Think Kramer from Russia ... no one paid attention, yet everyone passed.

Cant understand, open book tests

Straight off the boat, easy A, open book test

open note and open book exams and even pushes them back

Hard to understand but easy to get a good grade

Just show up for the tests with your book, and you can pass

Easy A, Easy class and open book exam. Overall just so eassssssssssssssssy

Had for stats. Very nice very EASY. Use book or notes on every test. No collected homework, hard to understand thru accent but very nice and easy guy

His english is Terrible! BUT the class is Sooo EASY! All exam's are either open note, or allow cheat sheets.

Easy class, easy A, open book or open notes exam. Don't understand one word he say. Overall just very very very easy.

great teacher

It isn't easy anymore, no open note or open book tests. The class gets much harder as the semester goes on. You basically have to either know everything he is going over or be prepared to teach yourself. BUY THE BOOK

russian with sexy accent. class isnt hard if you have friends who know stats are are willing to help you

very easy class, but it is very hard to understand him, very strong accent! easy going..always let out of class early..take him

He is impossible to understand and you basically have to teach yourself. All you have to do is read the book, and get the study guide...it was very helpful to me. as long as you understand what you are reading you should get a good grade.

NO MORE OPEN BOOK TESTS...Gives you the formulas though..Accent makes it difficult to understand, however he does try to make everyone pass..even if it means curving tests a LOT

he is a very nice guy, but it is very hard to undertsnd him. Wants everyone to pass

It's very true that it is hard to understand him. Very thick accent. Grades his tests very easily and they aren't that hard to begin with.

He's not that hard to understand if you actually pay attention. I have no idea how I passed, but I got a B. He wants eveyone to succeed and is very flexable. The HW doesn't really count, so don't worry about it.

Ze teacher for ze class has a veddy deep russian accent. Goodz ze luck.

Really a nice guy, tests arent that bad but he is hard to follow, thick accent substruct=subtract, but grades easily. Recommend for easy B. Hw doesnt count, but if you're going to stat 2, maybe not the best choice. Teaches like 11 classes at 3 different schools. So you wont get tests back for3wks

Enrolled in class after reading the ratings and enjoyed it. HE is so Hilarious and will actually make sure that you pass the class. A little hard to understand but if you contact mhim with issues is more than willing to help you. DO TAKE HIM

Great teacher. He is hard to understand at first but he makes stats easy. i havent studied or done any of the homework and have a b+. What more can you want

Didnt learn anything in this class, the tests were impossible but he let us use book and notes which still didn't help, But he curves a lot. He teaches very fast so half the time your lost in the class. I only took him for an easy A otherwise I didnt learn anything to prepare me for econ 306

You have 60's on all your test and the chap tells you that you can still get an A. LOL..His tests are stupid, he says study one thing and you see something totally different but the secret to getting nice grades is to write anything in, he gives you points for making an attempt regardless of whether you get it right or not.

shilov is awsome! i asked him for an A so he gave me one although i didn't do very well on my tests

Fair warning: LISTEN, with all your might. Russian accent is very thick, guessed at what he said, laughed at his jokes. Had to work hard - tests were not too bad, though sometimes he would say one thing would be on test, then there was something else. He does a great job of simplifying a difficult subject, he goes easy on the complicated stuff.

the easiest state professor at towson. i never went to class, only studied for a few hours before each test, and got 99 on all. his accent is hard to understand, but you get used to it. just study the book a little and you'll be fine. he gives four tests, 25% each.

hard to understand and not that thurough with the information needed to do weel in the class but he is very giving when it comes to grading.

His accent makes him hard to understand. He's very unfocused and doesn't really know what he's doing. Once you figure out what he is trying to teach, go home and teach it to yourself. He's pretty understanding if you need help but not the best at explaining things.

easy class, but i had a lot of trouble understanding his russian accent. he's always at least 5 min late but ull get used to it. lol

Get ready to use Minitab, which is totally pointless. Very thick russian accent... "Hookeeey" (OK) very hard to follow and understand, but he goes over the material over and over again. Tests are not too bad, just try to take good notes if possible. Lets you use a TI-83 for all tests.

He overall is an ok teacher. He trys to help as much as possible. He is always late for class. His accent can get in the way sometimes, but if u listen carefully you should be fine. He gives partial credit on tests which helped me get a B in his class.

The course material is very confusing but he makes it easy. If you get an entire question wrong on an exam he will still give you more than half credit for at least trying. Its easier to do well in the class than to fail. I highly recommend taking his class.

Mr. Shilov is the nicest professor I've ever had :] Math is my worst subject, and I somehow came out of there with a B. His accent is hard to understand, but he's always willing to help! I'd take him again if I had to.

He is a great guy but his accent can be a bit confusing. Statistics is a very hard class on its own but if you have to take this class take it with him. Only take this class if you have to! You have to work in this class do not expect an easy grade. If you work you will pass it though.

He's a nice man and helpful. But his accent is very thick! He is willing to help you and he doesn't grade to harshly. Test are similar to exercises in the book for each chapter. Mini-tab is hard on its own so read the section before lab. He's nice but hard to understand sometimes and he moves fast in class. I would take him again.

I took his class during the summer and he is SO nice. His accent makes lectures a little hard to follow but if you spend some time outside of class to understand the material it's not hard. We didn't have any assignments, just 4 easy tests. We did labs in class but none of them were actually graded. He also handed us points "as a gift"

Overall pretty confusing teacher who is very laid back and has a good sense of humor. May be intimidating at first but don't worry it's not a hard class at all. Just tests and some labs (that were graded for completion). I pretty much taught myself the material before the tests and I was fine. If you put forth an effort it should be an easy-ish A.

His accent was very thick which made it hard to concentrate, and would get distracted on my phone and computer. Attendance does not matter, but would highly recommend showing up. I found myself doing poorly on the exams, but that is my fault for not studying hard enough or paying attention. Very sweet man, and cares about your grade.

Professor Shilov truly means well. He's a sweet man with the thicket russian accent you will ever hear in your life. Occasionally I'd be convinced he's speaking russian to the class. He's passionate and knows what he's talking about but it extremely hard to follow. Too often I got distracted by my laptop because he doesn't care what you do.

Buy the textbook or attend class. Thick accent. You can tell he wants his students to do well, but his lectures are so dry I find it hard to pay attention. 4 tests in total and you can use a formula sheet. No homework is collected.

He is the sweetest and nicest professor. He actually cares about his students and wants them to succeed. Is he hard to understand? Yes. Is it hard to pass? Yes and no. Take the time to go to the peer led sessions and ask questions and you can pass. It is a difficult class? Heck yea but out of all the math 231 professors he is the best.