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Benjamin Castle MATH121 Expecting an A Anonymous 12/11/2024	Pretty easy going class. The quizzes were all taken from the homework, this makes up a good portion of your grade. In addition, just study these quizzes and your sure to do fine on the midterms as well as the final. He is very nice and is always willing to help students during his office hours.
Benjamin Castle MATH121 Anonymous 05/14/2024	A really good professor, especially for MATH121. All the homework and things we learned were from the book and they would effectively teach the class. Additionally, they were also fairly interactive with the students and were prompt at answering any questions.
Tobias von Petersdorff MATH121 Expecting a B Anonymous 01/09/2024	TVP is cool. One time i needed a HW deadline extended just because I had alot going on, and he did it no questions asked. Yes, he was sometimes nervous, but never in the big breakouts like these reviews detailed. Only a couple of times he became worried, but he was able to calm down and finish class. I think his biggest worry is that students do not understand or cant read his writing, that is usually what causes problems, but to me it just shows how much he cared. Overall he was a super nice guy, and you can tell he really loves the subject...class was very detailed, but I didnt find it super difficult to follow. Exams are straightforward, but really only from what he teaches, do not practice just with the textbook, practice with HIS notes. I started doing really well when I went to his office hours, he is alot less nervous and is super kind and understanding when I met with him. I was super nervous going into the final so I met with him and he really calmed my nerves, I think he may have made the final easier on purpose. The only huge negative is that canvas the whole semester did not have the weights in that were talked about on the syllabus, so my grade I thought I had was wrong leading up until finals week...real grade was 6% less than canvas grade. wouldve been nicer to know before so I knew where I actually stood, so I would look out for this. MATH121 itself is a weird in-between class, Close but not yet 141. Homeworks had nothing to do with lectures, mostly because they were calculator based and we were not allowed calculators. Each HW assignment took me around 1-2 hours, mostly just 1 but never under 1. MATH 121 Had pop-quizzes each week, which really messed up my grade because i only had time to study right before the exam. To do best on those, you need to do practice problems, every. night. Overall I would not take MATH121 again because of the not-needed stress it caused. But mostly I want to stress that TVP is not the "mess" these revs make him. I do not doubt that these things happened, but he is definitely a more grounded person now. TVP was the only prof for MATH121 when I took it, but if there is another one available I would take a look.
Mirna Pinsky MATH121 Expecting a B Anonymous 04/11/2023	She is very nice, but she is NOT a good teacher. She barely knows what she is doing and often messes up problems. She often teaches using concepts and variables and not examples for a lot of the class so it's just nonsense. Most people are on their phone or zoning out all class. Not engaging at all and she isn't good at explaning things.
Mirna Pinsky MATH121 Anonymous 02/05/2023	She's a nice person, but she teaching is way too unfocused and confusing. She doesn't really explain anything or tell you important information, she just writes on the board and does problems like you should know what to do already. Zoning out during class and just reading the textbook will save you a lot of confusion.
Mirna Pinsky MATH121 Anonymous 02/02/2023	She seems nice, but her teaching style is extremely vague and difficult to understand. She doesn't explain how to solve problems and sometimes skips over important information. The textbook is a better teacher than she is.
Arghya Sadhukhan MATH121 Expecting an A Anonymous 01/13/2021	Was a pretty good professor. He is still learning and has a lot of room for growth. His exams and quizzes were very hard but the curve at the end of the semester made up for it. Make time to meet with him outside of class and you'll be fine.

Benjamin Castle
MATH121

Expecting an A
Anonymous
12/11/2024

Pretty easy going class. The quizzes were all taken from the homework, this makes up a good portion of your grade. In addition, just study these quizzes and your sure to do fine on the midterms as well as the final. He is very nice and is always willing to help students during his office hours.

Benjamin Castle
MATH121

Anonymous
05/14/2024

A really good professor, especially for MATH121. All the homework and things we learned were from the book and they would effectively teach the class. Additionally, they were also fairly interactive with the students and were prompt at answering any questions.

Tobias von Petersdorff
MATH121

Expecting a B
Anonymous
01/09/2024

TVP is cool. One time i needed a HW deadline extended just because I had alot going on, and he did it no questions asked. Yes, he was sometimes nervous, but never in the big breakouts like these reviews detailed. Only a couple of times he became worried, but he was able to calm down and finish class. I think his biggest worry is that students do not understand or cant read his writing, that is usually what causes problems, but to me it just shows how much he cared. Overall he was a super nice guy, and you can tell he really loves the subject...class was very detailed, but I didnt find it super difficult to follow. Exams are straightforward, but really only from what he teaches, do not practice just with the textbook, practice with HIS notes. I started doing really well when I went to his office hours, he is alot less nervous and is super kind and understanding when I met with him. I was super nervous going into the final so I met with him and he really calmed my nerves, I think he may have made the final easier on purpose. The only huge negative is that canvas the whole semester did not have the weights in that were talked about on the syllabus, so my grade I thought I had was wrong leading up until finals week...real grade was 6% less than canvas grade. wouldve been nicer to know before so I knew where I actually stood, so I would look out for this. MATH121 itself is a weird in-between class, Close but not yet 141. Homeworks had nothing to do with lectures, mostly because they were calculator based and we were not allowed calculators. Each HW assignment took me around 1-2 hours, mostly just 1 but never under 1. MATH 121 Had pop-quizzes each week, which really messed up my grade because i only had time to study right before the exam. To do best on those, you need to do practice problems, every. night. Overall I would not take MATH121 again because of the not-needed stress it caused. But mostly I want to stress that TVP is not the "mess" these revs make him. I do not doubt that these things happened, but he is definitely a more grounded person now. TVP was the only prof for MATH121 when I took it, but if there is another one available I would take a look.

Mirna Pinsky
MATH121

Expecting a B
Anonymous
04/11/2023

She is very nice, but she is NOT a good teacher. She barely knows what she is doing and often messes up problems. She often teaches using concepts and variables and not examples for a lot of the class so it's just nonsense. Most people are on their phone or zoning out all class. Not engaging at all and she isn't good at explaning things.

Mirna Pinsky
MATH121

Anonymous
02/05/2023

She's a nice person, but she teaching is way too unfocused and confusing. She doesn't really explain anything or tell you important information, she just writes on the board and does problems like you should know what to do already. Zoning out during class and just reading the textbook will save you a lot of confusion.

Mirna Pinsky
MATH121

Anonymous
02/02/2023

She seems nice, but her teaching style is extremely vague and difficult to understand. She doesn't explain how to solve problems and sometimes skips over important information. The textbook is a better teacher than she is.

Arghya Sadhukhan
MATH121

Expecting an A
Anonymous
01/13/2021

Was a pretty good professor. He is still learning and has a lot of room for growth. His exams and quizzes were very hard but the curve at the end of the semester made up for it. Make time to meet with him outside of class and you'll be fine.

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