Probably one of the best math professors I've ever had. She is ALWAYS willing to help you if you are not sure about a topic and always encourages her students to attend office hours for further clarification. She is very positive and knows her stuff well.

In short, I wish she would teach all of the math classes

I absolutely loved this TA. Her exams were difficult but she lets you know in advance what is expected of you so you can perform well if you know what to study. She is also very helpful in office hours. I absolutely suck at math but I put in hours of effort and received an A in her class. I heard she is teaching Calc 3 in Spring 2017.

Super sweet teacher! Knows her material very well. You should attend her class to keep track the material. Highly recommend her!

Ms. Acar was a blessing this semester. I came into this class with credit from high school and she made it possible for me to succeed. The tests were not overly difficult yet tested the material. She was very accommodating and accessible during office hours. She honestly deserves higher than a 5 and I would love to take another class with her.

Best math teacher I have ever had by far. Changes her office hours to fit what works best with her students. Just do practice problems online and it's an easy A

Great teacher. Caring and willing to help at anytime.

Dr. Acar IS ONE OF THE MOST WONDERFUL MATH TEACHERS I HAVE EVER HAD. She actually cares about all of the students passing her class and if she realizes that you are struggling, she extends her help outside of class during her office hours. Even though the material can be hard at times, she will always be there to help.

While most of the class consisted of pre-recorded lectures and virtual quizzes and tests; Dr. Acar was generous with extra credit and made due dates very clear. She also has optional lectures 3x a week that go into the material in more detail for those who are struggling!

Great professor! I struggle with math and I think this is the best professor I could have gotten. The tests are identical to the notes. She is super sweet and is always willing to go the extra mile to make sure you succeed. Offers extra credit. Lectures are recorded but she offers live sessions where you can ask questions.

Dr. Acar really cares about her students and wants you to do well. She isn't tricky or asks anything on tests that she hasn't taught. She's very smart and really knows her stuff, holds optional help sessions to show you how to do the problems. As long as you understand and do the HW (that are just like the tests), you'll be fine. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.

Overall Good class. Gets a little annoyed easily but other than that, easy going and an easy course if you pay attention.

I think Dr. Acar is a pretty decent professor. Most of the time I would go ahead of the lectures and just use her to check my work. She isn't the nicest person and is a little rude. I personally had no issue with her but I know others who could never get ahold of her when needed. Personally if you are good at math and need a refresher she is good.

I liked Dr. Acar. She was actually quite helpful when it came to getting a good grade. I think she dropped like 2 quiz grades and curved 1 test. The lecture videos are easy to understand, but you definitely have to practice the problems to get the hang of things. If you actually put in effort you'll be good. GO TO THE HELP SESSIONS!!!

I liked her as a professor but sometimes she could be clearer in her explanations in lecture. It was an easy A for me because Im good at math and I felt like the class was a recap from highschool. You need to put in the work to learn or you wont pass. She drops no exams (out of 3)

You get what you put into the class. If you participate in office hours, actively put in the time to learn the content by reading the textbook, etc., then you will most likely pass the class.

I don't know about other people but for her attendance she used learning catalytic, and it automatically would load with the question and answer choices laid out for you to choose from, and that was how she counted attendance. Her accent made it difficult to understand a couple of times but if you watch the videos for each section you will do fine!

Do not miss a lecture! You learn a great deal in the course. I think Dr. Acar is a great professor and she is caring. Just make sure to not miss the hw deadline and study practice problems she assigns before each test, you will do fine!

MAC2235 (Business Calc) is a hard class, regardless of the professor. She tells you exactly how to succeed in the class and hires many TAs , so there are help sessions almost every day of the week. She gives us many resources to succeed and she really wants us to do well, but at the end of the day, its a difficult class so it all depends on you.

Dr. Acar is an amazing and caring teacher, the current curriculum vs homework sucks though (math department problem) She does have an accent but i didnt find it difficult to understand. You absolutely have to dedicate time to this class, it's a 4 hour credit class for good reason. She's been flexible which is important so try to take her if you can

Professor Acar is a good professor however, she is no-nonsense. The class itself is already challenging, so to succeed, you have to show up to lectures, and attend office hours. She offered help sessions every week to go over practice questions that contain basically identical questions to tests and quizzes. If you put the work in you will be fine.

Dr. Acar wants you to succeed in her class. Email her if you're falling behind, she will help you catch up. Make sure you always finish the homework and do her worksheets, and review them constantly even if you think you know them. Office hours are a must. She's extremely caring and willing to work with you as long as you put in the effort.

Dr. Acar is no-nonsense but is truly kind. She helped me get into her class when I ran out of options. She cares about students, responds to emails quickly, and provides help when needed. Attendance is for extra credit but not required. She's a good lecturer so I recommend going! The class itself is no picnic, but she makes it a lot better.

