Hazem Maragah
| School: | Drexel University |
| Department: | Mathematics |
| Location: | Philadelphia, PA |
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Cons: Worst professor at Drexel with honor.
Unfortunately, 1 star it the lowest here.
Worst professor at Drexel with honor.
He ALWAYS ends the class late and tend to embarrass students that show up 2+ late. His lectures and examples are easy, but his exams are really hard even with notes. And no I am not LASY. I got As in all other STAT classes. If this d-bag likes so, you will get A even if you are a C student and if he does not like you, you will get C even with the hard work, participation, and extra credit.
Don`t take his class if you don`t have it, unless you want to risk your GPA. This class is an easy A for athletes :) , why? because this d-bag loves sports and if he sees athletes in his class he will give them special treatment. No wonder, most of student friends are sports people.
-Brings in food almost everyday
-Nice guy
Cons: -Won't let you use computer for first half of course
As long as you do your work, this class will be easy to get at least a B in. Great guy
Cons: dudes an a -hole
worst class i ever took at drexel
This d-bag had the balls to yell at kids for showing up late yet he consistently ended his class late 5-10 min on average. He teaches the very basics of the chapters and solves easy problems in class BUT come test time the shit was completely different and a lot harder. By far the worst class i took at drexel. If you have to take him (since he is one of the few ppl that teach stat 201) then my advice is to do all the extra credit and go to tutoring and try to get old exams from people.
Cons: -Worst professor I have ever had! I know Stat is not an easy subject but come on! This guy could of at least put a smile on his face!
-He hates helping students, embarrasses students in class and makes you feel like the dumbest in the world.
- He takes attendance very importantly and may ask you at the final why you missed some classes.
-His exams are extremely hard and you have NO TIME to finish them!
-Make sure you do the extra credit because those points get added to your exams.
-Only two exams and thats your grade!
GO TO TUTORING AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TERM! IT REALLY HELPS! TOWARDS THE END, IT GETS REALLY CROWDED AND YOU WONT GET ANSWERS TO YOUR QUESTIONS!
Cons: This dude has some serious bi-polar disorder. Sometimes hes in a good mood, and then out of nowhere he looks like he wants to choke you out. He grades unfairly and is extremely biased towards students he favors. Also, his exams are totally unrealistic. There are extremely difficult and impossible to complete in the allotted time. I would NEVER recommend anyone take this guy! My man needs to find a hobby or something so he can learn to relax a little bit.
Cons: ahhhh he will take you life away. Exams are maybe the hardest thing in your life.
Haz knows a lot, maybe more than he should know. He forgets that we are students and that not everyone was born to be a Stat genius. He can be offending at times but thats because he is very ironic. Is hard how to define this guy. Cant really judge him because he is very knowledgeable. But his exams will make you sit in a corner and cry, and feel stupid, and hate life, and stat, and school. you will go to class all the time, and take notes, but still do bad in the exam. and you will not pass the midterm even though you have done all your extra credit and every single quiz But yea the class will suck. And if you get a C then just pet yourself in the back. Good job! (there will be some asians in the class who will get 100 on the exams while you and many others will end up with a 50 or below so try to deal with that as well.)
Cons: Everything. I can honestly say I didn't learn a single thing in Hazem's class that I can apply in the real world. Completely unrealistic to score any higher than a C on the midterm/final, unless you have previous experience with statistics and/or a private tutor.
Avoid this professor at all costs. Unfortunately, because he is politically connected at Drexel, he is not going away. I got a B in this class by some stroke of luck (or he miscalculated my grade), but most people score a C or below.
The worst part (for those of us who actually want to learn something in college): YOU LEARN NOTHING! Found many instances where things he "teaches" us in class contradict what is written in the textbook. After taking this class, I find myself confused about what to take as fact and fiction, because in Maragah's class, the two are often interchanged.
Breakdown of the midterm and final: 20 and 25 questions respectively. This doesn't sound like a lot of questions, but trust me, it is. Don't expect to finish the entire exam, unless you are FLYING through it (which if you are, you are bound to miss small details and make a mistake). Midterm and final test how quickly you can punch stuff in on your calculator, NOT comprehension of concepts. Each question takes time and he expects you to show ALL work, which includes formulas, calculations, explanations, etc. Oh, and while your taking your incredibly stressful midterm/final, Hazem is yelling/re-seating people/grilling you/checking ID's/walking through tight isles.
Easily the worst professor I have come across at Drexel, and I'm pretty tolerant of most teaching styles. Its time for administration to take notice of all these student complaints and do something about him.
Is forgiving when it comes to grading: For example, I got an F on the midterm, don't know what I got on the final, but ended up with a C for the course. He weights the final heavily to give you another chance.
The quizzes are not as difficult as the exams, but can help prepare you.
Cons: Very, very difficult exams, which he does not curve.
Crams too much material into the course, leaves you no time to really digest it.
Can be rude.
Quiz every week on material you might have learned that same day.
Recitation professor wasn't much help.
He can be difficult and rude, but if you try very, very hard for the Final, you can pull an ace out of your sleeve and pull through.
ALSO DO ALL OF THE EXTRA CREDIT YOU CAN.
Cons: his class grading system is fairly distributed and he gives nearly 25% extra credit for the tests, so do them and go over past quizzes and exams and you will be fine and finish with a B or over!!
