Frustrating class. Never gave homeworks back on time, never gave a format of his exams, and never followed his own syllabus. In class he would write proofs on board assuming everyone was on the same page as him and understood all his shortcuts. Would go off on tangents with no relation to the class material. Impossible to judge your own grade.

I am a junior/Carlip is easily by far worst professor i have ever had hands down/class is more about proofs and theory than about computation, and exams are ridiculous as is grading/no partial credit or ECF/You will be forced to teach yourself and he finds it fun not to tell what the exam or quizzes will be like/the only way is his way/AVOID!!!!!!

SEND HIM BACK TO FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL!!! WE DONT WANT YOU IN BINGHAMTON!!!! PLEASE LEAVE IM BEGGING YOU!!!

The worst professor I have ever had.

He is the worst professor I've ever had. Out of our 350 person class, only about 75 students attended class every day. His lectures are reading off the slide. He doesn't teach you. Not engaging. Go to your TA or tutor to actually learn. If you're a nursing student, takes psych stats instead.

The absolute worst class ever!!! Avoid! A joke! this is a university and the class is not at that level. Hard! Very Hard!

He is the worst professor you can ever have , he gives no help whatso ever its pretty pointless going to class because he reads straight from the book and post his lectures online. the only way to do good in this class is to have a good Ta and get a tutor

Do NOT take this class if you do not already have stats knowledge. I have never tried so hard and failed so bad. He reads right off his slides and will not let you print them out for your own use. Out of the 500 kids in lecture only 50 go. The tests are too long with only 40 minutes to take.I am now retaking the class at home during the winter

I personally did well in this class; however, I thought it was supposed to be an easy A class. It was definitely not. The exams are very difficult. You must read the textbook and MUST do practice problems. This is not optional. Class attendance is unnecessary, just go to discussions because of quizzes. And make sure your TA isn't foreign.

Teaches like you're in highschool, tests like you're a phD student. Expect to read the textbook & do problem examples in order to pass. Not nearly enough time for exams & exams are extremely difficult. Don't expect help from him or any of the TA's either. Quizzes are easy & mislead you on how tests will look.

Reads completely off the slides during all of lecture and the slides are taken straight from the textbook. The 400+ person class dwindled to about 25 people in attendance by the third week.

If you take MATH 147 with Professor Carlip get ready to teach yourself the entire course. His lectures consist of him reading off slides taken from the book. My advice: read the textbook/attempt problems from the book, attend tutoring offered by the university, utilize TA office hours, and find copies of old exams to practice before the exams.

If you can avoid taking this class, avoid it. If you can't, get ready to teach yourself the entire course. The course material isn't too challenging but you will have to spend time each day reading the textbook and doing practice problems to do well. Carlip reads off of slides with extensive text on them all class and isn't receptacle to questions.

Very idiosyncratic, be careful what you say in this class. Very prone to tangents and often makes students feel stupid in class. Do not recommend, don't bother if this class isn't part of your major.

This class was perhaps the worst class I have taken during my time in Binghamton. I came into this class with an interest in statistics and somehow this man had ripped all interest from me. The only thing I learned in this class is that there are brilliant professors that bring out your curiosity in a subject and there are others that ruin it.

He is a horrible teacher and so rude. He does not know what he is talking about. I read something in the textbook that was correct and he tried to prove it wrong incorrectly. He would not admit that he is wrong. He looks to give students bad grades. Avoid taking classes with him.

By far the worst class I have ever taken. This class gives me so much anxiety and stress. Rarely hands back homework's and it's almost impossible to gauge your grade in the class. Don't take this class within because he is very unapproachable and makes you feel stupid.

Horrible Professor. No point in attending lecture. Your best bet is studying on your own and going to a tutor.

I was enrolled in this class for less than a week. I went to class and walked out with great confusion and anxiety. All he did in his lectures was explain the "math behind the math". It is useful if you're a math major, but it is pointless otherwise. Not to mention he feels the need to make you feel like an idiot whenever you ask a question.

I've never had a professor who irritates me as much as this man. Worst professor I've ever had. Don't do it.

Dont even bother going to lecture he honestly doesnt teach you anything. His lectures are extremely convoluted and he doesnt clarify anything. Stayed home and taught myself all the material and I did better than when I went to class.

What he teaches is like half why the math you're doing exists and the other half is what you actually need to know but he makes it very unclear as to what is what. He has a bunch of short sayings or words he uses way too much and it gets annoying very quickly. He also showed up 10-15mins late basically every day.

