Mike Olinick

I found the instructor's teaching style incredibly difficult and not helpful for understanding the course material. I would say the entirety of my learning in this class was individual through the textbook and external resources

Very difficult course, and the homeworks were very time-consuming and difficult. It was essential to attend TA hours to get a basic understanding of some concepts. Exams were fair in what was tested, but were still difficult as a result of the concepts. We moved through the information very quickly, although each lecture felt very slow. The professor was clearly very passionate about mathematics, but was sometimes difficult to understand, or we just didn't go over enough practice problems.

Very difficult course, and the homeworks were very time-consuming and difficult. It was essential to attend TA hours to get a basic understanding of some concepts. Exams were fair in what was tested, but were still difficult as a result of the concepts. We moved through the information very quickly, although each lecture felt very sl …Read more

This is a very challenging course. Professor Olinick is a nice person, but his lectures can be very difficult to follow. He often moves quickly through conceptually difficult topics while lingering on easier ones, and it’s difficult to discern what's important and what’s a tangent or him entertaining a wrong idea. Homework was due 3-4 times a week, and each assignment took me 2-3 hours. Exams were also very challenging and made up almost your entire grade. Sample exams are provided to help you study, and you should know how to do everything on the sample exam, even if it hasn’t been taught in class or come up on the homework. Some variation of what was on the sample exam almost always appeared on the actual exam, even if the sample exam was the first time I saw it.

This is a very challenging course. Professor Olinick is a nice person, but his lectures can be very difficult to follow. He often moves quickly through conceptually difficult topics while lingering on easier ones, and it’s difficult to discern what's important and what’s a tangent or him entertaining a wrong idea. Homework was due 3- …Read more