Reviews of professor Michael Marinelli

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Marinelli is an amazing professor. Definitely put your own work in, and come to class prepared to ask questions. There are review sessions before every midterm which tend to be harder than the actual test. Sometimes there are mistakes on the board so do pay attention (DE gets REALLY tedious). Overall, Prof. Marinelli is a gem!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall very solid choice for any math at CCNY. Completing homework is critical in this class, but once you finish it and understand them you should fair well for any tests and exams. He is a fair grader, however this shouldn't be that important if you're learning the material. Other than that, he's a pretty understanding soft-spoken guy.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Michael Marinelli to put it simply is a late first-rounder draft pick. He has everything you need but lacks in fundamentals that can be improved over time and practice. His lectures are his fault they start off high and crash and burn very quickly, but that is saved by a generous grading system, and review sessions that provide extra credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Marinelli's classes are very good, but I learn more from the homeworks he assigns. They can be very long at times and definitely difficult, but he's one of the few math professors who actually count homework in the overall grade. The tests are reflective of the hws. Overall, very nice teacher that tries to give extra and partial credit.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Prof. Marinelli is very caring and truly cares about his students and wants everyone to succeed as evident by his extra credit policy (5 extra points of total letter grade from webwork) and willingness to help students who are struggling after class. Make sure to study and do the HW and you will do fine. I would take his class again in a heartbeat

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Overall he's a great professor. Attendance is not mandatory but i recommend showing up for class so that you're not so far behind. does reviews for every exam and you can get extra credit from that.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AVOID. His lectures are so brutal because all he goes over in the class is conceptual things and never goes over practice problems. I felt unmotivated every time I would go to his class because I knew that I wasn't going to understand the material since I already knew he was only going to go over theorems, proofs, and no problems the whole class.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I naively underestimated this course, however I must give this professor his flowers. For as bad as I hear people talking about the math department here he makes me wonder if it is just jokes. Very caring, passionate + offers extra credit which often gets taken for-granted in undergrad. Sadly, this is my last math course here. Take him, no regrets!