Reviews of professor Vincent Mierlak

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This guy is a saint but his programming assignments are difficult and the class is very lecture heavy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Mierlak is a great CS professor if you are a beginner. He explains concepts very thoroughly and is approachable if you have any questions. His midterm and final were fair and he does curve your grade at the end. Make sure you put in a lot of effort on the homework because he grades pretty harshly on those but he gives great feedback.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Yeah yeah C++ is the computer language taught to beginners and you're basically set in computer science if you can master it. Nonetheless, the instructions given are of most value, which the Prof. is not too good at doing. It is difficult to remain interested in lecture, basically self-teaching yourself to do the graded homework, & too demanding.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Super great professor! Very helpful outside of class through office hours and email. His lectures are clear and his feedback on homework is very helpful. He curves the final!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I personally really liked Professor Mierlak. He is a really nice guy with a very awkward sense of humor that I personally found hilarious. I took his CS I class and now I'm taking him again for CS II. It's not the easiest class ever, but if you pay attention you will do just fine. Very organized class, and he's good at answering questions.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Great teacher for C++. Never did coding before but I have a little of a tech background. Didn't do much studying and came out with a A-. You can't half ass this class. Work it and you will receive.