By far the worst professor I EVER had in college. His lectures are absolutely pointless, he goes over how he WOULD do the problem, but doesn't actually do it. The exams are ridiculously long and the MC questions have like 11 answer choices. He refuses to answer questions without being condescending and just reads off his copyrighted slides. AVOID!

The material in this class is not too challenging, just make sure to read the textbook and do the homework. He reads directly from the slides during lecture, almost word for word, but he posts them on the class website afterwards. I find him to be very condescending, so just don't be caught on your phone and you should be alright.

There are too much quizzes and midterms. Give students very low scores in midterms and final.

Carlip seems like he genuinely cares about his students, but I don't think he understands that his teaching style is very unhelpful for lower level courses/non math majors.

Going to lecture is pointless. Tests are ridiculously hard and long. Doesnt let you use scientific calculator. Either get a good TA, or go to tutoring because this class is awful. Bases tests curve on OTHER STATS CLASSES which makes no sense to me. If you have the chance take this credit elsewhere and transfer the credits to Bing! AVOID MATH 147

Professor Carlip is horrible at explaining anything and prefers not to answer students' questions in lecture. Material on tests is much more difficult than lecture, homework, and discussion section quizzes.

Coming from math 227 last semester I thought 147 would be easy. Prof reads from the book during lectures and writes nothing on the board. With a class of 450, probably 30 kids show up to lecture and he refuses to take questions. The discussion quizzes and homework are manageable, but exams are awful. I would not recommend if you don't need..

This is the worst professor i have ever had. His tests make no sense and when you go to his office hours he is not looking to help you. Some of the things he says makes me wonder how he graduated college and got a job. I am surprised that he is not been fired or arrested yet. I have spoken to the other kids in my class and they all feel the same.

His tests are in the evening( not during regular class time). I had a conflict with one of the exams and he didn't schedule a makeup exam for me until the day before even though I gave him a two weeks notice in person and through email several times.

carlip is by far the most useless professor i have ever had, he is older than most dinosaurs and it is crazy how he is still alive. class is not mandatory but the TA sessions are a MUST, as there are always pop quizzes

Carlip in a nutshell: pushed a midterm 2 weeks, didn't give tests back unless approached in office hours, he showed up 45 min late and didn't apologize or even acknowledge his tardiness, screamed "get in alphabetical order!", yelled at me because he assumed I wasn't in class and was not in proper alphabetical order. Tests VERY hard- AVOID ALL COSTS

bro. his lectures are straight from the textbook. if u can avoid taking stats with him DONT TAKE HIM!!! srsly the worst ever

Didn't like his lecture style, ended up teaching myself from the book as he lectured.

Generally awful. Difficult teaching style. Better off learning from textbook/tutor, but answer quiz+test q's in his style since he thinks only he's right. If you go to him for help +really try, he won't necessarily be helpful with understanding the content, but he can be lenient with your grading to help you out. Good intentions, horrible execution

Math147 was by far the worst experience I have ever had while taking a math course. The lectures are pretty much him reading the textbook aloud on powerpoint slides and listening to him complain about students asking questions. 400 person lecture turned into 20 people. If you can, avoid this class or take stats elsewhere. Its really not worth it.

Simply a nightmare. He is extremely rude when asked a question in lecture, and genuinely doesn't care how his students are doing. His lectures and slides do absolutely nothing to help and are so painfully boring there is no point in going. I had to teach myself the entire course, which was so hard. Don't take stats at bing, take it somewhere else.

This is the class that made me want to change my major from Computer Science. Professor Carlip rambles on forever and I can't ever seem to grasp any of the material. This class has literally worsened my mental state, and as someone who struggles with depression, that's really really bad. I'm so glad to never have to take math again.

The only saving grace in this class is the homework done online. If you are doing it a different way than the way he teaches it, expect to get points taken off, if not the whole question wrong. Show up to class, but majority of the time it isn't even helpful because he gets the answers wrong anyway. Better off getting the credits somewhere else

Professor Carlip was without a doubt the worst teacher I have ever had. He comes into class late by about 10 minutes everyday and always runs over because of it. He is a tough grader and if you do not do the exact method he teaches, you receive no credit. When it was mentioned that the homework teaches using an easier method he blew up on the girl.

this class hurt my gpa not because it was hard, but because the professor couldn't teach it. getting a TA would have been so much better than getting him because of how much time I spent on my own teaching myself math because his office hours don't help. if you want to go through hell and back, have fun in this class.

He's the worst. didn't return most of my proofs and is super rude to students.

Condescending in lecture and office hours, avoid if you can.

