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don't know what's going on in the lecture! very bored!!!

Handwriting is freakin' horrible... :)

One of the worst profs i've had. He has no idea how to communicate to the students, his writing is oh so hard to read, and his bouncing around during class is very distracting. Avoid him at ALL costs!!! or you will be VERY sorry!!!

Do not take his class... You will regret so much. He is really worst teacher ever i met during my life time. You must consider whether you really really reaLLY have to take that course which he teaches. If possible, you must avoid to take his class. It will be your worst experience in your life, for sure. Truly...

Absolutely horrible prof. Very distracting and has absolutely no idea how to communicate to students. Hard tests out of very few marks. Avoid at all costs or you will be sorry!!!

I had him for two classes and I was wanting out: no idea what he was talking about or writing about(my high school teacher does a better job!), messy notes. Thank god I was not alone. This was my first year in university and I thought this was the way of it. Thank god it was only him...hopefully.

Help.

the class itself may not be as hard as you think, but this guy could be the worst prof you've ever seen. horrible lectures and notes. I would rather wait for a semester even if the course is compulsory.

He is a horrible prof. Not organized, reluctant to help and very mean. He gives hard assignment, hard tests and makes your life miserable. SFU should lay him off otherwise more students will suffer. I hope the chair of math department visit this site and see how students react to the performance of profs.

I just had my final. what should I say, he is responsible for my failure. (didn't fail but definately not great) many questions on stuff he spent 2 mins in lectures, and some even not in lecture notes :(. I guess people in his class are on our own.

mission impossible.. how can i go over this course.... his writing is horrible.. and he teaches a very important section in 5mins. and done!?

Very good at complicating things...

Oh My God...I don't know why he is teaching=.= The worst Profesor ever!!! His writing...don't need to say anything more, just a word=terrible. Also the way he teach...SUPER BORING...especially the morning class at 8:30, there are no ways that make you stay awake...overall, just a terrible prof!

UNWANTED PROF! This guy can't explain anything - even simple concepts can be turned into something not understandable! His lectures are useless; he can go off sched. and still expect you to know stuff on the MT. Students always correct him even with his own prepared lecture notes.

this prof is the worst proffessor for mathematics. u dont want to take him if you wanna get a good mark. at first , the first midterm , he made it very easy. then the second midterm, the avg was a fail for our class, considering that our class is quite a strong class. ANd the final is coming! ill see how it goes and post for u guys!

this guy can't teach at all. He just repeats the stuff from the text book without even explaining them. WHen a student asks him stuff, it took him 20 min to confuse us even more. Both midterms are like quizes compare to his final. Just AVOID this prof at all cost, you rather take the course in a later sem than having him ruining your GPA. O/w, GL!

One of his kind. Really bad. You can't understand what he is saying, he's making even the smallest things really complicated. His handwriting as awful as doctors. One might say even doctor's handwriting is better. If you have an option, do NOT take his course. Believe you me!

When explaining proofs in class , skips all intermediate steps, asumes you know everything

Had this guy for a sub, HORRIBLE!!!! always stutters,ugly writing, and notes look like chicken scratch! about 25 people walked out on him during lectures.

Why did SFU hire him at all?? NEVER had I known and put so much effort into understanding lecture notes in a math course at all. He really is one of the most horrible math teachers I've dealt with all my life...

He is one the worst professor in SFU. Going to his class is absolutly no use and study with ur textbook is better. He cannot explain any of the proof, but end up putting so many proof questions on the exam. He is just SOOO bad, and if you can avoid him, please do so. It will make ur life much better!!!

Absolutely one of the worst math profs that ever existed on the face of this planet.

WORST PROF EVER

Absolutely the worst prof ever. He makes soo many mistakes during class it's really hard to follow. Really boring, doesn't tell the class so be quiet and everyone is talking. Not helpful at all, I don't even know who hired this guy as a math Prof....AVOID HIS CLASS if you would like to pass.

