Hard grader

he was unhelpful and mean

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS YOU WILL DO POORLY

the class is cool but you have to learn the material on your own that's not good dont take the class

not cool. not helpful. looks at you like you're retarded.

If you don't want to learn and have a miserable time in math take this professor.

This professor tries very hard to make mathematics subjective. He is very unclear on what is expected from you and focuses on easy, unimportant things in class, but assigns harder homework and exams that he grades harshly or inconsistently.

Good guy, terrible teacher. Took Calc in high school thought it was interesting here and easy. His use of mathematical makes the class impossibly difficult and you do not learn anything. Test are take home but still impossible. Attendance not mandatory, no homework or quizzes. If you're looking for no work hes your guy. PLEASE DO NOT TAKE HIM

I'm appalled the University hired such an under underqualified and incompetent teacher. Don't get me wrong, the man is INCREDIBLY smart, but he is hands down the worst teacher that I have ever had. He is not helpful what so ever and his class was probably the worst thing I have yet to experience. He really sucks.

Skip was a horrific teacher. He does not explain anything and his tests are next to impossible. When you email him he responds with vague and rude answers. His class is incredibly boring and all he does is put problems up and expect you to understand them. Shocked that he is still a professor and I regret taking his class. Definitely avoid.

This class should be called Mathematica 451 instead of Calculus. His idea of teaching is "showing" you how to use a pointless computer program that will never help you outside of the class. Worst teacher I have had so far without a doubt.

THE WORST TEACHER I HAVE EVER HAD

Skip is not a good teacher. He's rude and disrespectful. DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS!!! His class is literally the weirdest thing I have ever taken. Such a waste of time.

In all my years of schooling I have never had a professor who cares less than Skip. On the days that he was not cancelling class ten minutes beforehand (or AS CLASS WAS STARTING), he was showing up ten to fifteen minutes late, and leaving not twenty minutes later. He once yelled at me for asking a question and then sweat through the rest of class.

One of the worst teachers I have ever had. He would not teach. Showed up late everyday. Class was pointless. Went in for help once and he gave me the wrong answer to the problem. Took a call for his cats when helping me. Wasted enough time that I could not finish the explanation on how he did the problem so I couldn't find his mistake. DO NOT TAKE.

If you have Skip, STOP reading, and switch to another stats class. Skip not only does not fully explain the work/ notes he gives, but he also does not care to help. If you do not word your test exactly how he likes do not expect credit. He acts as if everyone is as smart as him so he wastes no time going over sections twice.

DON'T TAKE THIS CLASS. There were several times this semester where he has done nothing but berate the class, even throwing someone out once for saying they don't understand. His grading is very skewed, and will explain things one way, but grade them the other. Whatever you do, do not take his class.

Literally the WORST TEACHER EVER. He freaks out in the middle of class and is not accommodating at all regarding students needs. He does not care about his students and makes the tests impossible to do well on. He is very particular about how he wants things and it's his way or the highway. Please save yourself and don't take his class!!

do not take this class. If you are assigned into it, get out now. Skip tells you to ask questions, and when you do, he tells you its a stupid question and that you should already know that. If you do not already know any stats, run. Also he is an extremely tough grader, and will take points away for the smallest things.

I'm currently taking Math 151 with Skip Allis and instead of studying for our test tomorrow I'm writing this because I'm completely clueless. This class sucks, and I should have withdrawn when I had the chance.

Skip Allis is truly something else. He teaches everything in his own bizarre way, and takes off points if you do it a different, logical way and still get the right answer. If you've never been exposed to any type of Calculus prior to this course, you're in for a real treat and should probably quit while you're ahead.

If you want to feel stupid whenever you walk into a classroom, take this class. Skip's teaching style and grading process is unusual and unfair. If you raise your hand and are confident about an answer, he immediately shuts you down. also, Skip chooses favorites...I am not one.

does not explain topics at all, if you haven't taken calc before you will not understand, even if you have you might not. The way he try to explain does not make sense and you are forced to try and figure it out in the exact way he wants or it will be wrong. He says he wants you to ask questions but every time you do he talks down to you

I took calc in high school and this class made me even more confused. He talks a lot and all he ever asks the class is "are we good?" He expects you to already know a lot of things even if you have never taken calc prior to his class. His corrections on homework and tests are confusing and do not help you to understand what you are doing wrong.

Drop immediately. Super unclear and teaches in a weird way that doesn't help you understand anything.

