Mike Olinick

I thought that others were too critical of Olinick and that maybe he was a good professor, and so I gave him a chance and I regret it. He went through the material very slow, gave lectures on proofs without explaining what they actually meant. He assumed that we knew what was happening and were able to fully understand it. When asking him questions, he would make sarcastic jokes and remarks about your question. Awful.

I thought that others were too critical of Olinick and that maybe he was a good professor, and so I gave him a chance and I regret it. He went through the material very slow, gave lectures on proofs without explaining what they actually meant. He assumed that we knew what was happening and were able to fully understand it. When askin …Read more

Linear algebra with Olinick is pretty laid back but be prepared to do most of your learning outside of class as the lectures don't always pertain to what you need to know for exams. Homework is not included in the course grade distribution but it's helpful for learning the material and it can bump your grade up at the end of the semester. Exams are not too hard and he usually gives unlimited time to complete them. Overall, this is a good class if you prefer teaching yourself the math.

Linear algebra with Olinick is pretty laid back but be prepared to do most of your learning outside of class as the lectures don't always pertain to what you need to know for exams. Homework is not included in the course grade distribution but it's helpful for learning the material and it can bump your grade up at the end of the seme …Read more

If you want to take linear algebra, don't take it with Olinick. Lectures are so, so boring, and homework (3x a week) takes more than an hour to do. I promise I am not being dramatic do not take this class