Never attended lecture after the first midterm because I realized he cannot teach at all. I didn't even look at his lecture notes. Just do all assignemnts, loncapa, practice problems, past exams and you'll do fine. Exams were fair.

Most horrible prof I have ever had. His lectures are a waste of time, he quickly goes over stuff as if he is teaching it to himself. GPA downer. Exams are nothing like he teaches you. And he cant teach. DO NOT RECOMMEND.

The number of mistakes he makes just adding is distracting as a whole... midterms were alright. Final was killer. Don't even need to attend lecture. Just do the textbook questions and assignments. Must work very hard if you have not taken pre calc before.

Lectures were fairly useless. He knows how to teach, but not what to teach. Final Exam and midterms are really fair. The textbook will be your best friend. Not a hard class to get a good mark in if you put in a couple hours everyday to study the material you need to know for the week. Do all the LON CAPA and do all textbook questions.

Terrible professor. He can't explain anything at all, makes things unnecessarily complicated. His notes are terrible and his lectures are jumbled. He pulls things out of no where that are way more difficult than anything in lectures or in the textbook. His final exam was brutal. His weekly q's are too long and are harder than anything learned.

absolutely terrible prof, made lectures incredibly boring and were filled with mistakes. He somehow manages to make math harder than it seems and his exams and assignments are way harder than expected. Final exam was brutal, most of it were on things he barely covered. NEVER TAKE A COURSE WITH HIM

he gets the answers wrong, clearly not prepared and mumbles most of the time. his explanations doesn't make sense, even tho i took calc AP in highschool I had hard time bc he confused me more. worst math prof ever.

He knows nothing about prep or teaching. He will often stop the lecture for 5 minutes while he tries to figure out the example he prepared. He seems like he has a decent head for math. He also forces everyone with electronics to 1/4 of the room because it is distracting. He also leaves the lights on full blast. 2/10. Honestly.

Terrible instructor. He seems like a nice enough guy, and obviously knows his math, but cannot communicate what is going on in his head or teach a class. Seems very unprepared and makes a lot of mistakes. Really frustrating having to teach myself the course, and relying on poor class notes.

This guy has no idea how to teach. He probably knows his stuff but it is clear that he has no idea what he's doing when in front of the class. He brings in notes he's done beforehand and recopies them down onto another blank note page. He often misses his own errors and when people point it out he gets really flustered and confused. Please avoid

He does know his stuff, but he is not good at communicating it to the class. I fully relied on the textbook for this course. Lastly, with 3 weeks left, I asked if there was any extra work I could do to help my grade (my father had just passed away so I wasn't doing too well) and he told me if it was hard to just drop it with only 3 weeks left!

By far one of the worst teachers I have ever had. He know his stuff but has no idea how to teach. He just copie his notes directly onto the display, and if someone asks a question or corrects him (which happens often) he gets confused and flustered. Up until taking this class, I had never failed a test or a class before. Now I've done both. AVOID

Worst prof I had. Learned the whole course by myself as his lectures makes the material more confusing than it needs to be. Hand writes all of his lecture notes in cursive so if you can't read cursive, good luck. Makes plenty of mistakes during lectures and just scribbles them out. He knows the content really well, just can't teach it.

He makes the most simple things super complicated had to do everything by myself and ask my questions in the calculus workshop because the lectures weren't useful AT ALL. This teacher obviously knows his stuff but he is not good at all at teaching it. I think he might have chosen the wrong profession.

Literally the whole time he would do clicker questions and any example he would do, he would do it wrong. Probably one of the worst profs I've ever had. I took calc in high school and got a 90 and I literally failed somehow, he gives so many assignments and on top of that you have to teach yourself. Do not take this with him its horrendous.

Worst teacher ever in my entire life. Students always correct his mistakes. Never make any concept clear, and spend more than half of class time on poll question after 1 minute's concept explanation. Also, he "hmmmm"s a lot, sounds like he never prepare what he tries to say. Terrible class experience. SELF STUDY DOES MUCH BETTER JOB.