I had Dr. Allis during the Spring of 2020 so it was during corona. In person class wasn't great, but he showed no mercy during online distance learning. At one point he said he was fully going to stop answering emails about questions the class had. He's a super tough grader and unclear about expectations. I strongly do not recommend.

i would rate him 0 if i could. he doesn't teach the material, then grades harshly and doesn't explain what you did wrong. it's currently MAY and i'm still waiting for him to post grades from FEBRUARY. when i would ask him for clarification on assignments, he would just say "you know what to do."

If you are reading this, DO NOT take a class with Dr. Allis! I can say with confidence he is one of the worst professors at Elon. When classes went online, he was so unsympathetic. He did not respond to any of my emails regarding class material. Not to mention, on the last day of class he had none of our major assignments graded.

Do not take Allis if you can help it. He's extremely unorganized, forgetful, and takes forever to grade. Seriously, he opens his emails with "Late as usual." Material is also unclear, even math-y people were lost. Apart from this, he's just unsympathetic & doesn't care about his students' personal lives or who they are as people.

Skips class is not worth the frustration. I am a freshman and things are just starting to barely return to normal. I imagined his teaching would become a lot better since I can attend class IN PERSON. I have learnt one thing from his class. He is late every class and says it's embarrassing for him as if that justify's him being late. Thanks Skip.

One of the most unorganized and worse professors I have ever had. Talks to you like 8 graders, doesn't try to explain to you when you are wrong, just flat out embarrasses you. Learned nothing in his class. He takes forever to grade things, puts things on the homework we didn't learn. He is always late, would not recommend this class to anyone.

Honestly, the worst professor I've ever had at Elon. When you go into ask for extra help, he refuses to help you. He will not help you with the steps he tries to teach you in class, he's confusing, the slowest grader, and shows up late half the time. He won't even remember you for when he gives test in 2nd floor of the Belk Library. Happens to most

This is the worst professor at Elon. He is late to class almost every day, doesn't grade anything in a timely manner, doesn't give good feedback and his lectures are confusing. DO NOT take this class! He doesn't use a book or PowerPoint but expects you to understand his confusing lectures. His grading style is a Joke- good luck with that!

If you guys want to learn nothing and have him grade your assignments confusingly and harshly take this guy's class. Directions are not clear and you will be punished because of it

Most disrespectful person. If you ask him for help, he treats you terribly, and he talks down to you. Dont even bother joining his office hours.He sits on his couch barely even talking to you.He treated me with such disrespect and said something completely inappropriate and hurtful to me to the point where I had to go to the head of the department.

Takes weeks to grade tests, and seems to fail everyone. Ive never cried over a professor before until him. He makes you feel so dumb for asking questions. He asked me if I even had a brain. He said my questions were the dumbest things hes ever heard. Oh and he complains to the class about his depression.

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. IF U WANT TO CRY EVERY NIGHT THEN THIS IS FOR YOU. HE IS A TERRIBLE PERSON. MOST DISRESPECTFUL PROF TO EXIST. idk how he still works here tbh.

I have never had such a disrespectful professor. Don't even bother going to office hours because he won't help you. He raised his voice at me for asking about the wording of a question on the homework. He takes forever to grade and is very unfair about it. Avoid taking his class if possible.

Skip's class is so beyond easy, but he is just miserable and rude. He sets up his students on purpose. Tests are taken unsupervised in the library, but DO NOT CHEAT HE WILL FIND OUT AND FAIL YOU. He seems to enjoy scaring students. I suggest taking this class for an easy A as long as you are aware of what he tries to do to trick students.

Take Skip's class if you want unclear directions and grading criteria on top of extremely harsh grading and few assignments.

The worst professor I have ever had. He is a poor communicator gets frustrated in class and is late on grading. Professor Allis has very difficult to understand instructions and is the toughest grader when it comes to following his terrible instructions.

It is very hard for him to engage me because he is very monotone and just talks the whole time. He is always late to class. The actual content is easy and not heavy at all which is the only pro, but because he is a boring professor, I do not learn.

One of if not the worst professors I've ever had. He never grades stuff on time so you never know how you're doing in the class. Very lecture heavy class, so it is very boring, and hard to follow. The material is not that hard, but the way he teaches I do not learn anything. I would not recommend him as a professor.

This is definitely the worst teacher I have ever had. He was very cold and short with his students. There must have been something wrong.