Just work and stop complaining!!! you need to work your ass off!!! you need to earn your grade and there is nothing you can't, this course is not like other courses. Also you can get an A if you get over 90 on the final!!! he tries to help and he seems strict. I assume because he had a bad experience with some students so he keeps picking on students!!
Don't take a recitation class right after lecture. Give yourself a couple hours to study and create a cheat sheet using class notes, packet of notes, and powerpoint slides for quizzes. If you make good cheat sheets, you won't have to waste time like everyone else trying to make last minute cheat sheets for the exams.
It's worth working hard for the first exam since it's fairly easy to anyone who can grasp the concept of probability. It's pretty much 2nd grade probability with some formulas thrown in. The people complaining are the ones who sat in the back, took shitty notes, and never studied. Believe me, I've spoken to people who did that and got the grade they deserved. The average for the midterm was around 75-80. I got an A because I took his class seriously because I knew it was difficult. Sit in the front, go to lecture, make good cheat sheets for quizzes, do extra credit, do practice problems, participate, and visit tutoring.
Wanted people in class to do well.
Gives extra credit whenever Phillies or a Drexel team win a game.
Cons: -Never answers questions if he knows they're going to be on a quiz or exam.
-Acts friendly, and perhaps is somewhat, but is quite unreasonable when it comes to missing a class or coming 2 minutes late.
-The exams were done so strictly, which would have been fine, but he treated us like we were prisoners. Moved people's seats during the whole thing, came up to random people and demanded ID cards... it would have been fine except the exam was so hard and he was like looming over us.
Also, he doesnt allow any questions during exams. None at all.
-He's nuts about using cell phones in class. On multiple instances he yelled at people when they were just using calculators or having folded hands.
I think he hated me. Why? I'd like to know too. I heard he just generally hates Indians[I'm Indian], but I'm not sure I believe that, though multiple ppl told me this.
The course structure sucks. If we asked him to solve a specific problem and he refused we knew it would be in the next quiz.
Literally the worst teacher i have ever had, nothing good about him, hes a huge dick to everyone, rude, cant speak english, makes jokes that make me cringe, wont let you in class if your 30 seconds late but has no problem holding you 8-9 minutes after, phones and computers are forbidden, cant even breathe too loud or he bangs on the board and screams QUESTIONS?!, he moves seats like were 5....the ONLY thing he has positive is that he gives out extra credit like once every other week.
Midterm is fairly easy, recitation blows and the TAs are from another planet and make you dumber.
i took the final 5 minutes ago, when you ask people you hear that its impossible....its the truth, completely impossibly hard.
for real, LeBow needs to do something about this guy, hes the worst....its a shame hes probably the only guy teaching stat 201 again.
1. Listen to the advice he gives. Practicing does help
2. He knows its a tough course, which is why he gives advice and extra credit
3. GO TO CLASS..it makes a world of difference. You'll understand the material better, he takes attendance the first half of the term, you receive the extra credits in class, (he knows if you make a copy from someone and he puts the section letter on top), and he remembers faces, so he's more open and willing to help those that make an effort in class and show up.
4. go to tutoring to ensure full credit on extra credit.
You get to make a 5 page cheat sheet for each exam, but it doesn't exactly help during the exam unless you know how to do the problems.
Basically, its a hard class, he gives extra credit, and you have a to work for your A, but he's the best stat teacher at drexel and cares for the students.
If you try to ask a question about the exam be prepared to hear "No questions! Everything is clear!" Stone cold. Personally I haven't experienced this myself but I've witnessed other students getting the hammer! Maybe it's clear to Dr. Maragah but that's because he teaches the course everyday. That doesn't mean it's clear to everyone. There have been many times in college where I've written things that I thought were clear but apparently they weren't clear to the professor.
If you don't have a background in statistics you'll end up doing many calculations in this class...blindly. There are tons of formulas, equations and probabilities coming at you from every direction but what are we calculating and how would we apply the concepts in 'the real world'? Who knows?!? There's a huge disconnect between this course and reality. By the end of the course you'll have a whole 4 inch binder filled with a stack of meaningless information!
Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the probability that anyone other than economics and finance majors will actually use the concepts learned in this class on a daily basis is 0%. The class should just be scrapped altogether for non economics and finance majors.
But look on the bright side maybe you could use all that wasted note paper to make a bonfire to celebrate this class being over! You could have a gathering where several students could contribute their notes to the fire!
I would say he lied to us! He mentioned many times that the exams will be straight forward but it turned out to be a totally different way. He didn't even allow me to ask questions during the exams!
The main reason that I got an A+ was because of the extra credits. He gave us 50 exam points in total.
If you can, stay away from him.
Instead of testing how well you understand statistics, his exams are testing how well you understand the questions!
However, when you do get to the midterm and final, look out. He told us we had 3 hours to take the midterm and then collected our papers after 2 hours. The problems involve a lot of work, and you rarely reuse the same set of data for multiple problems, meaning you have to spend precious time re-entering data constantly. You're allowed cheat sheets and your laptop (which by itself should tell you something about his tests), but your biggest challenge during a test is completing it in time - they're extremely long.
Avoid at all costs. If you have to take him, pay attention in recitation as that's what will help you most during the tests.
Otherwise he is a great guy
The best thing is that he bases your final grade not only on your grades, but on your improvement throughout the course.