Teaches well, dislike course.

Good notes, good examples, great teacher.

Who else can be sexier than New??

Great Prof. Good examples and great explanations. Very fast though

Proofs from the text book = proofs out of his shirt pocket, explains well

Great teacher! Clear, concise, unboring, and writes the best assignments ever!

Steve's a super guy....

writes assignments that are way to long and hard. But he's a great teacher.

easy to understand, very helpful

this guy is the walking textbook...damn good

good prof., interesting lectures, can apply anything to geometry

An awsome teacher. The smartest ever! He really wants students to learn stuff.

Smartest most helpful teacher!

Very helpful prof, and he knows what he is doing

smartest, most helpful instructor I have had

Difficult assignments, but an excellent teacher of the course material.

went to his 8:30 a.m. class just to see him; most excellent & sexiest prof ever!

We have come to affectionately know him as "The Voice" - Great prof!

Very cool prof...

He knows everything from his brain.

I sat in on his class b/c of my amazement at his teaching ability. wow.

tharRrRree

i wasn't even in his class and i loved every minute of it!

Excellent teacher, always kept my attention

teaches a sexy enriched version of algebra

He sounds like Tom Green. And looks a little like him when he has a goatee.

Simply the best prof I've met

Makes you wait for assignments

Best math teacher I have had. Makes calculus easy to understand!

He knows math.

Excellent prof! One of the smartest and nicest guys around.

Great prof! Very Clear! He gives you a LOT of examples so you'd understand!

GODO PROF !!~

He calculates matrices just like MATCAD.

Can spit out lectures without using any notes

"This is a useless example but I'm showing you anyways" - a great prof for sure

he's such a cutie pie

Very smart - - and a great guy!

I swear - he's a robot - the man gives lectures without ever using notes

Excellent teacher, teaches with passion, but compliocates things too much

good prof, but can be boring at times

What a great prof! Wish they were all like him!

Good prof --- typical mathie!

Without doubt, the best bloke on camp!

Never uses/needs notes. Very smart and easy to understand.

still miss him a lot after one year... lots of examples and very cristally clear

He is really professional, love his lecture

Pretty decent prof!! Can learn the course off his notes!

Awesome prof! Understandable, very clear, makes everything easy.

Excellent Teacher~~!

The smartest man alive. No joke. Excellent prof. Eye candy.

This guy can teach a monkey how to do algebra and calculus at the same time

Awesome teacher... that says it all..

I think the class *gasped* the one time he had to take out a cue-card to check his answer on the board. Amazing guy. :)

Brilliant professor. Never brings notes to class, just writes notes on board from memory. Pay attention to how he says 3 :)

He's a very good prof. Wether its calc. or algebra, he explains it really well.

EXCELLENT TEACHER. Very helpful, clear, and KNOWS WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT.

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This guy is absolutely amazing. He teaches vry well and is able to teach his students very well too. The topics he teaches are at times difficult but he has the knack for making you understand. Absolute best.

Ridiculously kind and helpful! Our section seemed a bit harder than the other section, but we still had time to do interesting extra topics.

Taught the entire course, including all the proofs, from memory without ever having notes in his hands. Writes on the board very fast, which sometimes make it difficult to keep up. Also makes the occasional mistake, but that's understandable.

He didn't make it a bird course, but he was still a great teacher. Knew his stuff, was helpful during his office hours, and had a dry wit sense of humour about him.

Knows his stuff. And will definitely answer your questions if you ask in office hours... and outside... HOTTIE!!!

awesome prof

Smart, extremely kind, and helpful. Never remember getting a "don't know" answer from him. The lessons go quite fast, but you got to admire his ability to manage the vast amount of material w/o looking at any notes. He's absolutely amazing!!

He's an amazing prof, but the material is covered way too fast and the material is a lot harder than other Math 137 sections, exam was a ****

Covers material very quickly. Teaches and writes really fast. Quasi-hard tests and assignments. Likes to explain everything with a picture or graph of some sort, which usually helps. Just ask for help when you need it.

Absolutely amazing and helpful. Students from other sections would attend his early morning lectures instead since they were so good.

He's an amazing prof and he does the job of teaching the special extended 137 well, but his midterm's were a pain in the ass

u own guy!!! u run the show here at UW.... u own this place!

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The best prof this semester...glad to have him for MATH 138 as well. Great sense of humour, and will never refuse you help. Also, I've never seen him use a single not even though there's so much material. Only problem is the difficulty of assignments.

He says to software engineering class: "I'm not a particularly clever person, you're all smarter than me. I just know a lot of calculus."...He does know a SHYTELOAD of calculus and he's very humble, which makes him the king and a champion.

