Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom - Virginia Commonwealth University

Professor: Ghidewon Abay-Asmerom

Department: TBD

College: Virginia Commonwealth University

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Information on exams are not always covered. He did not give enough time to work on group projects, and gave very little info on the projects. Homework is one online, but he was not consistent with due dates and did not let you know when homework is due. Exams were hard, and although he gave practice exams, he did not provide solutions. Hard class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The toughest class I've ever taken. If you have a 4.0 gpa, it will likely drop it. You need to read out of the textbook and become 150% proficient with the material in order to get an A on any of the exams he gives. Exams are mainly T/F theory, multiple choice, and then some long calculations.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CALC201
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

This dude is the man. I honestly don't understand the complaints on here. To be clear, 201 with him is hard. He cares so intensely about not only the material, but that YOU learn the material. Unfortunately its almost a fault of his, as he cares more about that than your grades. But his grading scale (60 for a C, 75 is a B) makes life easier

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: MATH301
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Obviously an extremely intelligent man and knowledgeable about mathematics, but does not do a good job of transferring that knowledge to students. When he's teaching I feel as though he's just trying to show us how much he knows rather than trying to make sure we know it too. it can be so frustrating trying to follow his lectures. Avoid if you can.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: MATH301
• Grade Received: C
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Differential Equations with this professor was nearly impossible. I basically had to teach myself through Khan Academy and YouTube videos because he was not capable of teaching the class. His tests are unfair and extremely hard. He gives no review sheets and just tells you that the test problems will come from the textbook, nothing more specific.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MATH 300
• Grade Received: WD
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Most arrogant teacher I've ever seen. I was excited at first by the way he talked, But was dismayed to discover he apparently doesn't even know that "either A or B is true" means A XOR B. I then started writing my homework in perfect formal math notation to evade his English language deficit, which he took off points for. What a joke.

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Horrible, avoid him at any cost. He is arrogant and very bad at teaching. He spends his time speaking about politics. I heard he is supporter of a dictator in Africa and is against freedom of speech,press. Dont be fooled by the positive comments here. He writes the positive ones by himself. Absolutely poor professor.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Not the easiest teacher and he makes the course more difficult than necessary. However, you do learn a lot out of the course and he is always willing to help if you ask.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

350 characters is not enough room to say everything that was wrong with him. He is a horrible, HORRIBLE professor and I advise anyone to avoid taking him at all costs.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: MATH3310
• 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: N/A

Comment:

Can't teach well, teaches from the book, but occasionally teaches stuff book doesn't cover so need to get notes or you miss out, but taking notes is hard to do. HW is so late to be assigned that it doesn't come until after the exam that covers it so lack of practice problems. no review before exams, except final. not enough space to say everything.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: MATH301
• 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:

He is very good teacher.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Ghidewon is simply the best mathematics professor of all time. If you care about your GPA, don't take his class. If you have an insatiable urge to learn mathematics, you're stupid to not take a class with this mathematician. He's spectacular.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MATH511
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

The comments I see here are ridiculous. Great teacher, better ability to speak than myself (born in US) or anyone else I know here. Has the ability to inspire and explain subjects well. I can only imagine the limited abilities of those who wrote these reviews. If you are responsible and care to learn, Ghidewon is a great teacher and role model.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: MATH310
• 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:

GAA obviously knows his stuff, but is horrible at teaching the material. I would recommend that you only take him if you don't have the time to self-teach yourself (I did all the problems in the book with no problem, but still get C's on the test, even with liberal grading scale and curves)

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MATH301
• 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:

This is the worst teacher one can have. Extremely pompous & arrogant. Teaches straight from the book & doesn't bother to clarify. Thinks everyone know everything; if not, its your fault. Uses hardest concepts on test that aren't covered a lot. Good comments are written by him. Even the tutor rec. by the math dept.refuses to tutor his students.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MATH301
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

His Tests are extremely hard, do not take him during the summer!!1 He packs too much material into one test and he doesnt give homework to balance your grade!!!

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MATH511
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Great teacher, very good at explaining linear algebra. If anything wasn't clear I just went to his office hours or grabbed him after class. Only cracked the textbook to do homework, which didn't take too long to do anyway. No reason you can't get an A if you understand the material.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MATH511
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Simply put, Runnnn. This is a teacher with a humongous ego. Very unhelpful and talks about unrelated subjects africa politics is his favorite. His accent is awful specially when he gets upset which is often. If you need this class to graduate, do not take this professor. Don't get duped by the positive comments. He is writing them.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: MATH307
• 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: N/A

Comment:

I'm convinced the person below me is Professor Ghidewon himself as no human being who actually took this course could rate him positively. Sporting a delusional sense of intellectual grandeur, Ghidewon teaches (i use this word losely) an extremely difficult course. Passable, yes, but an A is obtainable only if you dedicate ALL of your time to it

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: MATH307
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He is a great teacher if you want to really learn math, however he's over passionate and teaches extra stuff and goes off topic. I had him as a professor for math 307, and he made the course every hard compared to other teachers. Also, going to class doesn't help, because he has a think accent and is incomprehensible. Also, he "mean!"