Reviews of professor Mario Giacomazzo

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Average midterm scores were 60 and 50. No final exam, but he is insanely harsh on the final project grading. He's not a mean person or anything, but makes his class ridiculously hard for no reason.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I HATED this class. The grading was so harsh and the class average was in the C's because no one could get above 50s/60s on anything. The quizzes were harsh and only a few questions in a few minutes. He didn't drop any quizzes or midterms or do any replacement. The final grade was curved because less than 10% of the class could get an A.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terribly boring lectures consisting of pictures of code, ranting about his PHD work, and self deprecating humor. Teaches R but not data analysis so when he asks you to do anything quantatative the instructions are super unclear. On paper exams which are egregiously difficult. Semester long project graded insanely harsh. Bad group=fail. Big curve.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Mario is funny/likeable but the group proj is genuinely awful. Too many people in the group, randomized grouping is hit or miss, grading is harsh (kinda valid). But if your group sucks, you're stuck doing all the work for a bad grade & others barely lose pts for not participating. Would make sense in a capstone where people actually participate.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
he is not a good teacher. he takes off points for no reason. his average midterm grade was a 53.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Mario is remarkable and has humor, a genuine attitude, and kindness. I appreciate him for a myriad of reasons. He sets clear expectations from the beginning and constantly encourages questions during class. He even lets you feel comfortable reaching out to him in office hours. Point is he wants you to succeed. And he curved our final grades.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dr. Mario is funny, the course material isn't hard, but you have to teach yourself a lot because lecture isn't application based. This hurts for the two midterms (class averages were 65% and 55%). Group project is super hit or miss because groups are randomly assigned and the grading of the paper is harsh. Balanced it all with 10 point curve tho.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Solid Professor. Attendance was required and Stor320 just added midterms to the class which didn't make much sense for the group project premise of the class. Midterms were the hard, but not impossible if you just pay attention during lecture. Group project is tough to coordinate, but he curves good. Project is also great for internships.
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Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Mario showcased his willingness to help students succeed as long as they work for it with sufficient dedication. The assignments implemented for this class were doable given that you are keeping up with the R material consistently. Only thing is that the final project, especially the final paper part, requires you to think outside of the box.