Reviews of professor Andrew Simons

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof Simmons was the best Stats prof I had at Fordham. His rate-my is not accurate at all. I was very scared going into the year but very happy with his teaching. Extremely clear lectures, gives good practice exams before the exams, you know exactly what to prepare for before exams. No homework, weekly quizzes. Great class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Prof Simons gets a bad rep on here. He is nothing like the descriptions in these reviews. He knows the material is boring but tries to make it fun and relevant! He is a very understanding grader and overall is a standup guy! I would not be worried about taking him and definitely do not agree with any of these reviews.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Simons is an incredibly smart man who is simply not meant to be a teacher. He has an interesting backstory but struggling to convey challenging information/topics to students. His test reviews are not representative of actual test questions and he leaves students to teach themselves most of the info. Look elsewhere if you value your GPA.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor tries to help students in many ways: weighs grading fairly, light weekly homework, self-made formula sheet allowed on every test. Stats is just a very uninteresting and difficult subject! Simons works on real-world projects and is very interesting when you go to him for extra help.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The reviews on here are really hard for this guy. I thought his class wasn't too bad. He is willing to help prep for exams and is fairly easy. The class was graded by 10 quizzes (2 dropped) and 3 bigger tests. The final isn't cumulative so its pretty easy to study for and the quizzes were problems right from the video he posted.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
One of the worst professors I have ever had. Gives study guides that are simple and easy and then the exams he gives do not reflect the material learned in class or practiced on the study guide. He is very argumentative with the class when everyone expresses concern for their grades and the material. Would never take again

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor is very good. As long as you constantly pay attention in class, you will do fine. Although the tests can be different from the practice exams, they are easy to do if you also read the book. If you have concerns, definitely ask him during office hours or go through the book. it helps!

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This prof. doesnt explain things well. The tests he gave are not easy, and he cannot even solve some of the problems quickly.  If anyone wants to ruin the GPA, Simons is an ideal prof you.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
class examples and homework are extremely easy and unrepresentative of the actual test. Teaching is extremely confusing and he doesn't want to help you (cherish top kids and neglect the rest 80% of the class). Be prepared to spend a lot of time to study by yourself, since he doesn't know the material very well either.