Reviews of professor Robert Seppala

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Seppala is easily the worst professor Ive ever had at UF. He considers a 60% exam average to be pretty good and his exam avgs have been a D or less. He also acknowledges that the homework he assigns us has nothing to do with the exams. Enjoy an unnecessarily difficult semester if you have this guy as a professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is the worst professor Ive had. This is the third time Ive taken him (different classes) and it gets worse every time. He never answers my emails, ever. His lectures are never helpful for the homework which is R intensive. His exams are always really hard and he doesnt care if the average is a 60. If you can avoid him I definitely would

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Seppala is easily the worst teacher that I've taken at UF. His lectures are uninformative and exams are unnecessarily difficult. (What he lectures on are not on exams). His exam averages were very low, in the 60's range. He continually blames students for bad test averages. I highly recommend that you take STA 3032 with another professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
At first, he seems nice. But once you do exams, reality hits. We're graded by few things, and exams do not reflect the review material well. Hence, the class averaged 60%. And he blames students for poor grades. He ended up giving a minimal curve, not much difference. Now, the course is also very dense. I highly recommend NOT to take this class!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm taking OS and two grad courses and this class is somehow my lowest, even though the course material itself is relatively simple. The instructor decided to write an exam that is nothing like our homework/textbook. The average score was 58 percent. I like him as a lecturer but his test and course design doesn't make much sense.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
DO NOT take this class. I read these reviews before I took this class and I thought I'd be fine knowing what to expect, however, it is impossible to prepare for how bad a professor he is. At a surface level, he seems fine, but once you take the first exam, you'll see how stupidly hard he makes them and how much he glosses over conceptual knowledge

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is the single worst professor I have ever had. He seems like a nice guy at first, but his class structure is TERRIBLE. He's not a good lecturer, and his exams are ridiculously hard and don't match what he teaches. His own TAs had no clue what was going on, and one didn't even speak English! Avoid at all costs!!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I was scared to join this class because of Seppala's reviews. However, he is a super nice professor and his exams were not difficult. If you watch his lectures, you'll do good in the class. He changed the course's structure to accommodate students after having difficulties uploading lectures. He is a passionate teacher and cares about his students