Plain and simple, the class is hard. I think Professor Acar gets a bad rep, but I think she was a really good teacher. The course is very fast paced and can be difficult if you do not have prior calculus background for sure. She did a good job though explaining the material. There are lots of office hours available and extra help. Quiz weekly

If you put in the work in this class you will be able to do well. Highly recommend going to office hours and ACE tutoring for any topic that may seem harder.

Overall Dr. Acar knows the material and does the best she can at explaining it to her students. As long as you pay attention to her lectures, OR watch the videos she provides in place of that and use ACE, you'll do just fine. The material itself is hard so be on top of your stuff because the weekly quizzes come too fast if you let them catch you.

Professor Acar gets a bad rep partly due to how hard the course itself is. Her lectures are average and some supplemental learning is required on some of the tougher topics. The class is fast paced but overall doable.

This class is very difficult and will require a lot of effort. However, Dr. Acar does provide the necessary materials to succeed in the class. Lectures are recorded and office hours are daily. Lectures are mandatory and super boring but you can just watch the videos later. Overall, this is not an easy A but the class is definitely passable.

MAC2233 is definitely a hard class and takes up all your time. But Dr. Acar very accommodating, extends the hw if needed and explains the material. Don`t waste your money on Skoolers! Just study regularly and you will do fine!!!

Attendance is optional but if you go you get extra credit. Gives lots of extra credit and has weekly help sessions with TA's & has zoom review sessions before tests. 3 test + final, & weekly quizzes. Has practice quizzes that are very helpful. Never taken calc before but have to practice. Has lectures on Canvas also. No need to get Skoolers.

You HAVE to put in a lot of time and effort into this class. There are tons of resources that you can use:ACE tutoring and the weekly tutoring offered by Dr. Acar's T.A.s which are also free. You don't need skoolers. I am not a math person at all and I'm going to pass with a solid B. I think Nihan is a great teacher, the class is just hard...

I'll give her credit, Dr. Acar's nowhere near as bad as people make her out to be. This class isn't easy, but it's not impossible. Go to class for the extra credit, do her practice quizzes/tests, they're similar to the real ones, and watch the videos she posts on canvas, they saved my quiz and test grades. Not a bad idea to get Skoolers or a tutor.

Definitely gets a bad wrap because of the class she teaches. Simply put, the class is just hard. It's not her fault. I managed to finish with a 94 but I'll tell you I had to work my ass off for it. She provides a practice quiz/exam for everything she puts out that is very helpful. Just spam the practice quiz and exam every week and you'll do fine.

Professor Acar gets a lot of hate because she moves fast in lecture and can be difficult to understand, but she cares a lot about her students and gives out a TON of extra credit. She gives EC for attendance so attend class regularly. Also make sure that you do the practice quizzes/tests because they are identical to the real ones.

This class is actually extremely easy. Take your notes and do your homework, which you can skip most of due to the pre homework thing. Quizzes and tests are identical to the practice tests and quizzes. Literally just do what is assigned and you will breeze.

Dr. Acar is an excellent professor. As long as you go to lectures, do the homework and stay on top of things you will be completely fine. Make sure you have taken the necessary prerequisites or tested in and refreshed concepts if that's something you need to do before the semester starts. Pace is very manageable

Very understanding with makeups and clear explanations in class and in office.

Don't let these reviews scare you. Dr. Acar is an absolute sweetheart and truly cares about you passing. She sets you up for success, if you're struggling you're just not putting in enough work. The material is hard and she is trying her best.

Dr. Acar is an amazing professor! She made this class so much easier for me. You definitely should go to the lectures because it really helps. She offers so much extra credit to do well. Its very clear she really wants all her students to do well.

Dr. Acar was such a good teacher. Yes, her lectures can move fast but it is because of the difficulty of the course. She is very good at clearing up questions in office hours, had very helpful TA's, and her tests were easy because she shows how she wants you to solve the problems in the practice tests. You just need to put in some effort to do fine

Dr. Acar has very clear expectations for her class and I thought she was very respectable. There's also a lot of help available through office hours, help sessions, and recitation. Put in the work and you'll be fine.

Don't let reviews scare you. Dr. Acar is a great professor and wants you to do well. If you are struggling in the class, she has office hours multiple times a week and is willing to stay after class. The notes are not the best(Their the same in all mac2311) but Dr. Acar provides review guides and other materials that will make things clearer.

Dr. Acar was a great professor and I learned a lot from her. The tests can be easy if you put in the work and complete the practice questions she makes. She has office hours multiple times a week if you ever need help with anything. Highly recommend. Would definitely take her again.

Incredible professor. This semester (fall 23) she completely changed the course to make it much easier. Instead of weekly quizzes is weekly labs with a group. If you finish your homework before your lab you get an extra point on the lab. She is a great teach and explains things very well as long as you pay attention. 10/10

Go to lectures and ask your TAs questions in the labs. Take good notes and repeat your homework questions until you master the material. She offers a lot of credit throughout the semester and extra points on quizzes and exams.

Dr. Acar was a very pleasant professor as long as you kept showing up to class and showed an active effort. The TAs and LAs did a great job alongside. So many extra help opportunities were offered, and some gave extra credit. Homework was straightforward and tests were (mostly) easier versions. Not sure why many reviews are so negative toward her.