Literally learn nothing during lectures, but you have to go because he does poll questions for marks. His hand writing sucks and he overcomplicates things way too much. Luckily I took calc in high school cuz I'd 100% fail otherwise.

Honestly the worst teacher i've ever had. The most unprofessional, unorganized, and the laughing stock of the sfu math department. DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE ESPECIALY ONLINE. TAKE 150. this proves how terrible sfu is at sciences compared to UBC's super professional and high quality stature. no wonder why they are respected in math and sciences.

PLEASE AVIOD THIS PROFESSOR This is the worst math class I have ever had. He never taught any useful examples in the class. He gave you 3-4 poll questions that is super hard and worth 8% of grades. I have just done my final, it is 45% of the grade and seems like he just wants everyone to get an F. If you reading this,happy holiday, hope you pass

please avoid him!! Have to attend every online class to do the poll questions even though they're not related to the tests. Practice exams are useless because he won't test about Midterms are long and you may not have time to finish them. Final is the worst. There are some questions that's not on practice exams and I have no idea what they are.

This teacher is the worst math teacher Ive ever had. His online lessons are a boring slog and are only attended by the majority of students because of polls. The slides he presents only overcomplicate concepts. His writing is poor, cannot communicate his thoughts well despite knowing the concepts, and is not enthusiastic. Misses parts of units too

Nils Bruin is one of the worst profs I have had. He is unable to articulate concepts and thus explains things terribly or does not explain things at all. His handwriting is also terrible which does not help his lackluster teaching skills. His lectures are basically him skimming through lecture notes. Avoid Dr. Bruin if you can.

Nils Bruin is the worst math professor at SFU, hands down. He is unable to explain anything properly, and whenever he tries to explain anything, he stumbles on his words, and his handwriting is egregious. He seems to be an expert in math, but teaching is not his strength. He literally skims through lecture slides and laughs at student's questions.

Never take a class with Nils Bruin, he is a terrible professor. His classes are basically students asking him questions and him failing to answer any questions properly. You are expected to watch pre-recorded lectures and then know how to answer all the super hard poll questions in class. He teaches nothing and has hard quizzes once a week.

Nils Bruin is a terrible professor and his classes are horrendous. Avoid this professor at all costs! They way he teaches is incomprehensible. He goes super fast and doesn't explain anything. Every class he has these poll questions which are super hard and on things he hasn't even taught yet. Just watch the Mulholland videos and you might be fine.

as a pretty honest student, this professor is well..... very very bad. I would skip his lectures, because he can't teach to save his life, but you need to do his poll questions. I cannot believe my tuition went towards this goof. as a person, he's pretty ok, but as a professor he's garbage.

This man could somehow make explaining 1+1 a challenge, that is, if you can read his hand writing. Avoid this prof at all costs

How is Nils Bruin a professor is my question. This guy can't explain anything even remotely well. His classes are extremely hard poll questions that are worth almost 10 percent of your mark. He gives tough quizzes every week and only gives you ten minutes to do them. So if at any time during the quiz you get stuck, you are done for. AVOID BRUIN PLS

Nils Bruin is a terrible prof who can't execute a proper lecture. He constantly makes mistakes when doing examples and students have to correct him. He takes so long to do examples that he never finishes covering all the material during lectures and has to skip parts of the unit. He ignores most questions from students and has brutal handwriting.

this man got into the wrong career. he doesn't understand what teaching is. he reads off his slides and then writes chicken scratch. he also frequently skips a lot of content and doesn't help students when they ask questions. don't take a class with this professor, you will regret it.

his online poll questions are ridiculously hard and barely pertain to what he teaches on the day, if you dont read the textbook or watch the lectures beforehand youre screwed. doesnt help that his writing is unreadable either, find a class with a different teacher if you can.

nils bruin is an absolute joke of a professor its ridiculous. this guy covers very little in his lectures and has super hard poll questions which he never teaches. and he also cant explain any concepts well. his writing is so bad it looks like an alien language. never take a class with bruin he will make your brain explode.

