Arrogent! He deffinently knows the subject but cannot present it in an understandable mannor. If you don't understand he will make you feel inferior and dumb. Cipcic should no be a teacher!

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He is a horrible teacher that never helps when help is needed! He took his own exam and only got a 96% on it and he is an economics major!!! DO NOT TAKE THIS TEACHER IF POSSIBLE!!!!!

Tests are extremely difficult. He expects too much out of students for a beginning class and has bad teaching skills. Doesn't really help out when he asks questions, but a nice guy outside of class.

Teaches how he knows how to teach econ, if you dont understand his style forget about learning, I read the book and still didnt understand if you talk to him about it he will tell you to read the book again!He is very rude, not willing to help you understand, makes you feel stupid

knows econ but not how to explain it. arrogant and impatient in lectures. his homemade textbook had many typos and was so wordy the concept definitions were lost. spent at least 10hrs a week on this course and still lost my 4.0 gpa status. of 20+ students 6 remained to take the final exam. intimidates students into not asking questions, no feedback

bad attitude and arrogant. doesn't explain concepts, just repeats definitions with different wording. lectures are long and awkward because he tries to stir up arguments with students. also tries to "pull answers" from the room while he's teaching and gets mad when no one responds. it's 6pm, everyone's tired and trying to learn, not talk..

I will NEVER take another class with Cipcic and would not recommend anyone take his class either. Not a good instructor at all!!!

I took the online class and the tests were on campus; I signed up for online so it would be online. Not much help. If you don't have enough points at the end, you cannot even take the final. I have never been in a class where you may not be able to take the final.

worst teacher, expects students to fail.

I'm pretty sure he writes all the reviews on here that say you have to try. I had this class studied harder than any of my classes at Western and Still failed please don't take this instructor. Just look at his textbook! he makes cartoons of himself! He teaches you way too much and brags about having tenure allowing him fail everyone.

KVCC needs a new econ professor. Please dont take this class and think you will pass.

Very unclear. Does not teach, just gives you the material and expects you to teach yourself. Would not take a class with him again.

This teacher is by far the very worst KVCC has to offer. Yes, he knows his material because he's been doing it for 30 years. However, it's not the same as it was 30 years ago. He hates the younger generation and forces you to do things his way, he constantly contradicts himself and is the most arrogant SOB at KVCC. Even other teachers hate him.

Cipcic was very rude and did NOT respect students. Although his textbook lays out the material, his exams are nothing like what he lectures on. If you skip a lecture you will not pass. The textbook is mandatory, he wrote it, you use it. 4 exams, as well as the final cumulative. Would not recommend.

Absolutely horrible teacher, he was so egotistical that we spent half the class talking about his workout. He wrote the book so he thinks he's never wrong and don't even try to fight against him. He is by far the worst professor I have had! AVOID HIM!!!!!!!!!

I have never met a more egotistical, pompous professor. He had the class verbally, outloud thank him for the textbook he wrote throughout the semester, which features drawings of him as our "personal trainer." Grade consists only of exams, will not help you but instead refers you to his YouTube channel. You teach yourself. AVOID.

He was full of himself. Used his own "packet" that he created, yet midway through the class gave us replacement pages which contained flaws. I went to every class except 2 due to a death in the family and when I asked him for help he simply said "life happens" and refused to meet with me after the class was over to go over the final.

This class isn't hard but he makes it extremely hard. He isn't easy with the test's or quizzes and is so picky when grading. Marks you down for the smallest thing. He's rude when you ask questions so it makes you not want to ask for help. Sarcastic and not in a good way.

his attitude towards students is quite rude & cocky. I did NOT appreciate it. Exams are rough & he tells you from Day 1 you will be teaching yourself he's just your "Personal Trainer". 4 Exams; only source of points (which sucked).

If you want to teach yourself then go ahead and take him. He is by far the hardest teacher I have ever had. He makes a profit off his book that he makes you buy that is great but you have to teach yourself.I am not going to school to teach myself I am going for someone to teach me! He is also a very hard grader on test! Be ready to work!

he's such a hit or a miss. you either love this guy or hate him. he's very set in his ways which means no lenience and hes not open to change. his tangents can be occasionally funny. makes us afraid to ask questions. . we dont know if he'll say "good question! you just the class average!" or "im not re-lecturing on that... re-read your notes..."

Worst teacher I have ever had. The only thing he seemed to care about was selling his book, which is the worst textbook I have ever purchased. Quizzes and tests are fill in the blank, without a word bank or anything. Do not recommend this guy.

Please, if you value your grade and your sanity do not take any of his classes. He did not lecture in class and would not go over problems from homework. The only way we learned was by watching Youtube videos he made. Only exams counted towards our grades. Dislikes when you ask questions in class and will belittle you for having them.

