Omer Egecioglu

40 reviews
Tough grader Skip class? You won't pass. Lots of homework Get ready to read Test heavy Clear grading criteria Lecture heavy Graded by few things Group projects Amazing lectures EXTRA CREDIT Would take again Hilarious Caring
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CS40 . 2 Years Ago

He is one of the most difficult professors I have ever had. He handed out an assignment for discrete mathematics that people with a post grad mathematics degrees had problems solving. I would highly recommend if at all possible taking the course from a different professor, he seems more interested in his research instead of teaching students.

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CS40 . 3 Years Ago

Even though the class is pretty difficult, Professor Egecioglu is pretty accommodating. With the whole pandemic going on, he made it so our grade would only be based on weekly homework (no midterm or final). He also dropped the lowest graded hw and gave an additional assignment that would only help your grade. Definitely does not deserve the hate.

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CS40 . 3 Years Ago

During the ridiculously long lectures there are just tons of topics that are thrown at you, which are all, in fact, stuffs in the textbook. Being really harsh when grading your homeworks, a slight mistake could end up taking you all the points of the question. Endeavored to keep his responses to your questions as short as possible.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

Not a great teacher. Learn from the book and you will pass. Homework problems are graded randomly so do all of them. Study for exams.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

Great professor!

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

Boring professor, his lectures don't relate to the homework all that well. You'll end up teaching yourself everything from the textbook. You get the feeling that Omer thinks he's funny, couldn't be further from the truth. I recommend you see if literally any other professor is available. TAs were great though.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

This class is absolutely unforgiving, there are no easy points. Reading the textbook and learning independently is important. That being said, I got a lot out of this class, and the content covered is very interesting. I liked Omer as a professor - if the material covered wasn't so difficult I'd definitely take him again.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

I'm gonna guess this guy is a great researcher or whatever, because as a teacher, he's one of the worst professors I've ever experienced. Lectures are hard to follow since he doesn't have a coherent train of thought, and he has a snide attitude when asked questions. Unresponsive to questions on his own Piazza forum. His grading policy is a joke.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

He decided to grade half the homeworks, and assigned a score based only on the problems he decided to grade, so the homework grade was basically RNG unless you got 100%. To make matters worse, HW is 40% of the course total. He thinks he's funny, but in reality, his lectures are dry, he's crass, and he's just not an effective teacher. Avoid him.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

Class was ridiculous. He doesn't tell you what your grade is on any of the homeworks. His lectures are honestly terrible; many are confusing and if you ask clarifying questions his explanations typically leave you even more confused. Final was extremely long and the average grade was a 56% but he refused to curve. Avoid this class at all costs.

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

This class was ridiculously brutal. I lucked out getting my grade since I did well on the first midterm. You can't understand him and he refuses to grade. Lied about his grading scale: he said that there would be no - or + grades yet a large majority of the class got C- grades, which "coincidentally" doesn't count as a prereq for the upperdivisions

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CS40 . 4 Years Ago

The absolute worse teacher ever

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