Nils Bruin is an absolute embarrassment of SFU. He is the worst professor I've ever seen! His ability to explain anything is downright nonexistent and his writing is worse than the worst chicken scratch. His classes are filled with poll questions that count for 8 percent of your mark and are on concepts that aren't even covered yet. WORST PROF EVER

Nils Bruin is a terrible professor. He does not understand how to teach. His classes are filled with poll questions on concepts that haven't been taught. He also has the most incomprehensible writing I've ever seen. During lectures, he makes so many mistakes that students have to correct him it's insane. Avoid this professor, he cannot do his job.

If you don't go to class, it is -8 percent because of Bruin's poll questions. But Bruin's classes are an absolute pain. He is an atrocious professor, he cannot articulate and explain anything properly. He has these poll questions in class which are super hard and no one knows how to do them. Avoid Bruin if you can because he is excruciatingly bad.

If there was a worst teacher award, it would go to Dr Bruin because this guy is probably the worst teacher I have ever seen. He makes so many mistakes in lectures that students always have to step up and correct his mistakes. When he tries to explain anything, he stumbles on his words and cannot articulate complete sentences without messing up.

Nice and intimate professor if you think Math is a sacrilegious joke in human history.

Horrible prof. Makes simple concepts more complicated than they really are. Better off watching Jaime Mulholland's vids.

Pretty nice guy and definitely smart, but just because you know the topic doesn't mean you can be a good prof. Terrible lectures, they're a mess. Learned more from youtube videos than from watching this guy's lectures :(

Bruin is obviously a good researcher. However, his apathy in his lectures is obvious. He uses poll questions as a way to mark your participation. However, the poll questions are often poorly designed and presuppose knowledge of material that hasn't been covered yet in class. On the other hand, TA's are very helpful will explain material thoroughly.

Mandatory videos to watch the week before in order to survive often unfair required poll questions (8% of grade) Prof Bruins "lectures" are just mainly focused on these polls, and slightly reviewing the videos (which are not even his). Weekly timed exams (10m limit, gl) Very big final (45% of grade) Sad I need 152 now, same prof, lost my drive :/

You have to attend the useless lectures to answer poll questions. He will try to explain the question after everyone answers and will 9/10 times do the question wrong and confuse everyone. What was really a drag was that the final was done basically completely on polar coordinates which was the last section done and we had no practice on it.

I thought I would be coming to SFU to listen to awesome math professors talk, but Nils Bruin is a complete abomination of a professor. He does not understand how to organize or teach properly. His lectures are filled with these poll questions that count for 8 percent of your mark and are impossible to answer in the 1 minute he gives you. Terrible!

Avoid! This professor is terrible at explaining or communicating anything, whether it be math concepts or course information. His communication skills might the worst out of any Phd graduate I've ever seen. He barely teaches in lectures and just scribbles chicken scratch for a few examples. He also made the final so much harder than the midterms.

Gives useless in-class poll questions, makes tons of mistakes, and his writing is impossible to read. Do not take this if you're not required to.

Teaching doesn't seem like the profession Nils Bruin should've gone into. He is wholesomely unfit for the job. His classes are super slow and go over content already covered in Dr. Mulholland's video lectures, but he just teaches it in a worse way. Bruin is incredibly unorganized and also students have to correct his mistakes during class. brutal.

bruin can't explain a concept without butchering a part of it. his handwriting is also super distressing to your eyes. avoid this prof unless you have a good knowledge of course concepts before the class starts. the quizzes and exams are doable if you study religiously but the lectures are super hard to sit through

Dr. Bruin's lectures are the worst lectures I've ever witnessed. He completely has no idea how to teach a concept. One day he tried to cut apples to prove something but it made no sense. Eventually the whole class started talking and nobody could hear him talking anymore. Also, his handwriting is so messy students have to ask him what he wrote.

i try to listen to this guy during lectures, but his thick mask makes him inaudible. he also gives you only 10 minutes during quizzes and the questions are super tough so good luck if you get bruin thats all i can say. bruin is not a good prof at all.