Ron thinks he's cool and funny, but in reality he's annoying. He made a girl cry about her major by telling her she wouldn't make any money and live depending on someone else. Avoid.

He has such a smart mouth and makes students feel dumb for asking questions.

Ron Cipcic was by far the most difficult professor I have ever dealt with. He is very egotistical! He does not give homework assignments so your passing of the class is based on three test scores. He doesn't allow makeups of any kind and you can not miss class unless you are dead. I definitely would not recommend him to my worst enemy.

Worst teacher I have ever had at KVCC. He is the most egotistical teacher to walk the campus, ever!! You can get answers right and he marks them wrong and then argues with you about them.

Had to take his class as a transfer credit. Rushes through everything and expects you to understand. He wrote the textbook himself and thinks he's a genius. Went and asked him for help or extra credit and pretty much told me I was dumb. Studied for hours for exams and still failed. Do not take his classes!

Cipcic is by far the worst professor I've had. He is very condescending and thinks he's the smartest person alive. He also requires you to drop his class after the first three exams (which are your only grades) if you have less than a 60% in his class. He makes you feel stupid for asking questions.

Very difficult class for an introduction to economics class. Not flexible with students. Would not let me make up a quiz because I had to train for a week with the Army. Clearly, does not care about students.

In all honesty, I hated this class. He makes going to this class a nightmare. He enjoys making the class miserable and laughs when students struggle. On the first day of class he told us he was proud of the fact that he has such bad ratings. During class time he would tell us stories about how great he is instead of teaching the material.

Extremely disrespectful towards students. This class destroyed my love for economics. He assigned homework, but never checked it. Your grade is solely based on three tests. If you didn't do well on the first test he asks you not to come back due to your inability to do well in front of the rest of the class.

He deserves all the bad reviews. He related any and every topic in the class to himself, projects his ideals and political opinions on the students, and does not answer questions when students ask. All he does is refer them to the textbook, which he wrote, and somehow even the textbook has his same condescending tone. Really dislike this professor.

Im at MSU now and he is still by far the worst professor Ive ever had. I took his class online and did terrible on the first test. I asked if I could come to his office and review the test and he said it wouldnt do any good and I should just do better on the next tests. If not for my mom who has an Econ degree helping me I wouldve failed.

I do NOT recommend this professor. He gets extremely off task, and his ego is sky high. I did not like all of his "commercials breaks" during class, several times a class. His tests are incredibly specific and students felt dumb when asking questions because he would respond with "I wrote the book". I am a A student and i almost failed this class.

Worse professor I have ever had. He is disrespectful and does not care about the student. The subject is already hard to understand, and he does not make it any easier. If you are brave enough to ask a question he will belittle you. Started the semester with a full class and by the final there were only 5 of us left. TAKE ANY OTHER PROFESSOR!

After leaving his first lecture I was already ready to drop the class because he is SO full of himself.. (Not in a good way either) He "thinks" he is amazing and should be respected, but instead is the most disrespectful person I have EVER met. He gets off topic and doesn't teach you anything, you have to teach your self.. DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS!!

Do not take this class unless you are good at teaching yourself hard subjects. Ron doesn't teach he expects you to read the material and watch the online videos and understand it yourself.

The studying for this class is excessive and it's all a cash grab from this guy. Buy his book->Half of the class has to retake-> He encourages Withdrawing. Profit.

Without a doubt Ron is the worst professor I have had to date. Do not take this class unless you are ready to teach yourself ALL of the material. Ron is very condescending, and I often do not ask questions in class out of fear of being belittled by him, as he does to anyone who is confused. Ron does not support a productive learning environment.

Avoid this rude instructor at all costs. He purposely deflates grades by using trick questions. You're only graded on 3 exams + final, so you have almost no room for error. Over twenty in class to start the semester, when I bailed there was 7 of us showing up. The reviews here are real. KVCC should not retain him.

I am a 4.0 student who studied 28+ hours for his tests and consistently received 50-60%. This professor created his own textbook that you are required to purchase and is a smart man that makes his tests unnecessarily difficult. By far the worst teacher I have had. I would not recommend taking his course under any circumstances.

Ron Cipcic is one of those professors you see on movies from the 1970s. Only 4 tests determine your grade and he does little to make sure you will even pass them. The book he wrote is complete buffoonery as all of the terms, equations, metaphors, etc are all made up and of his own creation. Do yourself a favor and do get a different professor.

His class is way more difficult than an introductory course should ever be. The amount of material to memorize is crazy and the "textbook" is not very helpful. We went online due to corona and the class got 10x harder. He was not very considerate of things and was never friendly over email. I studied for 2 days for a test and got a 61% on it....

