Reviews of professor John Volpe

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I bet outside of class he is a nice person. However, as an instructor, he is disorganized and his expectations are not very clear. Tons of ec options, so take advantage of those. The class itself is really interesting but he doesnt have the greatest people skills. Unknown is fun and the tests arent super hard.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Quiz almost each week, study his lecture notes VERY well and you will do good. But sometimes his Q's on quiz are tricky phrased. Lots of Extra Credit. Unknowns project is easy A as long as you try and are through. Final and Lab practical STUDY. Overall nice teacher, and would take his class again. Print out his lecture notes & annotate them.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
This professor comes to class every day with no idea what we are going to talk about. Asks students to tell him where we left off on the PowerPoint lecture and if unsure, picks a random spot from the PowerPoint. Extremely unorganized and very unclear. Has 5 quizzes throughout the term that are hardly related to the material studied. Offers EC.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He doesn't follow his own study guides, he won't let you have acess to the lecture slides until after the lecture. His quizes are worded very confusing alot of trick questions. It doesn't feel like he cares about setting us up to be successful in lecture. He is a really nice guy but his teaching style needs help. He shines and is great in lab!

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Here's the thing, Dr. Volpe is a really nice guy and seems to really love Micro. However, his tests have a lot of trick questions, like multiple correct answers per question but you have to choose the MOST correct answer. Labs are really good. Take lots of notes, because he doesn't provide slides from lecture until he has finished the chapter.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The overall class is extremely easy if you turn in your assignments. Although, he does not give clear instructions on them. He's a very slow grader. Its the last week and not even my 2nd week assignments are graded. He also is very slow at responding to emails and is not very nice in them either. Having a group chat with other students is helpful.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Look, between Marsh and Volpe, you have a better chance of not failing with Volpe. Is he the nicest? Definitely not. However, if you turn in your assignments and do fairly well on the quizzes you have a good chance of passing this class. He is a picky grader but not the worst I've seen. If you need the Micro credit, chose him.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He LOVES wordy trick Q's. If you don't understand the conplete ins and outs of the topics you will not do well. Deep dive in to the material or have a photographic memory and you will do just fine. The Unknown project is an easy A if you're thural. Study HARD for final and lab practical to succeed. TONS of Extra credit so take advantage. Lab is fun