Steven Melnik - Baruch College

Professor: Steven Melnik

Department: TBD

College: Baruch College

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

How to succeed in his class: Don't read the entire chapters but only what was covered; watch all of his videos before the exams; read the testbanks and understand them all. But only read those, that you covered to save some time. I woke up too late and ended up with B, but his exams weren't difficult if you read what you supposed to.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• 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:

Bad Professor ever at Baruch!! Don't take him! He doesn't care about you at all. Full of himself! Never teach properly and very lazy! He cares only the money from the students & makes them sign up as much as possible and fail them all. Horrible! Thought Baruch is known for the best business school in the city. I don't think so!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Dont just do the test bank. You need to understand it too. Pratice it and understand the questions and youll do fine. He changes the questions so if you wanna do well you need to understand every question from the test bank

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

His lectures are great! He found a way to present the material that is dry and boring in an engaging way. His lectures will make you laugh. The material will stick because it's presented as a story. Watch all of his lectures! Do not miss his classes. Submit your homework on time and volunteer in class (extra credit). His tests are tricky.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don't take him. At least don't take him at the last semester before graduation. Self study is highly required. Testbank is no longer useful.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: C+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

good

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I thought I signed up for a hybrid class. This guy does one class every other week. This guy doesn't use testbank anymore. He changes the majority of the testbank. You follow the TB, you will definitely get a failing grade.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Don't take him. The exam is so tricky. He change TB questions. Class average is failing grade.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: B-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Very interesting lectures, too pity most of them online through semester. Hard exam nothing like homework and very subjective grader. We were supposed to get 10% from our homework, well thanks for counting nothing fro me professor Melnik and lowing my grade tremendously. Not recommended by any means, the least transparent professor I've had.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

We had just three sections in class, except two exams. When I registered for the class, it was not offered as online or hybrid. Overall, professor does not teach, but it is one of the easiest A's you can get in Baruch.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: TAX3000
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Not good professor. He sent a message claiming that he posted grades. Grades are not up 2 days post his email. His lectures are ridiculous and filled with fluff. I wish Baruch could live upto its "standards" and get serious but also educated professors. Enough with the dummies.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

This professor is the worst, he did a review for the final exam two days before the final, and he has the audacity of putting the one and a half hour video review four hours before the final exam. Avoid him, he dont teach a single problem, he just talk about life, take a professor that actually teaches so you can prepare for the REG of the CPA.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worse class i have taken, does not even teach much talks a lot about his achievements, makes you read the textbook and assigns homework from the book. He has a good habit not to come once other week and makes the class "online". I would not recommend this prof!

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: F
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He is awful. He brags about his achievement and never teaches well. He tells story of firing his own Tax3300 Prof when he was Baruch student because that Prof used testbank. But I realized prof Melnik's test come from the test bank too!I don't know how anyone like him could be a chairperson of a department. Don't take him!

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: TAX3000
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Worst professor ever!!!! Doesnt teach, hes full of himself; hes always talking about his accomplishments. Do not take him unless you have the test bank. I studied from the textbook for the first exam and failed. I cheated from the test bank on the final and passed. Hes exams come straight from the test bank. You can find the test bank online.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Skip all class, attend just two final, no homework, no study, memorizing right test bank (question and answer only), ended up with an A.

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: Not sure yet
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He decided to take it easy this semester and turn this into a 'hybrid' class. W got stuck with 2 hour recorded lectures that leave you even more confused after reading the book. Full of himself, a big waste of your time. Don't expect to learn anything particularly useful, just get your friend's old testbanks and self-study. Nothing is graded.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• 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:

Not hard to get an A because he uses testbanks, but other than that you won't learn anything from him. He mostly talks how successful he is and how smart he is. He is an arrogant professor who doesn't deserve to teach a class, a specially of that magnitude. He gives homework but never checks them. 1 midterm & 1 final 50% each.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: B
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

What he talks about in class is not relevant to the exams. His tests are 39 multiple choice that dont resemble his lecturers. Your grade is based off midterm and final alone. There is no grade for the homework or presentation. Would not recommend. Online lectures that are too long to listen to...

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: TAX3300
• Grade Received: C-
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He only grades your 2 tests, midterm and final! we did homework and group projects and presentation but there was no grade for it! he is lazy! good thing he always lets u go home early.