Reviews of professor Anthony Vizzini

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Does not teach anything during class, he will read word for word the instructions for the assignment of that week during class. His grading is never consistent and you will lose points over nothing. Tests contain a lot of material that has never been mentioned in class or on assignments. Good luck

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
For the first half of the semester, I genuinely enjoyed the challenge of problem solving almost entirely on my own. However, I was over it quickly after he assigned readings from a Numerical Analysis and Linear Algebra textbooks with minimal examples of how he wanted it done (do it another way... no points). I am glad that I passed first try.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Vague instructions. Unhelpful lectures. Grades harshly with no rubric. Test averages in the 40s.
How to survive:
*Do the Onramp. It's really helpful, especially if you don't know how to code.
*Start assignments EARLY. You will always have questions.
*Seek outside help. Go to GEEKS or his office hours.
*The time limit is your biggest enemy on tests.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I think Dr. Vizzini is a great person and professor. He did examples each class and answered any questions. Online homework assignment each week. Daily quiz. Tests can be difficult but if you practice lots of the book problems, you should have little to no problem (since they are somewhat similar). **Warning** This class is not for lazy people!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
By far the hardest class I have ever taken. If you have zero coding experience. I suggest taking some sort of coding before taking this class; anything will help. Must go to his office hours or else you will pay for it.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Vizzini is a great person outside of class, he's charming and kind. In class that is not true, he provides miserable instruction, unclear rubrics, and harsh standards, his tests are so hard that most "fail" them, only to be brought up by his curve, He also assigns a project worth 15% of your grade that is almost impossible to finish without help.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Terrible Professor that will spend time for video lectures only to be solely based off of reading out of the power point slides provided. Eventually he just quotes it word for word. AE227 is the biggest hurdle to an AE Degree due to how strict his grading is. You may have a perfect code, but if its not in the way he wants, he'll give you an F.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
You can never be prepared enough for his tests.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Vizzini is a strict grader and makes sure that you know that he is that way. It could be for the tiniest mistake in not even the assignment, but in the header of your assignment that he would count you off for. You could have the correct output and still somehow have something wrong with it that he docks immensely for even if it's for a small error