Hard course, but great prof. Entertaining and excellent explanations.

The best teacher i have ever had. He explains everything clearly and never refuses to help you. He is very friendly and sometimes funny. His midterms and finals are hard though.

overall: good

This man is an awesome prof! It helped that he was teaching a really interesting subject (group theory), but I think I would have enjoyed his classes regardless of what he was teaching. Gives fair tests and exams and helpful assignments. Always ready to h

make abstract materials interesting. Knows everything and very nice and very helpful.

A+++, will buy again. Although I got my lowest mark ever in his class, i still beleive he was a better teacher than many ive seen. Hard sometimes though, expecting a bit more from you. But overall dont miss his classes and try to enjoy them....

An awesome prof and an awesome course; explains everything clearly and extremely helpful. Also although he knows his stuff inside out he's still very humble. The tests and finals are practically all computations.

I took the Software Engineering version of MATH 138 and it was fast and furious. Maybe if you like it that way... Otherwise, ouch.

This is one of the best profs in Waterloo.

Great prof. One of the best I've had. Very well organized and clear in his explanations. Addresses student problems well. Likes to show different methods of solving problems like drawing pictures.

"You know what? I am gonna change the question." HAHAHA

I attended class for the sole purpose of hearing him say the words: tricks, three and integrable. His approach to all solutions: draw a picture, say some words, plot some points =). best line ever: (to class for no apparent reason): i'm not a particularly clever person, you're all smarter than me!

very good prof

he is a good teacher

In a word: Excellent Do not take his courses if you want easy material. Even the impossible (4 calcs in 2 terms) is within his teaching prowess because he KNOWS the material. Irrepressibly hilarious. He doesn't try to be funny, it just happens. When it does, it's gold.

Hes good, funny, handsome recommendable!:D

"This integral is difficult to find, therefore im stuck. Ok ppl lets change the question to "TRY TO find the integral". Now thats hilarious lol

The bottom line is he knows his and stuff and he knows how to teach it. The material is relatively hard and he tends to do alot of examples and explain it really well.

He walks in class with no course notes whatsoever, but he knows his stuff so well that he doesn't need them. This guy is a genius! He knows his stuff, knows how to teach, and makes the material interesting at the same time. Well done!

Prety well organized! Clear presentation! Logical organization and appropriate examples! A handsome guy and a respectable professor!

the man is dangerous in the head, stunning writing/drawing on the board, very smart, definitely knows what he is doing.

A nice prof and was helpful all the time outside of classes

Excellent prof. Knows his material cold, doesn't waste time, effectively explains the material, and brilliant. Sometimes unintentionally amusing, othertimes intentionally hilarious.

If you know how to appreciate abstract art, you'll know how to appreciate linear algebra... Cuz what u learn in his class is rather abstract... which is so much more fun to do rather than just plugging in numbers... and when you are stuck, he'd show you a way to think about it in a different way... but it's u who figures out the ans. He rocks!!!

Stephen is a terrific professor. He teaches a bit of theory and gives a ridiculously large number of examples. He is super funny too even though he doesn't mean to be hahaha. Assignments are fair, and so are midterms and exams.

this guy is an absolute genious. He knows his stuff and he can communicate it..If your taking a math course..def try and get into his class..The material is tough but he explains it really well and u dnt mind lookin at him cuz he does have the cute factor..

absolutely amazing prof.. by far my favourite as of yet at UW. extremely smart and i love how he teaches straight from his head with no notes at all in front of him... talk about knowing what youre doing.

Awesome Prof. =D

Brilliant prof. Has a wonderful format to his teaching and his delivery is perfect. (He uses no notes, everything comes from that incredible brain of his). Sometimes he explains things in harder terms than the original explaination, which is troubling to some because then they don't get what they initially got, but its just him being trying to help

Simply the best

Far and beyond, the best first year professor that I've had. Probably the best "teacher" I've had in all my years of schooling. Try to get in his class (unless Dunbar also teaches it, in which case, either is good). He's funny even though he doesn't try to be. I think I had a mancrush on him. He is a bit hard as a course coordinator though.

Tough prof, but very helpful

took 128 with him too. The best prof at UW. Study from assignments and go see him extra time b/c he will explain to u so in depth. He can tell what u might've midunderstood/not have known before u even finished asking the questions. Redo the assignments/understand how to, for tests/exams and u guarantee over 90

He's the best math prof for first year that you'll find in waterloo. Go to anyone else's class to prove it to yourself. Tons of examples, tons of extra help time, he even shows up to the tutorials when he can and gives extra explanations. He'll tell you what you misunderstood before you finish pointing out your problem. A true genius.

