Reviews of professor John Russell

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His notes make no sense and aren't complete, he jumps all over the place during a lecture, and his handwriting is unreadable. The homework and lectures are math/technology-based, but the tests are only conceptual. I've contacted him multiple times and he is not caring or nice. Overall, it seems like he doesn't put much effort into his job.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Dude teaches literally nothing you teach yourself the entire class

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
did class through the zoom option all semester. reads off powerpoints, didn't actually learn anything from listening to him read so i stopped zoom and read the textbook/taught myself basically. makes you pay for minitab/learn to use it but can't be used on tests/quizzes; know how to excel. tests/quizzes online through canvas which is a sice..meh :/

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I enjoyed taking BioStat (3615) with this professor. Tests and quizzes were I thought straightforward, and a lot simpler than high school AP Stats. No curving on tests, final exam, and quizzes. But he did drop our lowest quiz grade, and replaced our lowest test grade with exam grade if it raised our final grade. Just commit, and you'll get an A-/A.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I'm gonna be so real with you guys, he is a pretty bad professor but he's nice. He seems very unsure of everything he says and doesn't seem to know how to be concise when he speaks. In that same breath, don't be discouraged if he's your only option--if you know how to use Excel and YouTube when you need help, you'll be fine. No extra credit though.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
These other ratings seem excessively harsh compared to the experience I had. The class was fairly enjoyable and not difficult; pretty much everything I needed for the homeworks was in the lecture slides and the tests were fair and very similar to the homeworks. During lectures he was relatively upbeat and engaging. Friendly guy as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He seemed chill at first but was very unavailable, especially about using R. He gives take-home tests but scares students silent with false honors code violations if they have problems with them. 

He's not caring at all, but you can get an A if you listen in class and never need help. Shout out to my TA for another class, who helped me pass his.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Tried to give this guy the benefit of the doubt after reading his reviews, but it turns out he's actually terrible. Don't bother showing up to class, just do the zoom option. DO NOT BUY MINITAB! Use quizlet to help for assignments. Don't bother asking him questions cuz he won't answer them. He is not good at teaching.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He seemed nice at the start of the semester and I thought all of the previous reviews were spouting nonsense. But as the semester went along, I understood where they were coming from. He doesn't teach and reads off the same slides he tells you to review before class. Seems skeptical a lot of the time. Not helpful/supportive when you reach out.