This guy is the worst professor and lecturer I have ever encountered. Sounds like if you had an audio book version of your text book. Teaches DIRECTLY from the text book. Is late to every single lecture. Includes material he teaches on the day of the exam in the exam. Make sure your TA is good and READ THE TEXTBOOK.

terrible teacher, i have not learned anything and there's only 3 weeks of the semester left so im definitely going to fail.. TopHat attendance that u need a code for, and it tracks ur location.

He is actually the worst. Tests are impossible and he doesn't care about the student's grades. Take somewhere else if you want to pass.

HE IS AWFUL!!!!!! DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS UNLESS YOU HAVE THE PREVIOUS EXAMS! although that may not even help. I took stats because I'm interested in math and statistics seem right up my alley but he did nothing to help that. Pray you get a good TA if you have him, my TA is the only reason im passing rn.

One day when I try to review his class, I unfortunately scattered a handful of rice on my book, and it makes me find out that, even a hen can do a better teaching job than this professor

Absolutely terrible at teaching and incredibly disrespectful to students, TAs, and faculty. Please take at another university or try 148. Tests are extremely difficult and poorly worded because "if you can do the easy stuff, you can do the hard stuff." He regurgitates the textbook, but worse, so try reading and pray. No redeeming qualities at all.

He doesn't teach anything in lecture. The class is not that tough, but he makes it extremely unenjoyable and leaves your grade in your, and your TAs hands. If your Ta that you see once a week can teach you some of the material you can do well. The tests are very difficult, becuase they are nothing like the practice he gives you. Very poor teacher.

If I could give him a zero I would. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR he is literally the worst professor ever. By taking this class my gpa has dropped significantly. I am currently retaking this class elsewhere. The tests are poorly worded and the examples in discussion are no help. So save yourself the stress and worry and take at another school.

Prof Carlip is exactly what you don't want in a professor. He showed up late to class almost every day, he refused to answer students' questions, and he copyrights his lectures even though he's basically just reading you the textbook for an hour.

He's just not a nice guy. Very selective in answering emails. I guess this part is sort of hit or miss but my TA was awful. It was practically impossible to really do well or learn a lot. His lectures are literally the textbook with a "walter carlip" watermark on top. Take it over the summer, take another class. Just don't take this.

Didn't return 2/3 of our proofs. Super condescending. Lectures were good I'd say, but he's not receptive to questions and good luck trying to correct him in class. He made me hate math. He's pretty available outside of class though. I would NEVER take a class with him again. It's not about running a hard class, he makes just makes it hard to learn.

The tests are so dumb and make you overthink, the average was a 40%. The lectures are dry and just reads you the textbook. I went to his office hours but he was condescending and rude. I think he lost one of my tests. Just read the textbook and hope and pray the test doesn't wreck you. GOOD LUCK worst prof ever

This is a unanimous conclusion drawn by me and my classmates: Walter Carlip is THE worst professor on this planet. His lectures are hard to understand and he explains very little of the material. When it comes down to students not understanding, he treats us like we're idiots as if getting it right was just common sense. Watch out for pop quizzes

He kind of gets angry at students over everything. Not to mention he just kinda blames the students for poor performance. My classmates and I ended up having to attend other professors' review sessions before finals because we were behind and he didn't hold any of his own. If you've already taken calc in HS, you're better off rereading those notes.

Terrible professor, heckles students. Makes you watch youtube videos to learn the materials and basically only does practice problems in class. I do not recommend taking this class with this professor

This was the only C- I've ever gotten in my life. Carlip was the worst professor I've ever had. Terrible, boring lectures, nasty, nasty attitude towards students. He doesn't want to be teaching and all the students can tell. He was extremely disrespectful and rude. Do NOT take this class.

Terrible class, terrible teacher. Not sure why he is still teaching. Exams were incredibly difficult and discussion was unable to help bridge the gap. Take this class with anyone else you possibly can, his teaching style is contradictory to nearly every other professor I've had, and not in a good way. Not sure how else to say it, just really bad.

1-2 quizzes a week, but announces them(usually). Terrible at explaining things. Criticizes the textbooks heavily so they are of no help. Has this fascination with the "correct notation" and if it isn't written like that he takes points off. Ultimately, it seems that he does care about the students but rather getting through the material on time.

Honestly gave up and went to a friends section to learn the material, was super particular and inconsitent with the textbook. Avoid

Carlip was one of the worst math teachers Ive ever had. He shows up late to his own class, he is demeaning to students when they ask questions (although he wants you to ask questions), and he randomly chooses students to answer his questions and mocks them when they get it wrong. All and all, if any other professor is available, take them instead.

