saad is AWESOME!!!! he's hard as hell and you'll work hard to understand impossible concepts, but he will spend hours on end helping you to make sure you do a good job. work hard, show up and do decent and you should be fine. he's the best one here - trust me, the rest are impossible and want to torture you to death.

A sincerely nice professor, young, and in general feels like a peer (except that he has a phd from MIT). Was his first semester teaching Data Networks, and will use a much easier textbook in future sections. Can be boring sometimes, and he gave very long and difficult homework problems. The final was not so bad, and the report helps your grade.

He's Great!! he will spend time with u to help you along the way. If you show interest he will work with you. I would say one of the Best Profs at Hunter.

Hi is a very nice and soft spoken person. He does talk about subjects that he assumes that people know as common knowledge (as someone posted earlier). His class is very challenging, especially the homeworks. Many people dont know this but.... he will help you if you go to him. I wouldnt have done well in the class if he didnt get help from him

Nice and helpfull guy. He really wants to help and make everything easy. He gives homeworks and asks same things at the exam. He even bay a cookies and soda.

Saad is awesome. Take good notes because it reflects exam material and go over homeworks. He is more than happy to help you. Very nice guy.

Teaches with contagious enthusiasm. He has more of a sense of humor than the other computer profs, although always with a deadpan delivery so it goes over some people's heads. He's patient and caring. If you have low ability he is sympathetic but at the same time, he is so high up there, mentally, that he can't exactly imagine where you're at.

Really helpful with all you need. His lectures are very clear. His exams reflect whatever is taught in class. He has a great amount of knowledge in this area.

Its a really hard class. The concepts are rather difficult. However, he tries to explain concept really easily but they just tend to be hard. The homework is hard. However, once you know the answers for the homework you can ace the exams.He's a good professor.

great professor. hard but helpful. highly recommanded

Excellent Professor !! Easily one of the best ones we have..If you get an opportunity ,do take his class..Very highly recommended..Homeworks will be challenging but you end up learning a lot from his class.

Challenging but definitely take his class. One of the best CS professors at Hunter. He's a fair grader; just try your best. Not mandatory to buy textbook and you don't need it. You'll will actually learn the material you're suppose to learn in CS135.

Must-take if you actually care to learn about your field. Will sit down and discuss topics in depth during office hours. Thinks on a more mathematical level, so his explanations sometimes need to be deciphered, but he'll gladly go through it slowly until you get it. People like him are what make Hunter feel Ivy-League.

the professor is very good he really knows what he is doing and he is very very helpful

Saad was my Data Structures/Algorithms teacher at SMU (he was fresh off his PhD) and I learned more in his class than any other CS course. It was very difficult and demanding but forced you to think and adapt, resulting in high information retention and a sense of accomplishment. He's a great asset to any Computer Science department.

Great professor, hard but easy grader, really knows what he's talking about, explains it like crystal. Among best in compsci at Hunter.

Great professor, PHD from MIT and teaches at that level. He tries to make hard concepts seem easy and he's always very helpful on HW during office hours. He really wants his students to learn.

The beginning of the class covers material you already know, but then it gets progressively harder. Keep up. He explains concepts very well and wants you to have a thorough understanding. I think he's one of the best professors to teach 135. Hope he continues for the sake of any comp sci student at Hunter taking further programming courses.

Many'll withdraw in sight of a fearful MIT graduate or when they get their hands on homework #1. If you're here to learn and not focused on a number received, you'll walk away from this class an enlightened to-be-computer-scientist. His teachings and homework will open your eyes to the analytic world. It'll be difficult but absolutely worth it.

I love this guy, hes a great professor and his lectures are interesting, but the material is hard.

The material is hard and dense, but if you pay attention, work hard and visit him during office hours with your questions, you'll come out smarter and stronger. I feel very lucky to have taken his class.

Saad is one of the best professors in the Hunter CS department. He's really intelligent and it shows in his lectures which are fantastic. His homeworks and tests are tough, but for a reason. He teaches you the concepts in class and forces you to think and apply them on homework and during tests. I look forward to taking him again.

One of the greatest professors I've had so far. Has lectures that keep you entertained in not only the class, but in the topics as well. Really understanding and brilliant teacher. Great knowledge on the material. Very respectful towards all the students.

He's a extremely interesting guy, and very nice but a little hard.... still a nice experience even if you fail rofling copterz.

Saad is a great professor, he is intelligent, funny, and nice, I feel very lucky to have taken his class. I would like to take his class again.

Do not take this course if you haven't taken STAT 311 & preferably 313 as well. The prereqs are wrong on CUNYFirst, & he doesn't care enough to ever mention it. The material is simply too advanced as you'll be expected to know a lot of stat theory beforehand. Most withdraw & even grad students will struggle here. Otherwise, he's fine as a prof.

Saad's lectures are well structured and organized. Follows the topic progression in our text book (CLRS), and gives homework every other week to supplement our lectures. His tests and homework are both challenging, really forces you to think and digest the materials covered in lectures. No programming project however for this grad level course.

