Mike Olinick

Olinick is clearly passionate about the material, but the lectures were extremely boring and unrelated to the homework or exams. The exams weren’t particularly hard, but they required you learn the content on your own.

I self-studied for most of his exams, but that was primarily because I thought the way he taught was pretty uninteresting. I think he tends to teach a little slow-paced, and it doesn't help that his voice is pretty easy to zone out to. I would say this course is really good in terms of content, super important to understand for later concepts, but don't think you should take it with him.

I self-studied for most of his exams, but that was primarily because I thought the way he taught was pretty uninteresting. I think he tends to teach a little slow-paced, and it doesn't help that his voice is pretty easy to zone out to. I would say this course is really good in terms of content, super important to understand for later …Read more

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