Im an A student and failed the first two tests this guy had. DO NOT TAKE HIM! Class is graded off three tests and a final, so not much room for error. Even if this was a university class, I would still say it is extremely hard. The fact its at kvcc and many people are dropping it is not okay.

Besides the self-centered economics textbook he wrote, which includes a muscular version of himself as a character, hes not a nice dude. He almost made a girl cry on the 2nd week of class. As a graduate, This is the only class I ever needed to drop, mostly because of the coursework, but partly because the just isn't a good instructor for a CC.

His textbook is very organized, coherent, and is an easy read. He is very knowledeable. However, he relies soley on quizzes that you can't learn from and they rarely are comprehensive to what you practice and study, and there is no additional homework for grades. Curve balls everywhere and he often is not helpful.

Fall 2020 My GPA is 3.6. I always have to maintain my good grade, so I spend lots of time every week reading, watch videos, and do the self-assignment, but the weekly quiz and the test result make me so down. He graded unreasonably and didn't let us know us what we did wrong on the test. I've talked to him via email, and it wasn't helpful.

4.0 student. Economics is a difficult but he takes it to the next level by creating testing that is unnecessary for an introductory course. You are not able to see what you got wrong on tests or quizzes and you're graded solely on those two things. Should be removed from his position or taught that TEACHING STUDENTS is the objective.

Ron knows his stuff, but clearly can't teach it. His book is comprehensive, but it is hard to make it applicable to tests. No syllabus, no study guides, no hw. Weekly quizzes are random questions w/ no review or feeback. Exams have no study guides. Worst thing: his lectures are youtube vids that are AT LEAST 4 years old. He gets paid to do nothing.

My first two weeks of class he was very rude and condescending. Made reference to how I couldn't afford things because I missed the memo in the syllabus. The videos do not relate to the quizzes and the book doesn't break down how to solve the equations. I regret taking his class and he talks about himself in third person which is weird!!

He pedals personal responsibility but does not even proctor his own exams. This professor doesn't do anything in the class, he posts pre recorded lectures and then forces you to pay an extra $25 dollars for a proctoring service. He is a lazy and an awful teacher. This semester was forced online and he takes not consideration to that.

The class is entirely made up of quizzes and tests with no homework to balance a bad test grade. Quizzes are all 8 pts but only 4 questions, each worth 2 points, so if you miss one question you're already down to a 75%. I met for an office hour once but he was reluctant to meet with me because he didn't believe that I had watched all the lectures.

Ron does know what he is talking about, but definitely should not be teaching. I have never rated a professor, but I felt I had to go out of my way for this one. Ron bases his class on weekly quizzes and exams thats all. You get little to no feedback on your quiz or test results. He really doesn't care if you're successful. Don't take with him!!!

Ron Cipcic is one of the worst professors at valley. Lecture videos are terrible. Textbook does not do a very good job of explaining. It does have practice quizzes with the correct answers but does not explain how to get the correct answer. Class is graded on a few quizzes and tests. Each quiz is 8 points with 4 questions. Exams are proctored for $

One of the worst professors ive ever had in my life. First class ive ever failed. To take the exams, you have to pay money for a proctoring service. I should have dropped this course. If you can, take ANY other teacher.

DON'T do the online course. Was straight-A student until this class. Read book, watched videos, and am still missing questions in the self-assessments. Answer guide doesn't show/explain how to arrive at the solution. Spent hours trying to get calculations correct, only to resort to Google. Quiz time limits too short. NOT LEARNING! Waste of time/$!!

Never take this class "NEVER". He expect us to read from his book which by the is not easy to retain information from. His quizzes are 10 minutes long, the video he posted does cover them. His exam question makes you feel that you have never studied this subject before. This course is extremely difficult to pass.

he honestly has mentioned that he expects most people to fail his class. He said most students will take it two to three times.

Ron comes off as very condescending and pompous. His quizzes and exams are not like the lectures. The lectures are also unnecessarily long; he takes 25 minutes to cover 5 minutes of material and it's a waste of time. I would absolutely not recommend. The material isn't very hard; Ron is just not good at teaching, at least online. No feedback.

hes ok but he admits he though and that he makes the class hard, he wrote the book and its very bad at explaining things, and when I email his for help he tells me to read to book and go to office hours and he accused me of not even reading the book when I did.

Mr. Cipcic is by far the worst teacher I have ever had. Making students solely read the text book as "learning" then having 10 minutes...AT MOST...to take your weekly quiz is unfair to students and doesn't let them retain and learn the information. Would never take a class of his again.

I had swapped to this class at the end of the drop/add deadline and when I asked Ron if I could complete the homework that I had missed since I joined the class late, he said no since there are no exceptions to missed work whatsoever. I think its a scam that he has you buy his book and is able to be of no help whatsoever.