Dr. Acar was a great professor of business calculus! She made a difficult class much more understanding and easier to follow. There are 3 exams (each 15%), but she offers extra credit that helps offset the labs and exams. Attendance is mandatory through in-class questions and is very helpful to follow since the lectures directly follow the hw.

New system for fall 2023 was great. You get what you give!

Was a very thorough lecturer and would go over many examples, and all the example's steps. The homework was short but effective, and the practice tests before each exam had no limit to how many times you could take it, allowing for as much practice as you needed. Had no prior experience in calculus and was able to understand it just fine as we went

Professor Acar is very professional and gives great lectures. She really cares about student success and gives out many opportunities for students to give the highest grade possible. There are three tests, one including the final, so the tests are weighted highly. Great professor overall!

Tests are difficult, and I found it necessary to take several practice tests to get a good grade. However, she gives a lot of extra credit. The lectures are decent but not amazing. If you're good at math you'll do well in the class. If you've typically struggled with math, you'll probably struggle in this class too.

Dr. Acar does a good job of showing each step of the problems in lecture and is good at answering student questions. She cares about her students' success and is accessible outside of class. There are plenty of extra credit opportunities in this class and available resources. The revised version of this class, Fall 2023 version, is well done.

Material is inherently difficult and it is easy to get lost during lectures. Professor Acar does move fast at times, but the supplemental videos posted to canvas are very helpful. Overall, she was very generous with extra credit, and the exams were very similar to the practice tests. There is homework for every lesson but usually is only 10qs.

Good teacher just a hard class

Her way of lecturing is my favorite--projecting her handwritten examples onto the board. As long as you pay attention to the lectures and don't procrastinate studying for the exams, the class isn't too difficult. A lot of extra credit opportunities, too.

This class is very easy if you have already taken a calc course prior if not you may struggle. This class is fairly easy if you do all the homework and go to the lectures. Use the office hours of the TA.

I was surprised at the amount of negative reviews Prof. Acar received. Although calculus is tough, this class offers a huge amount of extra credit, multiple dropped scores and very useful notes. Acar did a good job of explaining the material, as well as directing students to help resources. This course is very doable, manageable and well set up.

The homework is short, and you only have two assignments per week. The notes are exactly like the homework and test questions. There are once weekly labs with quizzes, but you get to work in a group and the LAs help. You can get extra credit each lab, which adds like 10% to your grade. She changed an A to be a 90 instead of 93. Not bad at all.

Dr. Acar turned out to be caring, professional, and explained concepts very well during her lectures. You will need to go to class and spend time and effort doing the class, but she made business calculus a breeze. She was a lot better than the other professor who came in after she went on maternity leave. You'll learn a lot from her. She's good!

Dr. Acar is a very no-nonsense teacher, but her quizzes were take-home and her test prep was very helpful. Her office hours were super helpful as well. Her tests were graded very harshly and I had points taken off for very small things, so be aware of that.

Professor Acar makes business calc surprisingly manageable. Engage with her teaching system, use the free textbook, and take advantage of the ample extra credit. Unstuck AI is a great study tool to supplement the class materials.

She is definitely a good teacher. Dr. Acar's tests and her tests are the same( If someone says that they do not understand what she is teaching/ the test provided are not similar to the lectures and labs, they definitely do not attend her class at all).

I didnt take calculus in highschool with the hardest math class I took being pre-calc and I still got an A in this class. If you genuinly go to lectures, homeworks, and take the practice tests you will be fine. She's an awesome teachers whos nice and teaches you how to do the math well. Everyone hating on her is just lazy and didnt put in the work.

I performed well because I took calc in high school so a lot of content was familiar and I was able to do really well on first couple test and slack off for rest. I can understand the complaints, especially if you are learning the content for first time. The Homework are pretty short on pearson and the practice test are pretty similar to the test.

All the reviews that are bad are probably from the class before last year, she changed it, and its so much easier now. Two homework due on Sundays with only 7-9 questions, 3 tests that are exactly like the practice test, just spam those to study, and the final is only worth 15%. Also gives a lot of extra credit, was late to class a lot and TAs suck

overall good job teaching, slow down a little bit tho. I apprieciate Dr.Acar and all the effort she puts in for her students, she works very hard. And is helpful at office hours and honestly just a chill person to talk to. Reasonable homework, HIGHLY RECOMMEND watching online lecture videos before class if you're a slow learner.

Dr. Acar is a great professor who cares a lot about her students. Sometimes she does get carried away and can go on 10-minute long tangents. Homeworks are bearable, usually around 7–9 questions and easy to complete using lecture notes. There are three exams and one final, and they closely follow the practice tests. She also gives extra credit!!

overall a good professor however i usually dazed off in class and didn't pay attention much. missed nearly a month of classes and just taught myself the lessons and it was pretty doable. as long as you do the homework and practice tests to study you'll get an A.