Medalla, Alberto H. teaches at Ateneo de Manila University. Across 11 comments from students, they hold a rating of 4.0 out of 5. Students score them 2.8 out of 5 on grading fairness and 2.8 out of 5 on workload. Of those comments, 6 read positive, 1 read mixed and 4 read neutral. They are listed for 6 sections this term.
Medalla, Alberto H.
Ateneo de Manila University · 11 comments
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mixed 1
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Medalla, Alberto H.4.0
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sir medalla is really chill although his midterms is not easy (rip). his finals is easier if you want to bounce back.
cs21b is about drawing graphics with java (sample graphics of sir i drew below), so the first project is drawing a card with animated graphics (ex. from the youchoob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4OcLldSqJs).
in the first half of the sem, you'll also learn about binary, octal, and hexadecimal (important for ps140); and also a bit more about actionlisteners, keyboardlisteners, mouselisteners, and containers. (if you reached that lesson in cs21a. kick!)
in the second half, you learn about TCP/IP (which does NOT stand for The Cheese Please, It Perspires ;) ), and offline server/client connections with other computers (hopefully you'll run into less bugs). the final project is a computer game (hopefully with server/client, but that could be a bonus point thing if bugs happen). he'll ask you to fix bugs if you can't solve them on time (your grade will lower tho :/ ). you'll get a lower grade if your game was taken from a previous cs21a final project (source: i asked).
tip: according to a friend, sir choob (the nickname his uncle gave him) does not repeat the explanations for what the lines of code do (during class). you have be attentive and attend all classes. tho i learned he is open to helping others so you can talk to him about your academic problems (and even personal problems).
he also knows memes (angery react only) and even the finals password before was "angerypapaya456"
ps: he prefers netbeans over bluej (but it's ok if you prefer use bluej. i did)
have my graphics-drawn choobs for consideration. i drew part of his face while in his class.more
Dapper Alpaca
Chill prof, easy B/B+, you're in good hands
positive
Retake?Yes
LeniencyYes
WorkloadMedium
SIR CHOOB <3 He's very chill/easy to get along with and he really cares about his students! Legit he stayed in school one time to help me fix my CS21 B final project. Sometimes he can be a bit malabo when teaching, but overall it was a great experience
He gave around 5-7 easy quizzes (around 10 points each) when we took him last year, but if you don't pay attention to the lecture it's easy to fail them.
He gave us written midterms and finals with no LTs. His tests can be tricky if you don't fully understand the lessons, but he gave us bonus points during the test so you should be fine.
There are 2 major projects, and only a few lab activities (he mostly gives some hands on exercises during class sessions).
tl;dr You are in good hands. Easy B/B+more
Lively Kite
he's very chill and approachable.
positive
he's very chill and approachable. the workload can be kinda heavy since he uploads a lot of lecture videos on canvas (some are over an hour long) and you'll have to take quizzes each week. since most of his lectures are on canvas, our onsite sessions were usually spent doing group quiz bees or hands on activities. the hands on activities are kinda easy as long as you understand the logic behind the prompts. the heaviest part of the course is probably the midterms and finals since you have to take a written exam and submit a project—which you have to defend. he gave plus points to those who did their defense earliermore
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Noble Badger
Keep the final project simple and take bonus points
neutral
another thing: for the final project, you may choose to remake a retro game (such as pong or pac-man). i suggest finding a simple game to replicate (not a complicating one like an rpg) because that only means more bugs (my partner and i tried this and the bugs were hard to remove so we had to come up with another game last minute rip). the simpler, the better. don't worry, the final project is a pair work (though you can opt to do it yourself).
another another thing: say "yes" to bonus points. he might not give you any if you pick "no". you also need all the bonus points you can getmore
Clever Kite
CS is awesome
Happy Yak
Used the school lab laptop during exams, not mine
nope... i remember that i used the laptop in the school labs, and not mine, during the exams.
Anonymous
Departmental exams are moderate and stay in scope
positive
if i rate his exams in difficulty, id say maybe its in moderate range, but these are departmental exams im talking about. the exam coverage also is alright and does not seem to go out of scope of the lessons covered so far by sir thankfullymore
Swift Yak
Experience depends if he’s back from Spain
Did not take him for this class in particular, but your experience will depend on whether or not he’s back from Spain. Otherwise it’ll be Choobtorial streaming timemore
Daring Lynx
late or no-show, stuck with Choobtorials
mixed
WorkloadHeavy
Your experience with him will depend on whether he’s come back from Spain or not. He’s actually an okay instructor onsite (compared to other DISCS profs). However, usually he’s late or doesn’t show up at all, so you’ll more likely be stuck self-studying Choobtorials. Assessments are very detail-oriented, so you’ll have to memorize code which really sucks, but I think it’s departmental so you don’t really have a choice.more
Quiet Llama
Clear analogies; A with reasonable effort
positive
CourseCSCI 21
Retake?Yes
4.0 attainableYes
WorkloadLight
he was one of my assigned teachers for csci 21 and 22, but he was out of the country, so i could not say much abt him other than what I could gather about him when he used an online medium to teach. he's genuinely very good as a prof because he uses layman words and analogies to explain things. very reserved as his character, also humorous at times. don't know abt his exams and projects because they were made by a group of profs (including him) but from my experience, both are manageable! so you're in good hands! B or B+ normally but A with reasonable amt of effort. enjoy him!more
Mellow Wolf
Take him, fair grades, hard hands-on, A-able
positive
Retake?Yes
4.0 attainableYes
LeniencyYes
WorkloadHeavy
take him! had him for the same subject and i’ve learned so much in his class (python & sql). he grades fair, and super technical with how u explain ur code in the defense sa midterms at finals. one downside lang is his hands on activities kasi mahirap HAHAHAHA di siya kayang tapusin within his period pero super minor deductions lang for late submissions. overall, easy B but super A-able with prayers :>more
