Reviews of professor Nicholas Lipari

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This dude is a dog water professor.  He can't teach and makes his tests way to long.  We are expected to do something that is the length of 2 pas in 50 minutes for the test.  Overall this is just horrible.  I couldn't imagine sleeping at night if I taught a class the way he did.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lipari was an alright professor but his instructions on assignments were pretty terrible. I understand he wanted to leave us to figure out how to structure the code but his instructions were sometimes so unclear I didn't know what he was even asking me to do. He is very approachable though and will help you with your code or his instructions.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Lipari can sometimes be hard to understand because of how fast he moves in lectures. The 200-400 point programming assignments barely do anything which is unfair because students spend so much time writing 400 line codes just to only increase their grade by 1%. Tests are okay, but if you make a C or lower it brings your grade down by a few points.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Has no organization with lecture notes. Lecture notes are also pretty confusing. Would not take this professor for this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think Dr. Lipari is actually pretty good. His writing can be very difficult to understand sometimes, but he definitely puts in the work to help you succeed if you ask him. Definitely go to his office hours if you are having trouble understanding what he's asking for. Go to class, do the assignments, ask him for help, and you will be fine.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall, Lipari is not a terrible professor. I do agree that his programming assignments should be worded better, but he is willing to help students if they have trouble understanding. However, a week before our finals, he dropped a monstrosity of a programming assignment, and I don't remember seeing anyone say they finished it.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had Dr. Lipari for CMPS 260 originally, but for CMPS 341 its like night and day. He uses a textbook as reference material, but he doesn't lecture based off of power points. Every day he writes everything and then uploads it to Moodle by the next class period. His assignments can be tough, as well as the tests, but he does curve grades.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He explains things in such a complicated way!! The class moves fast so you have to really keep up but it also gets more confusing. Pas were hard and badly worded. Tests were pretty difficult. Theres no one to help you out and you have to push through yourself. Idk how I passed but this class was difficult and I taught myself most of the stuff.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor at this institution.