Discrete Math is a hard branch but Saad cares enough to include lecture notes and solutions to practice/homework problems on his website. The extra resources helped my out big time since it was very hard for me to keep up with his lecture. Do not worry about your grades. Just focus on getting the homeworks done and try your best on quiz/exams.

Ive not had a good and genious professor at hunter than Saad. He is respectful to all students and loves what he is doing. The class is hard class but he explains very well in a way that allows me understanding better my anterior classes . I would take him again if I have a chance an recommend everyone who loves to learn to take him.

Hard professor, do your homework, study a lot especially the homework, practice sets. He gives previous exam questions and solutions so focus on those specifically. Really cares about the student and seek tutoring if needed. As long as you are within the curve you are fine.

He teaches a difficult class in an auditorium so it's hard to make everyone happy. The recitation teachers are the worst they don't help at all. You need to learn by yourself and try your best in the tests and do your homework. He will curve the grades so if your score is near the average or the average itself he will pass you. Get ready to stress.

Discrete Math is a very difficult class and Saad's exams are very challenging. He definitely forces you to think and throughly digest the material. However, he is one of the better CS professors and is willing to help you. The exams are curved and as long as you score within the average, you'll be fine. Will definitely take him again.

This class is really hard, I did slightly above average on the exams and got a B. Prepare to spend a lot of time on the homework, they're tough.

The lectures can be a bit boring but if you actually pay attention you will realize that he is a really good professor. The class is hard itself so you need to work for it. There is a lot of homework but they help you prepare for the exam. Other than that, he is mostly in his office and is really helpful if you ask him questions outside of class.

If you are genuinely interested in Computer Science and want to improve your problem-solving/abstract thinking skills, this is the best class you will ever take. Dont even worry about your grade, in the end the experience (good/bad) of this class will always resonate with me, my problem solving skills improved greatly, and thats whats important

If youve taken his Discrete Math class you know the drill. Its hard, brutally hard at times, but thats the great thing. You constantly are presented with challenges in his classes that force you to persevere and you know, get smarter. Dont worry about grade, you wont fail. Its hard and a lot of homeworks but you come out A LOT SMARTER.

Discrete is hard, Professor Saad is not easy going too, his hws and tests are hard. Prepare to spend a lot of time doing his homework problems. BUT The CURVE is MASSIVE!!!

This is an extremely hard course and you must keep up with the material to do well. He has an extremely high curve so a decent grade is possible but expect to suffer. Trevtutor and Kimberly Brehm on YouTube and book of proof will be your savior.

The unfortunate thing is the excuses of being a straight A student still live, imagine using this as an excuse to justify yourself. He is a fair prof, and curves well. You need to study and expect to take a fall, if you want perfect grades find another major or Professor.

Took this last semester online. Nice man. Accessible. Definitely a hard subject though and I know the struggle of online classes, but put the time in and study. Form study groups, don't stress. If you fail this class it doesn't mean your dumb. Don't let anyone put you down. Keep your head up kings and queens and prove your haters wrong.

Prof. Saad, his lecture notes are very useful for homework, but the tests may diverge significantly from what we learned. Just attending the lectures are not enough. It is important to read the lecture material and study these concepts even before the lecture. In addition, you should spend a significant amount of time studying.

Saad is really smart and knowledgeable. He is also caring and understanding with deadlines if you have certain circumstances out of control. You definitely need to work hard, it is a challenging class and Saad does not baby his students. You will learn a lot for sure if you put in the work.

Not bad

You should go to tutoring throughout the week which really helped me understand the concepts. This class is mainly test based but he's really generous with the curve, review previous tests, his lecture slides, and past hws. Saad is also helpful if you visit him during office hours but tutoring is a life saver.

Truly amazing professor, one of the best at Hunter. If you want to do well attend his office hours, read his notes before lecture, and do the practice tests.

This class is hard no matter what prof teaches it but study his notes, past tests, and homework problems for the tests. He's rly generous with curving the tests so if you did bad don't worry. Make sure you go to tutoring too since that's a big help when it comes to getting the homeworks done.

Saad's the boy actual W professor

material is insanely difficult but saad is a sweetheart and that curve is a BLESSING

Class is extremely challenging, but going to his office hour makes it a lot easier. Overall, Saad is an amazing professor, curves a lottt.

He is a great professor. Gives curves and shows that he cares about students. The class is hard by itself so make sure to do the homework and understand the materials to pass the class. If not then you will still have a chance to pass because of the curves but might not get a passing grading of C.

This class is really hard no matter who teaches it, prepare to study and work hard his curve came in clutch

He is really sweet, and generous. His class is extremely difficult, but curving makes up for it.

Didn't pay attention at all in this class but fire lecture slides. Fire professor with very generous curves

His class is definitely hard. He is a very fair and caring professor. If you don't study, its gonna be hard and if you do, your scores might get better but dont expect too much because his tests are crazy difficult.

Although discrete math has always been known to be hard, he tries to make it simple in class. You can go to office hours to ask him questions if you are stuck. I highly recommend tutoring for hw and reread his slides after class to understand the material for exams. Best piece of advice is that as long as you try, you will do well in the class.

