Reviews of professor Michael Overton

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The homework for his class can sometimes be too hard and completely miss the point. He also gives unreasonable long midterms.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Michael Overton might be a great researcher which is probably why he is at NYU, but he does not care about teaching or being good at it. Does not want you to bother him in his office and rather you ask questions remotely. The class material is not hard at all (85% prior to exam, got C+) but the test was unreasonably detailed and memorizing focused.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Overton is the best Professor when I come to NYU. Although there are a lot of homework, but we can learn a lot from them. The professor is very nice, he is very happy to answer students questions at Office hour. The final is nice.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is the most accessible professor--always willing to teach and answer your questions outside of class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I must say that Overton is a very boring and certainly is disinterested in what he is teaching; he is probably in a wrong field. He is quite dismissive and overall a poor lecturer, on top of it he is a hard grader. AVOID.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Prof. Overton is the best professor! Regardless what people said on this website, Prof. Overton is brilliant teacher and respects all of his students. He gives great lectures and encourages questions. I would say that it is very enjoyable to participate his lectures. Outside the class, you may see him attending SIAM meetings and other seminars.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are bad and hard to follow, notes have terrible handwriting to the point that they're unreadable, and the hws are insanely long and difficult. Every class you have a couple of polls questions graded on completion. This is the worst class I've taken at NYU. Gave a 1 because theres no option for a 0. 

Definitely take with another professor.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor not helpful at all. Lectures are hard to understand, also the required textbooks.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lots of homework but I learnt a lot. Be ready to read