Won't have tests graded until the class before the next test so you won't know how well you studied until it's too late. Calls on students to do more and complains about grading poor tests, but rarely shows up on time to class. He expects the most from his students when doing the least himself. Will never cut you slack even when sick. Stay away!

Rude and unhelpful.

Terrible. Worst professor! Don't expect him to respect your time at all. "Skip" is an appropriate nickname considering he was not on time for class a single time. don't expect your grades back within the century, and be prepared to deal with a grumpy old man who hates himself. Oh I also got 20% on my assignment due on the same day my dad died! Slay

probably the worst professor I've had. He's rude to girls in the class, he's 15-40 minutes late every class, and has anger issues. He doesn't grade anything with any urgency, he doesn't hesitate to critique but what you attempt to fix he says is still wrong. He gives horrible directions if any on tests and projects, and barely talks during lecture

I took Skips course on a whim because it was the only section available when I was picking my classes. Needless to say, I regret my actions. He's a VERY slow grader...by the time our second test date rolled around, he had given us less than 24 hours to review our first test and see what we did wrong. I would never pick him as a prof. again.

I would not recommend anyone take his class. He does not teach and complains the whole tine. You wont receive any assignments back as he grades so slow. He is always late to class and somehow blamed it on the students. He grades harsh and is rude and not afraid to call you a failure. His tests were hard as the material was not taught. Stay Away!

Starting out my first semester of college with him was horrible. I do not recommend anyone to take him for any of his classes. He has yelled at girls in my class, has never showed up on time, goes over everything once and if you miss it he does not care. He takes forever to grade, and his grading doesn't even make sense! AVOID HIS CLASS!!!!!

Probably the worst professor I have had at Elon. He is rude, does not want to know you, and is difficult if not impossible to reach out of class, if you do reach him, be ready for a rude response. I won't say he was a bad teacher or his class was bad, but I know I will retain almost none of what we learned. Why people like him teach I do not know.

Awful teacher, does not allow for any retakes with the reason of "I dont have time to regrade". Take any other professor if possible

He makes extremely hard test, for not really teaching the material. He did not give us anything to help with studying for the final, not even what type of problems will be on the final. He is extremely hard to reach outside of class, and if you get a response it is usually crabby. Oh and I learned more from someone sitting next to me, than Skip.

if you wanna fail, take his course. he puts you to sleep and makes no sense, I was constantly confused and never felt comfortable talking to him.

Boring, repetitive, not clear in grading.

Genuinely, do not take with him if you can help it. During my class, he would make students unbearable uncomfortable. After one time he yelled at one student in class for five minutes straight, I did not go to class for two weeks. Of course when I came back, he had to point it out to the whole class.

This was the worst professor I've had while being at Elon... talk about a professor who is so unprofessional, shows up every class late, very unclear grader, clearly doesn't have any care for any of his students, takes forever to grade work. If I caught on to how bad of a professor this man was earlier I would've withdrawn from the class.

I could say quite alot about this guy, but I am choosing not to. This is my first time ever writing a rate my professor review because he was that bad. All I will say is if you have the chance, PLEASE do not take him. I'm so glad it's over.

NEVER. Take. this. mans. class. He never has time for you, never replies to emails and apologizes for the same thing everyday. only good thing abt the class is its not mandatory attendance but if u miss once just drop it at that point. pls if u have the time do NOT TAKE THIS CLASS!! so much homework, horrible at feedback. just doesn't care abt you!

Worst teacher I've ever had. Homework due basically every class, you have 3 tests and he takes months to grade them. All he does is lecture and they are so incredibly boring. Shows up late all the time. Horrible teacher, only good thing is he doesn't take attendance, so you can just skip whenever. Fade Skip if you want to do well in Stats.

AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS. Throughout the entire 15 weeks of class he didn't grade ANYTHING until the day before grades were due, ignoring all emails and even leaving things UNGRADED. Doesn't even matter if you do the work BECAUSE HE WILL NEVER GRADE IT.

Avoid this professor, even if you're a good student. Class itself is not hard but he is always very behind on grading, and never graded 7 of our assignments that were supposed to be graded.

Avoid this professor regardless of how smart you are. Overall an easy class with easy content and he is okay at teaching, it's his other areas that are an issue. Late to class often, behind on grading (by weeks), and fell asleep in class during our final graded presentations. Hard to reach outside of class. DO NOT TAKE!