Reviews of professor Ilya Kapovich

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
His lecture might be a burden in the beginning, but as long as you're prepared for the class beforehand, you should have no problem.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He is a great guy, but not great at teaching. However, if you plan to self-learn anyway definitely take him bc he is lenient and you can take advantage of the open notes exam. Content is hard but you might get lucky...

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
His lectures are just 50+ pages of straight notes grinding. He writes down the definition without much explanation then just grinds practice problems double the speed you can learn at without ever letting you think. The last day of lecture was Monday and Thursday is my final where I have to learn 3 more topics by myself along with the normalcontent

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
in his lecture right now, and i'm looking at maybe 40% attendance in most classes. i hate to say this but i've never been more genuinely lost in a math class. instead of learning from him, self study. because i can't understand anything from his strong accent and his hand writing.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
3 midterms, lowest one dropped, worth 22.5% each, final is 45%, and the homework (webassign) is 10%. Tests are multiple choice, no partial credit. But, you get to bring 1 cheat sheet (double sided) to the test, 2 sheets for the final. Lectures are just formulas/concepts then practice problems. Overall an easy class, just use your cheat sheets well!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
In my experience, Illya's lecture did not teach me at all. He was confusing in his explanations and recited things like the textbook. The homework on Lumen did not reflect the tests. I had to try and learn Calculus 2 through Youtube (patrickJMT helped the most).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I would take this class again only because he blessed everyone with a curve and let us bring any type of notes to the exams. Even though lectures weren't too helpful to grasp onto the topics in 2 hours, you can definitely self-teach and grind before exams - his reviews were pretty good imo.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Amazing professor! 3 midterms and a final, with the lowest midterm being dropped. He spends each day going over a new topic, but takes his time with it. Tests are ALL open notes with no limit on what you can bring, so you can bring in notes and textbooks, just make sure nothing is electronic. Don't miss the opportunity to take him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Class can get a bit boring, but what else can you expect from a math class. You will do fine as long as you take good notes and work on the hw problems and the review sheets before exams. His teaching is definitely understandable if you pay attention.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Kapovich has long lectures that help you make sense of calc if you keep up fast enough. Not much enthusiasm behind the teaching but it is what it is.