Very nice professor, the class is just hard. Curves really well. Very knowledge, its like he is an AI. notes are all posted on his website. Exams are terrible and hws are barely bearable.

Saad is a good professor. Tests are hard, similar to homework. Get ready to spend time studying for tests (2 weeks prior). Here are something things to know about CS150: tutoring might help with homework, but not your test grades. Tests & letter grade is curved. Focus on 150. Try not to take other difficult classes, many fail to balance workload.

He's rlly kind. I'm actually rlly glad I took his course I didn't dedicate as much time as I should have but he definitely made me excited to be a Computer Science major and got me curious! I would recommend him just do your part. I would recommend going to tutoring with Abdullah for hw help and STUDY for exams(use old exams he provides)and ur set.

The concepts are very difficult to understand, but Saad is not trying to make you fail. He uploads his lecture notes, wrote a separate set of notes for you to read beforehand so lectures aren't as confusing, and grades tests very leniently (and gives a HUGE curve).Studying 10+ hours/week helped me, and tutoring is essential.

Good professor but insanely hard class. If 150 isn't your life, you might not pass...

He's actually a really nice person but tests are just very difficult but his curves are a blessing. However, if you study hard enough and combined with curve you will pass his class no worries.

Not a bad teacher at all, lectures aren't boring and you should take notes. Attendance is not mandatory but you'll probably want to attend lecture or you'll fall behind. Class felt difficult at first but he ended up curving generously. He is also very helpful if you're confused about an exam question.

Professor is the goat. His curve is nice and most of the exam are topics covered by the homework. This professor is the reason why i transferred to hunter and the reason why i didnt go into media as my major.

The topics can be hard to understand so I recommend paying close attention to lectures and going over notes frequently to make sure you understand. Something I found useful was going through the textbook chapters (dw it's free) on his website since they have more detail. The test questions can be hard but I felt like they were pretty fair overall

He is a good professor and cares a lot. It is just discrete math is hard. Although his wording might not be for freshman students, it is shown that he knows what he is talking about. Test are hard but the curves are crazy. Very important to review lectures notes right or you will fall behind. Study!

The exams are hard but theres partial credit. The hw was difficult too and there was 1 due every week. Despite the coursework itself being hard, he was understanding and gave a good curve for each exam. If you study well and don't fall behind on lectures you will pass with at least a C. You just need to keep trying and put in your effort

All of my exam and final grades are lower than 70 percent but I pass because of the curve.

Professor Saad's class was not easy, but he really just wants you to learn as much as you can. The topics themselves are very complex and his lectures+slides make them easier to understand. He gave 1 homework a week, and it would take days of thinking about the questions before finding an answer. The exams were difficult, but he gave huge curves.

Discrete math is painfully difficult but I feel that the panic in our class chat has affected me more than the professor. I went for office hours and he genuinely cared, he wanted us to understand but he didn't know how to engage us plus the class was too big. Will update after finishing the class to avoid being unfair and misleading

Saad is a legend! To many people are complaining, but this class is easy if you go to tutoring. Less complaining, more studying, it's really not that hard. This is the most important class of you're career!

Discrete Math is a tough subject, and Saad rewards those willing to put in work by refusing to dumb it down or allow people to pass without learning anything. The lectures move fast, so reading should be done beforehand. The homework does not repeat the lectures but will always be a step beyond. Highly recommend the office hours.

It's probably the TOUGHEST class you'll encounter at Hunter, but that doesn't make him a bad professor. In fact, he genuinely cares about teaching and made me think critically about math for the first time in my life. And yes, make sure to attend his classes. He creates his own questions, so ChatGPT or YouTube tutorials won't help much.

I actually failed this class the first time I took it and the second time through it clicked. If you failed its not the end of the world, come back stronger and be ready to grind. Saad isnt a bad professor he really does his best to explain the material its just very abstract. If you have any questions just email him hes a nice guy and replies fast

This class was incredibly difficult and harrowing; I'm shocked I got an A. For undergrads, one's grade is mostly decided by exams curved w/ the √ method. Anyway, Saad cares about his students, and it shows. In a small class setting, he'll accommodate you as best he can if asked, and he is willing to have discussions after class. I appreciate that.

I initially struggled with this course as Dr. Saad's algorithm required a solid grasp of his slides to complete the homework and quizzes, which had similar formats. However, Dr. Saad applied a generous grading curve. For students scoring below a B, he marked their grades as incomplete and allowed extra contributions to help them secure a B+.

Not a bad professor, just a hard class. Makes the topic very approachable and teaches the material in a way that is easy to remember. Tests aren't the hardest but the questions can get a little too creative and confusing. Do the homework, make sure you understand the material (instead of only just accepting it as fact) and you will pass.

Yes, this is a hard class, but the difficulty comes from the material, not the professor. Saad is an excellent instructor. His lectures are clear, and he provides all notes and slides. He's accessible for help and offers generous curves and extra credit in recitation. This class requires a lot of studying, but the resources to succeed are there.

He truly cares for his students and make sure they understand materials.Difficult class,def not easy, but not so terrible since he is willing to help you.