Svillen Ranev - Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON

Professor: Svillen Ranev

Department: Computer Science

College: Algonquin College, Ottawa, ON

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: No
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Super unclear lectures, barely any information given, expects you to remember entire sentences from the lectures/textbook for filling in blanks on the exam. I have literally no idea how he has such a high rating, not helpful at all.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wow Beast teacher at Algonquin. Even If i had failed his class I would still love him

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Svillen actually cares about his students. Be prepared to show up during office hours with questions. Compilers is a tough course, but he gives entertaining and very informative lectures. Pay attention to assignment feedback.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Svillen is easily the best teacher in the entire program. If you have any problems with the course, talk to him and he will go out of his way to make sure you do well.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Legendary.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: CST8152COMPIL
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Awesome prof!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

His compilers course is among the hardest courses I have ever taken.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He knows his sheet and is incredibly patient. 10/10 prof.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Great teacher.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

All the people complaining about Svillen are stupid losers who are likely complaining because theyre failing. Svillen is hilarious and brilliant, yet decent and just. Only complaint about Svillen is that it takes 4 hours to prep an already completed assignment to meet his exhausting submission requirements, lol.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Hands down the best teacher I have had. He knows everything about what he is teaching and manages to explain himself very well while maintaining a dry humor. The class is difficult but the marking is fair and it will just take a bit of effort to succeed.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Best Professor in the Department. Hands down!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

Can't think of a single negative thing to say about Svillen, so I'll skip to the positive. Such a bright guy it's clear he could make way more cash outside of the school, but his passion for teaching keeps him there. That passion will result in your thorough satisfaction with any class he teaches. I attribute a large chunk of my success to him.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

One of the best professors in the department period. The assignments are hard and you have to work for the marks but they are fair. Be sure to start assignments early and ask questions if you need help with anything. He will be always happy to help. It was truly an honour to be taught by this professor. 10/10 brilliant prof.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The best professor I've ever had. And if you don't picking up smoking (or you already smoke), he provides a wealth of knowledge outside the lectures on breaks. I only wish we were able to clone him to replace most of the faculty.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Trial by fire course. Prepare to spend every waking hour of your life on compilers assignments. Hard concepts to understand. Really thick accent makes it difficult to understand at times. One of the best professors in this department.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: CSTJAVAAPP
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

The most helpful teacher i have met at the college, very easy to talk to. He will go out of his way to help you if needed.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Fantastic teacher, incredibly intelligent and able to make dry material fun to learn

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

He is awesome. He motivates his students to study . He makes hardest of things so interesting that one goes to the bottom that things and find JOY there. I Wish all teachers in this world were like him . HE says " To listen to someone with patience is also education .

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: CST8152
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Simply the best :) Love this guy