Professor Carlip was one of the most unkind professors I've ever came across. He has a nasty attitude and if the work for a problem isn't exactly how he would do it, he takes off an insane amount of points. He doesn't care that you know how to do it and can get the correct answer he only cares about "correct notation." Study Professor Leonard on YT

If you have the option of taking literally any other professor do it because he literally ruined my life and made me cry after almost every class. DONT DO IT!!!!

Dr. Carlip is an okay guy but he expects you to care about math like it is your passion in life. He was very rude to students in our class, and would show up 10 minutes late almost every time without fail. Would then make us stay 10 minutes past our class time and when we would try to leave he would yell at us.

If you could leave the class leave right away. If you don't use his notation and do the problems exactly how he taught them you will get points off regardless of getting the right answer. He also shows up late to class almost everyday. Some days he would be almost 15 mins late. Don't take the class if he is your professor.

Don't Take! Throughout the semester he was constantly disrespectful to students. He was late to every single class and made then made everyone stay 10 mins late. He cares more about the notation than the concept, and consistently criticized the calculus director and textbook. He gives quizzes at least once a week and rarely tells you when they are.

Teaching is very quick and not very clear. He does not convey material clearly at all and is rude if you ask questions during class. He will get off-topic during office hours and will continually cut you off as you try to speak.

please do not take anything with this guys name on it. In my 20 years of existence he may be the worst professor/teacher i have ever encountered.

Our class as a whole loved to have bonding sessions during the 20 minutes at the beginning of class before he showed up. He has never not been late. He teaches the material differently than the textbook teaches it and then takes off points if you do it the way the rest of the department teaches it. Avoid him if possible.

Although he is funny and very accessible to meet with during office hours, do not take this class. I spent 8+ hours a week teaching myself the content. Going to class is pointless, but he makes attendance mandatory and gives unfair pop quizzes. The course itself is terrible and 224 moves to quickly while 225 crawls. Try to take calc not at bing.

Took the class back in Spring 2024 for 1 day before dropping. One of the worst professors I have had in my time at Binghamton. Old-school with emphasis on participation, berating students for wrong answers, and overall bad teaching. I personally experienced discrimination in class with a racist remark, stating my parents “made up my name”.

Tough grader. Pop quizzes. Long WebAssign homework.

If you see this man on your registry, drop out for the semester.

do not take... at all

Makes other bad professors seem like angels.

EVERY SINGLE REVIEW IS RIGHT! I went in thinking, It can't be that bad, but it was worse than I imagined. He nitpicks everything and makes an already difficult class even harder. If you have no background in Calc 2, do yourself a favor and avoid him. His teaching was awful, with extra work to take the exact same exam as other sections. L Notations

He likes math so much that it's scary. I totally understand what he says, but the man just cannot teach to students below genius level.

He is a VERY tough grader and is a stickler for notation/knowing the theorems. Takes off points on quizzes for minor things and this heavily impacts your grade. I would recommend going to office hours, but he acts like you already know it even if you don't. He is nice sometimes but can turn rude very quickly. If you get him, SWITCH.

This is the worst professor I have ever had. Just avoid all his classes you will be better off I promise. I could give an hour-long PowerPoint on everything wrong with his class, and it still wouldn't be enough. Super rude and claims everything is high school math.

Old dude is taking his frustrations out on Gen Z kids. It's pathetic. It's not their fault his life outside works sucks.

Never had a professor care so little for the status of their students.He expects everyone to follow what he writes on the board with no explanation.Quizzes and exams are graded harshly.He believes that if you did not write out the correct steps(with word descriptions of what you did)you will not receive full point,even if you got the right answer.

So much to say. Isn't kind at explaining. Spends too much time yapping about his notations, proofs and mathematician terminology. Tells us to read the textbook but critiques it all the time. Doesn't really do exam problems. Class was behind so lectures were rushed. Not nice with grading. Requires work that isn't needed in other sections. DON'T TAKE

Do NOT take this class with him. The reviews are right, he makes this class 10x harder than it needs to be by overcomplicating things and being such a stickler for notation. He is not a lenient grader, and comes off as rude in class. Cannot teach math at a simplified level and acts like we ALSO have a PhD in Math. Stay away from him.

He is an easy grader but doesn't know how to teach math. Uses terrible notation and uses ln and log interchangeably. Half of the class has either dropped or withdrawn from the course.

He is a really nice guy, but not a good teacher. Pop quizzes every day, and he is super strict about his notation being used in problems. He is very good with partial credit, but basically half the class dropped because of the midterm. Super sweet guy, but do not take his class unless you want to be completely confused on every single topic.

ngl hes so mean