HOW DID THIS MAN GET A PHD IS MY QUESTION. Bruin is the worst professor I have ever come across. His english skills are lacking and he makes so many mistakes while teaching, absolutely brutal...

nils bruin is a horrible prof. he told us to buy iclickers, then proceeds to not use them. i paid 30 dollars for iclicker and it has gone to waste! avoid nils bruin, he is a pain to have in your life. and DO NOT buy iclicker because nils bruin will not use it.

AVOID BRUIN AT ALL COSTS. If I had to give him a nickname, it would be "Pills Bruin". Nils Bruin --> Pills Bruin. You are gonna need painkiller pills to withstand the pain that Nils Bruin gives you. He can't teach any concept properly and students have to alert him of his mistakes. He also gives super hard quizzes so yea, get painkillers.

If you enjoy watching organic chemistry tutor, khan academy and Indian tutor videos, you'll love this course. Since most people learn next to nothing from lectures, most of the learning is done on YouTube. Also, if you wanted to contact this prof, good luck. They don't read emails or messages. You'd need to visit in person.

tells students that the midterm contains material covered extremely recently that no one has time to practice it. absolutely disgusting and ruthless professor.

In all of my life, I have never seen a professor as inadequate as Nils Bruin. His lectures are the super boring and he makes so many mistakes on his own examples it's unbelievable. And he gives super hard quiz questions and you only have 10 minutes to write the quiz so it is impossible to finish on time. Please do not take a class with Nils Bruin.

this prof needs to get himself together and stop obsessing over his covid mathematical models. and he doesnt know how to pronounce omicron which is super distressing.

this professor literally didnt know how to do his own example in the lecture that students had to teach him how to do it. and he was sweating and shaking profusely it was so uncomfortable. i cant believe my tuition money went towards this goof of a professor.

This dude is the worst professor you'll ever have. Avoid him at all costs. This guy makes tons of mistakes in every lecture and stutters like crazy. Idk how this dude hasn't been fired yet. Also his writing is chicken scratch

nils bruin has to be the worst prof in the history of sfu. he cannot get through a single lecture without making a gruesome mistake while he is teaching. students always have to shout out that he is doing something wrong and he always gets flustered. he ends up having to skip examples because he doesnt know how to do them. his accent sucks too.

For some reason in the lecture hall, he makes life for students even more difficult by restricitng the first 2 rows. This means less seats, which means less room for all the studens. which means les social distancing. Its kinda dumb how hes doing this tryna be COVID Safe. But what about the rest of us? Selfish fat oaf also cant teach BUt you knew.

For some reason in the lecture hall, he makes life for students even more difficult by restricitng the first 2 rows. This means less seats, which means less room for all the studens. which means les social distancing. Its kinda dumb how hes doing this tryna be COVID Safe. But what about the rest of us? Selfish fat oaf cant teach either.

this man should take a cognitive test or something. im worried for him.

have you thought that you've seen the worst handwriting in the world? from a doctor, a kindergartner? well nils bruin's handwriting is far worse than anything you've ever seen before. i can't believe this guy has survived years of school with handwriting as gross as a stool that is being flushed. your eyes will disintegrate at his handwriting.

This professor is so bad in every aspect. From terrible handwriting, to stuttering after every few words, to being unable to explain anything, Nils Bruin is the worst prof ever! Nobody likes him, and even his own TA's have said that he gives unreasonable exams and isn't very good at teaching. AVOID AVOID AVOID!!!!!

The only entertaining part of his class is he says sir come fear ants multiple times a lecture.

