cool guy, good professor, easy and fun class.

Dr. Mario is a fantastic professor for any data analytics course. He has a unique sense of humor that can come off as condescending, but he really does love all of his students. Grading is super easy for most assignments, and the worst raw grade was a B, but he still curved final grade by 3 points. Only reason to avoid him is if you are soft.

love mario! he was kind, funny, and respectable. delivers material entertainingly and HW/ quizzes are pretty straightforward. he does projects instead of tests, which is nice in applying the material we learned. as long as you do your work and attend class, it is an easy A. even gave our final grades 3 more points just to give more students A's!

I took STOR 155 with Mario in the fall of 2020 when everything shut down, and this class was one of the most challenging tasks ever. Mario, on the other hand, is an extremely kind, smart, and humorous professor I have ever seen. By finally talking to him in person, I have realized his passion. I strongly recommend any in-person classes of his!

Professor Mario is an amazing professor. His lectures are easy to follow and he's genuinely a really funny guy. He is a really enjoyable professor and I would recommend his classes to anyone. The course work is not too difficult and Professor Mario makes it really easy to understand even if you've never done compsci before. I would def recommend!!

Solid prof. Knows his stuff, great sense of humor, clear lecturing, and very fair exams. And contrary to other comments, he always, always encouraged questions. It's possible that he read these comments and subsequently changed his approach to student interaction (a clear sign of a good professor). He's occasionally forgetful, but easy overall.

Dr. Mario is a great professor, he posted all of his lectures so you could go back and look at them and he was receptive to point changes on exams. The class is a little exam heavy so definitely study what he says. He gave multiple chances for questions and even went over what to study question by question for the final.

Overall awesome professor. Definitely my favorite lecturer I've had at UNC so far, he keeps things entertaining while also explaining content well. All exams were online and homework wasn't more than a couple hours a week. Not an easy A, but if you go to class and put in the effort, you'll do fine.

Dr. Mario is very responsive to emails/questions. Though the class is self study heavy, he's very reasonable, and writes exam problems similar to his lectures/labs (if you do the work you'll be fine). Exams are a good test of applied knowledge (some tricky questions tho), grades are curved, and overall he's very nice about helping if you reach out!

Dr. Mario tries really hard to make class interesting, however, lectures can drag on. Make sure to stay on top of the content as it is very easy to fall behind. If you need to take this class I'd definitely recommend Dr. Mario.

Really funny guy with great lectures. Fairly heavy workload that will probably be difficult for people programming for the first time, but not hard for more experienced programmers. Very transparent and fair grading process.

I enjoyed Professor Mario's classes. I do feel like he could have explained some of the concepts better in his lectures, but the workload was very manageable. Some of the exam questions were a little confusing, but the exams were not that difficult overall. I also appreciated his self-deprecating humor and his encouragement of questions in class.

I loved Mario as a teacher, he was very funny. This class was just VERY hard. I recommend not taking it if you don't absolutely have to for a major. Homework took hours and tests were very hard. He did give a very generous curve and encouraged questions. I might have just been bad at it, but if you aren't good at proofs, this class is not for you.

Dr. Mario is an extremely funny and knowledgeable professor. STOR 320 is an introductory class for R, and no prior knowledge is needed. There is a final group project where group members are randomly assigned and harshly graded, so make sure you start early. I also prefer more live-coding than the slides Dr. Mario used, but I still learned a lot.

Mario is arrogant sometimes, but I appreciate that he also tries to lighten the mood with jokes. His style of lecture/notes is really easy to follow and it made learning the material a lot easier than it could have been. Homework every week but it's not too bad considering you have textbook help. The 2 midterms & final were pretty difficult though.

I'm begging you to pay attention from the start of the semester. It can be really easy to let this class fall to the side but the content is COOL and it will be really hard to learn it all at the end. Mario will get frustrated at the end but that's because no one does anything all semester. You can enjoy and learn from this class I promise.

The whole class basically builds up to the final group project, but it's easy to leave each part until the last few days and spend hours the day before it's due to submit something. The homework assignments are easy for anyone who has any experience with R, but the final paper is a lot of work. He also takes off points for very minor mistakes.

Mario is a great guy, but his lectures can be boring. Mario does try his best to make his lectures more enjoyable through encouraging participation, but most of the information is basic if you already know a lot about sports. Highly recommend because of the 2 group projects which are heavy in analytics and can be used to show in job applications.

Overall, he was a fair professor. As long as you went to lecture and did the assign reading its basically an easy B+ or higher. Overall I learned a lot of R coding and its function. If I could retake the class I would because Mario was overall a good professor!

Mario is hilarious and gives great lectures. The workload of this class is high but it's good-quality work, and I learned a ton. The tests are poorly designed but curved. The project is a great experience although very difficult to coordinate. I hope Mario is aware of this.

Dr. Mario is remarkable and has humor, a genuine attitude, and kindness. I appreciate him for a myriad of reasons. He sets clear expectations from the beginning and constantly encourages questions during class. He even lets you feel comfortable reaching out to him in office hours. Point is he wants you to succeed. And he curved our final grades.

Fantastic professor. He explains the material very well. The class is group project heavy. He grades harshly but the raw cumulative grades are curved generously. If you want to learn how to utilize R in a collaborative environment, take the class. One con is that the weekly labs are really just additional homework posed as a lab.

Dr. Mario showcased his willingness to help students succeed as long as they work for it with sufficient dedication. The assignments implemented for this class were doable given that you are keeping up with the R material consistently. Only thing is that the final project, especially the final paper part, requires you to think outside of the box.

Solid Professor. Attendance was required and Stor320 just added midterms to the class which didn't make much sense for the group project premise of the class. Midterms were the hard, but not impossible if you just pay attention during lecture. Group project is tough to coordinate, but he curves good. Project is also great for internships. '

Dr. Mario is...one of the humans of all time. You will quickly fall into a state of not caring and occasionally perk up when Dr. Mario says something notoriously awkward. Course is an asynchronous walkthrough of basic R skills. Paper is likely challenging and you need to approach with humility, but I enjoyed my group. Boomerang level of curving.

He seems harsh at first, just wants to establish his presence and make sure that the students understand how important the class is. It really depends on what group you get assigned for the final, but you have so much time to get the stuff done so if no one is doing anything you can grind it out on your own. Curve was double digits for everyone.

I took this class last summer, and I just saw the reviews for Dr. Mario and was SHOCKED. When I had this class, it was tough but he ends up curving so much at the end that you end up with a good grade despite how tough it was. idk where all this talk about him being rude is coming from, he was legit the nicest, funniest professor I've had at UNC.

Listen, this is a HARD class. If it was supposed to be easy, everyone would just get an A. It's HARD. Dr. Mario is a nice guy who laughs at himself and cracks jokes. When you ask a question he will thoroughly go through it with you. He holds office hours and responds super quick. I once emailed him at 11:30 and he responded in 5 minutes. Good dude.

Good teacher if your willing to learn, ask questions, and go to office hours if you need help. Goes in depth about every topic if you ask. Super rememberable and funny. Practice the homework, don't use AI, create one pagers, & study. I wish the curve was lower, seriously, some people deserved to fail.

He's really funny and makes the material memorable. The class can be challenging, but the curve helps. Overall, he's a great professor if you pay attention and put in the effort.