Bill Foley - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

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Bill Foley - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Professor: Bill Foley

Department: Decision Science

College: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rating # 1

Overview:

Course: ENGR2050
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Foley is absolutely terrible. He is incredibly unorganized and is very unclear about assignments. He will grade extremely hard and will grade based off of rubrics that are not provided to the class at all. His lectures are barley even lectures and just turn into mindless rambling. Avoid at all costs.

Rating # 2

Overview:

Course: 2050IED
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Terrible professor. Doesn't understand the projects he assigns and then deducts points for things his pin head doesnt hear during your presentation. unaccountable and has a very surface level knowledge of all subjects. Attending his office hours is like trying to ask questions to a monkey.

Rating # 3

Overview:

Course: ISYE2210
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He was not a great lecturer, I never paid attention to the lectures. You have to read the textbook. The most useful thing was his workbook problem videos. I spent most of my time with the TA, who was great. Lots of homework, but test are mostly what's graded. Tests are not super similar to homework. You have to go to lectures to turn in CPE.

Rating # 4

Overview:

Course: ENGR1905
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:

Just no. It gets extremely frustrating especially when you take his course not knowing the way he teaches

Rating # 5

Overview:

Course: ISYE2210
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Prof. Foley is a pretty boring lecturer. Material can be learned straight out of the book and isnt too hard. A lot of busy work and one homework assignment per week. Make sure you use ExcelOM to save yourself a bunch of time on the work. Exams are open book, notes, laptop.

Rating # 6

Overview:

Course: ISYE4240
Grade Received: A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

He is not a good professor. But if you watch all of the video's he posts before exams, and make sure you submit all of the class exercises and all of the homework you'll do decent in the class. Avoid him if possible, but you know what you're getting when you take a class with him.

Rating # 7

Overview:

Course: ENGR2050
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Foley was a decent professor for IED. He graded fairly and was helpful in the lab when working on our main project. He has a strange sense of humor and tries his best to keep his lectures interesting. Overall not a bad choice for IED.

Rating # 8

Overview:

Course: ISYE2210
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Always talking about something interesting, he is super knowledgeable. But he doesn't really teach much. Stopped going to lectures because even if I went I had to read through the online material to learn anyways. Not a tough class though. Great guy, just a lot of homework. If you do what you're supposed to do you'll get like a B+

Rating # 9

Overview:

Course: ISYE4600
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He will make you work for your grade. You are drilled with work after work. So, if you slack off for half a week, you'll be behind. He is accessible outside of class. Still a reasonable professor, expects a lot from you, and will keep you on your toes with work. You'll definitely come out learning something.

Rating # 10

Overview:

Course: ENGR4600
Grade Received: Not sure yet
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

DON'T DON'T DON'T TAKE HIS CLASS UNLESS YOU WANT TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF REALLY BAD. HE MIGHT KNOW WHAT HE IS DOING, HE MIGHT NOT. NO MATTER WHAT, HE DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN THE CLASS AND IS NOT A VERY NICE PROFESSOR TO STUDENTS. I TOOK IED AND OR FROM HIM. BOTH WERE AWEFUL EXPERIENCES:(

Rating # 11

Overview:

Course: ISYE2210
Grade Received: B+
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

The only reason I did alright was because of the textbook. Awful professor but if you are an IME, there is no way to avoid him. Good luck!

Rating # 12

Overview:

Course: ENGR2600
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:

He doesn't grade fairly nor does he offer help. He goes on tangents throughout all of class on topics that have no relevance to the course. He does not go through example problems and his lecture slides are not helpful when studying. His exams are way too difficult because he does not teach clearly enough. Take MAU with a different professor.

Rating # 13

Overview:

Course: MAU
Grade Received: B
Overall Rating: 1.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Maybe people at RPI are just used to bad professors. I can't comprehend why anyone would rate him highly. This man is the worst educator I have ever encountered in my entire life. Every negative comment I've read about him has been far more accurate than the positives. Avoid this man at all costs. His arrogance is only matched by his ignorance

Rating # 14

Overview:

Course: DSES2210
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.0
Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Useless with any help at all

Rating # 15

Overview:

Course: IED
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 2.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Rants a lot during class, somewhat tough grader. A little awkward, laughs at his own jokes. Pushes you really hard to do well.

Rating # 16

Overview:

Course: IED
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: N/A

Comment:

he is a really bad teacher who doesnt know anything and pretend that he is the smartest person in the whole world. he doesn't care about his students and talk about his stupid cars all the time which are like bmw 1 series and Volkswagen beetle...

Rating # 17

Overview:

Course: IED9
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.5
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

At first I though he was unreasonably hard. He is a really good guy and will push you beyond your comfort zone. As long as he sees that you go don't just do the minimum you will do very well in his classes. Very strange sense of humor and funny laugh. Ended up being one of my best experiences with a professor.

Rating # 18

Overview:

Course: IED2050
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 3.0
Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Very difficult, grades favorites higher. Tries to push you beyond your goal. Sleeps and eats sandwiches. You must talk to him and show him that your doing work otherwise you will not do well. your project must show engineering process otherwise you will do poorly. Our project worked but he didnt like how it looked gave us a D-.

Rating # 19

Overview:

Course: ENGR4760
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 4.0
Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Relates course material to real life situations on a regular basis. Willing to help you outside of class during office hours or through e-mail if it is obvious that you made an effort to find the answer on your own. Any bad reviews about this professor are from people upset that they couldn't find back tests to cheat off.

Rating # 20

Overview:

Course: ENGR2050
Grade Received: N/A
Overall Rating: 1.5
Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Girls - get ready for him to hit on you in a weird, old guy fashion. Guys - try to refrain yourself from punching him in the face whenever he's the only one maniacally laughing at his own jokes... He's more interested in himself than the class. Get another professor if possible.

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