Great prof, good sense of humour. Easy to understand and doesn't mind re-explaining. Very helpful

very nice prof!! his note is very clear and easy to understand. he helps students a lot~!

great teacher

This guy is freaking awesome he gives so many examples and he drew 4 dimentional stuff which definitely competes for the most intense 5 minutes of my life thus far. This dude is the bomb, go to his class!

Great prof, very helpful in his office hours. Really tough assignments and even harder exams, but is very generous when adjusting your marks.

can't ask for more, he is soooooo nice and always helps students in or outside class. he is always the best prof!!!highly recommended!!!

a very smart prof who knows his stuff and teaches really well

awsome teacher! :P

When he says three he makes my day. By far the most dedicated professor I have seen in my entire undergraduate career! Everyone should take his class. He is smarter than anyone I have seen but he doesn't make a big deal out of it. He made me love math.

Extremely helpful and clear

Excellent prof. Really knows his stuff; gives great examples and straight-forward explanations. Plus, the best artist I've ever seen in math courses. Damn, his 3D graphs are amazing! They are like computer generated and he draws them so easily without much erasing!!! LOL, anyways, I highly recommend his classes.

Most amazing professor ever. En captivated me every moment of his teaching.

Love him! Dont skip his class, he has very useful notes, if you go to class you dunt even need to buy a textbook. He explains ur questions CRYSTAL CLEAR! and he tries to figure out if u really understand it or not! very very helpful!!!

He is a great prof. He has extensive knowledge about the course materials. He is also very accessible. I went to ask him questions every week. Great Prof!! Sometimes he writes really fast though.

he is so so so amazing. LOVE HIM a lot. haha.best prof ever

He's brilliant! If you can stay awake in his class, you'll be enthralled by his teaching!

Best prof i have met ever!

This man is a genius. There is no doubt in my mind of this fact. That is the first thing you will take from his teaching. Secondly, he's a really good prof if you ask him for help... but only that. All I can say is, expect everything, and expect to be challenged. Unless you're a genius too.

Awesome prof. ; will bombard you will a lot of interesting content in this course ; exam and midterm are very difficult

Very smart man. If you take a course that he is the only prof, he will make the content impossibly difficult. His assignments are not "do you understand the concept", it will be "can you guess what messed up math fetish I will be putting on your assignment?"

Yeah great prof also runs putnam sessions one thing though I've noticed that his assigments and classes are sometimes too problem solving based that I forget about the theory. Does curve his tests ridiculously

he is such a cool guy! however, the speed is a bit fast. though the assignment is a bot hard. i can handle that. he is a prof who emphasis self-studying, but you ask some questions, he can sacrifice his spare time for helping! one more thing, never buying the textbook oexcept you can cathch up with him

I love this man for what he does for the school. Too many profs these days aren't hired for teaching and it is apparent that he loves it. Knows his stuff inside and out and is super helpful if you take the time to ask.

Really great prof. Knows his stuff very well and makes it easy to learn. At times, he writes faster than I can keep up with but ask questions and you'll do just fine in his classes.

With suitable amount of humor in class ad his dedication towards lectures, New is a good prof. Nice notes and he is willing to interact with students during lectures.

Brilliant and very witty, lectures just flew by but he does teach to a higher level, would recommend if you did AP/IB math, difficult to learn from otherwise (and always see him for the hard assignment questions)

Cleverest guy I have ever seen!!! His class is really helpful!!!

Simply Awsome...explains u so well even if u missed his lecture..love him to the core of my heart

Amazing prof. Really knows his stuff, and will explain you everything in deep mathematics and will leave nothing behind to be mytified about. His assignments were really hard, they were not testing your knowledge but if you love challenges. Still, A big plus if you have him for a course!

He is the BEST of the best lol very cute and awesome prof! I simply cant stop praising him in front of my friends! haha

I ended up dropping the course for reasons not related to the prof. I actually think he is one of the better professors Waterloo has. Very knowledgable.

Clear, consistent, and engaged. He may seem aloof, but if you visit his office hours and actually pay attention you'll soon realize how much he is interested in the topic, and how invested he is in you doing well. Take a class with him, you won't regret it.

One of the best profs I have ever had. He is also very helpful in his office hours.

He is an excellent professor. Both clear and encouraging - it makes me want to learn more. I enjoyed his teaching style.

