Sylvia Svitak - Queensborough Community College

Professor: Sylvia Svitak

Department: Mathematics

College: Queensborough Community College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: M440
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Most of her positive reviews are written by Prof Sylvia herself

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: 440GEO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

she takes 50 minutes to explain two questions. gossips through out the class way too too much. talk about stuff that is not related to solve the problem. Gossip about the technology, her and her family etc. A professor that makes mistakes, very slow. For the entire semester I learned nothing from her. Test 2 and 3 not gave back after 2 months

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: MA440
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

She is a terrible proffesor, the only way you can pass is if you go to tutoring once a week, and that's just to maintain a C grade. If you have her try your best to transfer or seek other alternatives to pass the class. You will waste every single moment in the lecture helping her use the computer and answering questions that will take her eons.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MA441
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Drop As soon as possible :)

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MA440
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

She's more on the elderly side, is very soft spoken and her favorite phrase is "this is the way i was taught, but if you know of another way feel free to use that." Also seemed very uncertain when she was teaching a new topic. I personally need my professors to be confident in what they teach and how they teach it.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MA440
• Grade Received: Audit/No Grade
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

She forgets all the time. She goes off topic. She started talking about history. She went through 1 question in 50 minutes. She is nice though. I dropped her class the second day. She makes class so boring.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MA440
• 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:

I've had this professor for about 3 months now and I'm gonna be honest. She's a very nice person and very friendly. But, her way of teaching is awful. She just follows the textbook. following it almost word for word and just repeats what it say's. You will have to teach yourself. She makes alot of mistakes and goes off topic. I would not recommend

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MA440
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Please do not take her if you have to take MA 440. She reads straight off of the textbook and goes off topic most of the time. The textbook she assigns is no help at all. She miscalculates her own work and expects us to catch her mistakes. Although she is sweet, I would not recommend her at all!

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MA336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

DO NOT TAKE HER CLASS!!!!! She reads exactly what's in the textbook along with the examples. She just talks and talks. She's very nice but she CAN NOT TEACH!!!!!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MA10
• 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:

Although she is a fair professor, as in she makes her work challenging, she genuinely wants you to understand and to pass her class. She is always willing to help, she is super funny and sweet. She is like a mom to her students. You really have to study and do the work.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MA10
• 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: Mandatory

Comment:

This Teacher writes her own reviews and comes here a lot

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MA336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This professor is a great teacher. She provides great problems to illustrate the concepts!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MA336
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Her teaching is spot on. She explains the work clearly. She has a very good attitude. She prefers it if you don't use your phone out or leave the class to use it. Please don't waste your time and hers if you don't study.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MA10
• 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:

GREAT GREAT TEACHER! She helps if you want the help if not she wont bother you. Easy grader, and she's quite patient

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MA10
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This Prof. is the best. I took this class fa 14. Attendance and HWs are must, and gives extra pts on exams. Gives review sheetsProj. before exams. Drop the lowest exam grade. What else can u ask for. Oh no phonestext.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MA110
• 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: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She makes no sense. She sometimes does not even understand herself. She makes a lot of mathematical errors. She seems to make up her own curriculum. She doesnt help to pass the CUNY Final, which she should. She is very repetitive, repeating previously done math problems over and over.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MA110
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: Not Mandatory

Comment:

She is off topic 95% of the time. She is also getting old and losing knowledge of math in general and doesnt know the new-school math. She refers to old math methods that dont help the student pass the CUNY Final, which is what the class MA-110 is all about. She follows her own criteria rather than following the CUNY Final criteria, causing failure

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MA119
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher, clear and helpful lecture!! If you want to take an easy A,you should go to pick another class;but if you want to understand mathematics better,please take her class. She doesn't tolerate people who are late and text messaging during class.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MA119
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

This professor is a great teacher. She provides great problems to illustrate the concepts! Her exam problems are on what she teaches in class. You can't go wrong if you do homework and study for the exams!

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MA119
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This professor don't know how to teach. She would repeat the same problem for at least two hours and some how end up doing them wrong. Her test problems especially has nothing to do with what she teaches. She marks some students absent when you go use the bathroom which is ridiculous. Everyone in the class feels like she is a huge waste of time.