I thought I liked math. I want to like it. But Bruin makes me dread it. No matter what I do I'm never satisfied. He makes me hate something I really want to like. It's a chore even to just sit in the hall for a few minutes. Nobody listens except for the gems that attentively correct him at every turn. Much love for them. Not Bruin

Nils Bruin must've cheated his way through school because his knowledge of first-year calculus is unimaginably bad that many students know more than him and have to correct his mistakes during lectures. He is also probably eats McDonalds every day with a belly the size of 5 basketballs.

I can't believe this guy got a PhD. He is fat, ugly, and always forgets to unmute on zoom. And his teaching skills...

This professor's algebra skills are severely lacking, an i mean SEVERELY. Nils Bruin cannot get through a single lecture without forgetting how to do algebra at least once. Students always have to point out his mistakes in his work and he takes minutes sometimes to realize his mistakes. And any explanations he makes are super perplexing.

Worst prof ever. Learned the whole course by myself as his lectures makes the material more confusing than it needs to be. Hand writes all of his lecture notes in cursive so if you can't read cursive, good luck. Makes plenty of mistakes during lectures and just scribbles them out.

Hands down worst prof of all time. doesnt know what a class is, he simply just shows up and writes some scribbles on his tablet while speaking gibberish. his exams are tough but not impossible, so just study like youve never studied before and you will probably pass. class averages are really low so just ride the curve. but bruin is terrible

literally goes through the entire class teaching us how to use a calculator, which isnt available for exams. teaches us nothing about how to actually do the problems.

AVOID! this prof relies on other prof's youtube videos for teaching. in his lectures, he simply just copies notes from other professors and explains it but just in a worse way. just watch the videos from jamie mulholland and skip bruin's useless lectures. going to bruin's lectures will only confuse you. watch jamie's vids for proper explanations.

bruin needs to take off his mask when he teaches cuz he looks like shrek and talks like an illiterate peasant. but just avoid bruin if you can cuz his teaching skills and course organization or horrible.

terrible prof in every aspect

nils bruin is so bad. today there were literally a few people making a bit of noise and nils bruin threw a tantrum at them, claiming they were too loud. but his teaching is so boring and no one can understand what he is explaining. he said have a good restful reading break, but proceeds to bombard us with super hard assignments.

nils bruin is tries to teach, but cannot. like he physically and mentally is not equipped to explain math concepts. his fat belly gets in the way of his ability to stand properly in front of a desk, and his non-stop stuttering while he speaks impedes his ability to properly communicate. and his exams and quizzes are incredibly brutal. terrible prof

attendence in bruin's lectures is so paltry and you can see the sadness in bruin cuz no one comes to his lectures because he teaches so bad

It is so bad, I want to give you a zero, but that's not possible, so I give you a one

know how to teach yourself new concepts or don't take a class with bruin

in a class over 500 students, attendence in todays lecture didnt even crack 100. makes sense cuz bruin is the worst teacher at sfu, he literally cannot say a complete sentence without stuttering and he always makes mistakes when doing examples. such a bad teacher im pretty sure his wife needs to step-by-step teach him how to get in good positions.

this nils bruin guy, man he is a mess of a professor. absolutely delusional about the fact that his ability to communicate or explain concepts is downright woeful. i am distraught that sfu allows professors like this to continue to teach. paid 700 dollars to watch some fat guy mumble his way thru a lecture and write scribbles. brutal af

DO NOT TAKE THIS COURSE ONLINE ESPECIALY IF U HAVE NILS BRUIN. The TAs marking is COMPLETLEY unfair as they are being more strict due to cheating last sem. I took calc in highschool and what they are doing is confusing and "their way".

bruin must have laid an egg

Nils Bruin is a great prof if you want to learn how to solve the problems incorrectly. There were multiple times where he couldn't solve his own question during class. Great prof!