He made this course very challenging, but fun at the same time. He give hard assignments and midterms, but he raise the marks at the end, and he is very helpful at office hours.

one of the best math prof in waterloo

Professor New is the best prof I have had. He was very clear and makes it very easy to take good notes. He is also very helpful and sometimes stays after class for 30+mins helping students.

Hard but interesting prof. very fun to talk to.

Nick guy! His lectures are very clear, and his is very patient to answer your questions!

SNEW is really approachable. But start his assignments EARLY(!!!!!) and ask for hints later. He is willing to help (and helpful, too). This is my first time being exposed to epsilon-delta proofs with a lot of quantifiers. Really confusing at the first three months of class lol. Without his hints on the assignments I could have failed this course.

This guy is too good, coming to class with only a chalk and still proving everything off the head. He is very helpful during his office hours so even if you sometimes struggle with the course material you can get it recovered easily. Cardinality is really hard, though.

He is just awesome! Can talk and write for a whole class without any reference material. Really knows his stuff inside out. A brilliant and trustworthy professor!

Snew walks into lectures with no material but a small strip of paper, and produces everything from the top of his head. Everything about the course is very difficult, but he does give tons of hints for assignments if you talk to him. He is also caring - he stays after class to talk with students. He's hilarious in his own way. Also 10/10 dashing.

Snew is one of the best profs you can get at UW

Snew really knows how to be precise, which makes his lectures easy to follow. His assignments are tough, but he gives hints if you ask for them.

Awesome prof.

Easily one of the best professor you will ever met. It's going to be very hard as he is extremely rigorous and proves everything. But you will really learn a lot and see things clearer if you see it through. Tough assignments, tough exams, but the final score will be curved. It's totally worth the effort at the end. Plus, he is really funny.

If you're looking to fast track your mathematical understanding, look no further. This man has peerless knowledge in almost any area of mathematics you can name, and yet he is able to clearly and simply explain even the toughest and most abstract of concepts. While his assignments are incredibly difficult and push you to your limits, they're fair.

Hard course hard course. Need to speed up taking notes, but amazing prof!

Good prof

Extremely hard course, assignments were designed unbelievably difficult but the midterm test was much better while comparing to the assignments...

I loved the course and Stephen New's lectures. He occasionally makes mistakes on the chalkboard, but this was a non-issue for many as he provided typed-up lecture notes with very few errors. Extremely difficult assignments and exams (midterm was much easier than final though).

Really clear and concise professor, but his assignments are lengthy and difficult so be expected to work hard. He does curve a fair bit though.

great

simply the most knowlegable prof I had ever seen

Really Good prof. The lecture contains the right amount of stuff that one doesn't feel that it's too much while he has to be super active to catch up with the pace. Meanwhile he explains stuff clearly and he's mostly free after class. Although this lecture is at eight thirty in the morning, I don't feel like missing any one of the lectures!

Great prof!

Ah, legend. Without a doubt his class is the hardest out of all my first year courses. The content is harder than 147 but it is easier to get a good mark on a 145 exam because Marcoux does not curve 147 whatsoever. He is very patient, very helpful, EXTREMELY helpful, and if you genuiely like math, you will not be bored despite his monotone voice.

The man is a legend.

Super Knowledgable. Great man.

Respect.

When you watch Professor New teach, it is evident that he is in love with math. And this really gets flushed out over the course of a term. He knows his stuff upside down and backwards. He is a wonderful teacher, and although he comes up with the most difficult questions possible, he will adjust your marks fairly. He is a very nice man.

The man who is well-known as a beauty in mathematics.

Due to COVID, I haven't had the pleasure of doing a course with Prof. New in person. I took this course online where lecture notes were provided and five assignments were posted each due two weeks apart. The overall grade was based on the assignments alone. Prof. New responded to everyone's questions on Piazza and provided articulate explanations.

He does not post lecture videos during this online class, but his notes are extremely clear. If you do not understand a concept, please make a post on Piazza because he goes to great lengths to explain a concept. I did not attend office hours, but he is probably useful there too. Grading: 5 Assignments and very hard, but he gives hints for them :)

He did not give lectures while we were online. He did office hours. If we had any question, no matter how trivial it may be or how close to an assignment question it may be, he would help us with great enthusiasm and no hint of any judgement. If we didn't have any questions, he would spend the office hours going over the textbook material.

Definitely the best professor I have had in all my schooling. He has an ocean of knowledge. He tries his absolute level best to ensure that you understand even the most simple ideas. Very kind and gentle person.

Makes the course very difficult, but never in an unfair way.

Rigorous course, but Prof. makes it manageable. Engage with the system, use the free textbook, and try unstuck ai for quick study prep - saved me time.