Sam Graff - John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY

Professor: Sam Graff

Department: Mathematics

College: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MAT242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Very easy understand, a great professor. You need to do your homework by yourself. If you didn't, you cannot know how to think about the problem.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MAT241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

when it comes to actual teaching he is not very good, very smart guy, and not good with explaining

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MATH241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

His lectures are very heavy. You don't understand the calculus part while you're dealing with complicated algebra. He always picks hardest examples for lecture, and hardest questions for quizzes and homeworks. He expects you to do 100+ questions at the end of every section in the book as a review, for quizzes and for final! Definitely not helpful.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MAT241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

I used to like math, especially calculus before than him. He is the worst math teacher i ever had !! Lectures are heavy and very hard to understand, i got lost most of the time. Exams and homeworks unnecessarily hard. He is not considerate . It was just a prereq class for my major and I ruined my perfect GPA because of it. Just run for exit!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MAT241
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is very nice as a person, but very bad as a teacher. He makes math way harder than it actually is. His teaching technique doesn't work at all and he is not even aware how he makes students struggle. Whole semester i had to learn everything by myself over the youtube videos. It was one of the most stressful semester, thanks to him.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MAT141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He makes Math so easy. Webassign homework, and 3/4 quizzes. He tells you wich chapters to study.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MAT241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Too much stress and pressure from his course. He is not considerate.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MAT108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is not good, Whenever he would teach something new he would face the board and basically talk to the board and then expect you to know everything. His quizzes were all 10 questions and you had to get the whole question right to get the point. would not take him again.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: 108
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's actually not that bad. He is really helpful and very clear with his material. 3 quiz through out the semester and the lowest grade is dropped. I passed his class without using the textbook at all but im pretty sure that i would done lot better if i read the chapters as he told me to. If you actually listen to him his really helpful.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MAT141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

A truly great Professor! He knows his subject, but hates laziness. If you can't handle a lot of reading and being ready for every single class, you won't get a good grade. And he's strict. If you like math - he's the best ever.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MAT141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He knows his stuff, but just needs to work on teaching it efficiently.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MAT242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is insanely smart but he just doesn't know how to teach. He needs to learn how to go step by step. He needs to slow down when going over homework.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MAT141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Well hey there sports fans, hope you all had your coffee today because you are going to need it you want to get through this guy's lesson. Now this guy is a real beast but he really knows his subject. If you are taking his class be prepared to go the whole nine yards because his class is a killerrr...

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MAT141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is overall. If you are not into math, then do not take him as your professor. He knows the content, but sometimes he gets lost. Another thing is that his attitude may not go well with some people.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MAT141
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is by far the most confusing professor I have ever taken. He isn't very clear with his lesson plans and he teaches as though you are already suppose to know the material.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MAT104
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is WAY TOO CONFUSING. It's like he's speaking another language and he teaches so complex! Worst teacher ever!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MAT242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I had Graff for both my Calc classes, & I dont recommend him. Once you pay attention in class (his explanations r so high-tech)and do the hw you'll understand the material, but then he gives the exam and its somehow so difficult to get a gd grade. He curves them, but if u want gd looking grades on exams, don't take him.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MAT242
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

I'm taking him right now for calc 2 and he isn't as bad as everyone is making him out to be. It is a very tough class, but he grades on a bell curve, so as long as you keep up with the rest of your classmates you will get a C. Also, hw alone is worth 25%, so if you do all of it right you already have a good boost.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MAT241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Graff+Stress(95% effort)+Hard Quizzes and 12 quesion Final= Fail..... End of story (or in this case, equation)>_<

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MAT241
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He is a horrible teacher,and instead of teaching he confuses his students. He sometimes tend to be rude to some of his students.