I respect Nils Bruin's attempts to try and teach but his abilities are obsolete and his explanations are nonsensical. He also stutters like crazy. Seems like this guy wants to just collect his paychecks and hurt students buy making the course substantially unfair. AVOID!

if you are good at reading cursive writing, then take a course with bruin. if not, prepare your eyes for eye murder.

All you need to know is he straight up put 1/2 + 1/3 behind 1/2 + 1/3 - 1/4 on a number line.

puts something we learned the class right before the midterm on the midterm and expects us to master it. avoid this ruthless prof.

nils bruin is a fat and smelly specimen, nothing else. he attempts to teach and explain calculus concepts but will very quickly make mistake after mistake and students leave the lecture halfway through because his teaching skills are so brutal and also his body odour swamps the sanity of the lecture hall.

words cannot describe the absolute gong show this class is. wtf man

prof is straight booty

"It is universally the case that in order to do well on an exam you should answer the question asked. It really pays off to learn to properly read and understand questions before you answer them..." This is coming from a man who consistently makes mistakes in his lectures and even gives the wrong formulas.

The examinations didn't made much sense really, the problems inside of the homework, lectures, and practice problems were levels below in difficulty compared to what was on the exams. Didn't really test well on what they taught

i am forced to pay 700 dollars to take calculus 2. let me tell you that none of that money deserves to go to nils bruin. he is the most idiotic and delusional professor there is. he refuses to help students and his lectures are completely useless, all he does is force everyone to show up at 830 am and watch him scribble on his tablet.

nils bruin is the worst of worst profs. this guy cannot stop stuttering and making mistakes during lectures. its ridiculous how a prof needs to have his goof ups be corrected by students during lectures! you dont learn anything from bruin's lectures because he cannot formulate sentences, stutters repeatedly, and his explanations are nonexistent

nils bruin is a so smelly and bad at explaining.

nils bruin is the worst of worst profs. this guy cannot stop stuttering and making mistakes during lectures. its ridiculous how a prof needs to have his goof ups be corrected by students during lectures! you don't learn anything from bruin's lectures because he cannot formulate sentences, stutters repeatedly, and his explanations are nonexistent

just dont.

Nils Bruin attempts to be a good professor, but he is far from it. He cannot speak more than a few words without stuttering and his sentences are just fragments of mumbling. His lectures are completely useless as you will not be able to understand a second of this man's speech. Avoid this prof. Also his exams are the most brutal on earth

Easily the worst professor of all time. It seems he doesn't know what he's teaching half the time, rambles, doesn't finish material. Makes a several mistakes a lecture, and though it is funny to watch him sweat, you'll also watch your GPA plunder.

This joke of a professor decides to give us 4 new sections at the end of the course and can't even teach them properly. Do not take his classes CS students were literally forced to take this dude for two straight semesters

as n approaches infinity, nils bruin's teaching skills diverge to nonexistence.

Professor does not know anything about the lessons

Nils Bruin's absolutely horrific stuttering problem impedes his ability to communicate properly. Like seriously, how is this idiot still allowed to teach. Nobody can understand what he is saying during lectures and he sounds like a weasel too. Also his exams are nothing short of the most brutal one earth. Avoid this disgusting prof at all costs!!!

you will need to learn from external sources. Beware of difficult questions on exams

Nils Bruin is the worst of worst professors, it's unbelievable how BAD he actually is. He cannot articulate anything properly. His lectures are a slog of useless examples that don't appear on exams and everyone is forced to learn the whole course by themselves from external sources. Sal from Khan Academy is singlehandedly saving me, praise Sal!!!!!

If you got enrolled in his class RUN

Just finished taking Math 152 with Nils Bruin. For the love of God, do anything in your power to stay away from this joke of a professor. How he is allowed to teach anyone older than first-graders astounds me.

Horrible at explaining even if he tries to, makes mistakes on his own lecture examples. Dont take it with him unless you wanna teach yourself everything.

absolute piece of shh professor! this ugly prof is the worst at sfu by far. his teaching skills are absolutely horrendous. his voice stutters like crazy as well. on the final exam, he was trying to remind people how much time was left but nobody could understand his voice. and the final exam was ridiculously. he put utterly impossible questions.

