Mike Olinick

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

If you want/need to take Calc II, I strongly recommend taking it with a professor other than Mike Olinick, since he rambles through the lectures and barely focuses on what we actually need to know for the homeworks and exams. Olinick goes fairly deep into why the math works, but then doesn't really explain how to use it, which leaves everyone teaching themselves rather than the professor teaching us.

If you want/need to take Calc II, I strongly recommend taking it with a professor other than Mike Olinick, since he rambles through the lectures and barely focuses on what we actually need to know for the homeworks and exams. Olinick goes fairly deep into why the math works, but then doesn't really explain how to use it, which leaves …Read more