Nobody likes this joke of a professor. Absolute disgrace to SFU. Just finished the final exam, and I don't even know if it was a final exam, it was more like an extremely hard math competition where just getting 10 percent on the exam would be an accomplishment. Every single question included multiple topics together. Like he wanted to destroy us!

Nils Bruin is terrible! Avoid this garbage can! He makes ridiculously hard finals. Gives you the option to replace your midterm grade with your final exam grade but good luck with that because your final exam grade will be in the 20s if you don't study 50 hours a week! Nils Bruin is disgusting.

if there was a stutter counter during bruin's lectures, it would be constantly diverging towards infinity. nils bruin is a literal stutter machine. his exams are tough and his voice is extremely hard to decipher. avoid this prof if you can, if you can't just suck it up and study day and night and maybe you will pass.

never ever take a course with nils bruin. his teaching ability is terrible and he cannot write anything but chicken scratch. do not take a course with nils bruin please because he is beyond the worst of worst profs. he should not be teaching because he simply cannot. students even have to correct his numerous mistakes during lectures!

The lecture wasn't clear and often make mistakes

Got corrected by a student in lecture last semester (math 152) he argued a little bit and she yelled "just read the textbook" Spoiler: nils was wrong lol

For someones who's very bad at teaching, he gives very hard exams. Man will give a very difficult question on an exam, and yet he can't even teach a simple example. I've never meant someone who is soooo not meant to teach more then nils.

The most gross prof I have ever seen. Nils bruin was not raised well. He always makes weird noises when he teaches, it's super disgusting the noises he makes, never take a course with nils

I had math151 &math 150 with dear Nils. Unfortunately, I have to take macm201 with him again. Just try to avoid him as your best. He is not good at teaching, so basically you have to self-study. Also if the previous exam grades are high, he is gonna offer you a tricky final. He destroyed my math151 by this way. Anyways, try to get rid of him!

nils bruin is a literal stutter machine. his exams are tough and his voice is extremely hard to decipher. avoid this prof if you can, if you can't just suck it up and study day and night and maybe you will pass.

just don't sit in the first few rows, his breath is awful

dont take it

there's a reason nobody sits in the first few rows god his breath is awful and it travels good grief somebody give this man some mint.

Please avoid him if can, he always gets stuff wrong in lectures and he can't really teach, basically just says what he's writing down, be prepared to self study!! Also his webassign and seminar questions are not at all the same as the ones on the test or whats on the slides. Taking this class makes me feel like I have brain cancer.

Please don't go to these lectures; you can watch Jamie Mullholand's videos. He doesn't know how to teach and has a lot of homework every week. Upside is that his tests and quizzes are not that hard if you do all the homework and sample tests.

get this guy some mint oh my god his breath reeks, sit in row 5 at least if you want your nose to be okay

hes gotta brush his dam teeth he smell

take his class if you like smelly breath. like my god bring him some mints if you go to his class his breath reeks like rotten eggs and spoiled avocados. sit in at least row 10 if you don't want to have your nose go bad. actually disgusting how bad his breath smells i didn't know breath could smell that bad it's horrendous

Get this man some deodorant and breath minds good god my god his breath smells horrific it's brutal don't go anywhere close to this guy

Difficult to understand most of his lectures. Makes mistakes and stutters a lot during lecture. Mid-term was harder than class expectation. Would definitely recommend Jamie's videos if you are having a hard time understanding his lectures.

All these reviews sum it up. Constant stuttering, and terrible breath, you basically can't win. Can't understand his lectures because he can't stop stuttering and if you ask him stuff in office hours his breath smells so bad you probably want to stand outside his office when you talk to him!! Terrible professor!

Avoid at all costs, you can take calc1 a different semester if Nils is teaching, Nils is the most