MATH 104A
CENICEROS H
Hector Ceniceros
3.1
96 reviews
YANG XU
XU Yang
2.7
36 reviews

133
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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Doesn't go in depth with concepts in lecture, basically have to reteach yourself everything after. Easy midterms but very hard final.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

Super silly and sweet guy, just not that great of a teacher. He's super smart so he breezes over certain topics that are crucial to understand and his lectures are really confusing because he only uses textbook notations that make no sense. Try to learn concepts before lecture so it's easier to digest. Midterms are really easy, final is brutal.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

His lectures are difficult to understand because he goes so fast but once you read the notes after, it's pretty clear. His midterms were pretty easy but the final was more difficult. His final were similar to questions from other midterms, review, and homework. Also for the midterms, the grading criteria is pretty harsh.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

His lectures are not chill. His explanation skills are subpar and you will find yourself doing all of your learning outside of class.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 3 Months Ago

If I could give a 0 on everything I would. He's has funny dry humor but his lectures dont make sense, he never answers questions and his tests are stupid hard. Don't be fooled by the first two midterms, the final is so hard. Stupid hard. If you can not take him, don't.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

He is not good at teaching. He is clearly a genius but he is so smart that he cannot comprehend how you do not understand. He skips complex steps because for him they are mental math. He is probably very good at math but he cannot teach. He does not like answering questions.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

He's a nice person but a bad teacher. He likes to make jokes and lighten the mood, which is appreciated sometimes. However it's hard to understand him through his accent and he goes through things very fast without fully explaining. I left the class, especially the second half, very confused and had to teach myself and have the TA help explain.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

lecture so bad today im doing this mid class. his lectures are really confusing for topics that are not super hard. the tests are pretty easy but you have to self study. he tries really hard to be funny in class but is kinda mean to student

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 4 Months Ago

Much easier than my AP Calc AB teacher's content (it was hell on earth in that class where almost all bc was crammed in 3 weeks, right after the ap exam with no curves and grade average of D)

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

bro wants to be a comedian so bad. sitting through his lectures is actually diabolical. never again

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

He does not explain well

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

Professor was incredibly rude to students. He posts practice exams without keys, then refuses to help students with it during office hours, saying it isn't his responsibility. I asked a clarification question during the final and he announced to the room that if you have this question you must never attend class. I never missed a lecture though...

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 1 Year, 11 Months Ago

Professor Ceniceros is genuinely a really nice guy - he gives very much uncle/grandpa vibes. However, he is completely inaccessible by email and will basically never respond. The class is weighted very unfairly and the final is worth 40% and our class average was below a 55%. Do not take if you are a bad test taker.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 2 Years Ago

Left the lecture hall understanding less. 2 midterms worth 20%. Final worth 40% and is cumulative. Not worth your time or brain power. Better off waiting for a better professor.

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MATH3B . Ceniceros H 2 Years Ago

Professor Ceniceros is a nice person, but I would NEVER take his class again. Lectures are awful, homework is hard with no explanations, and midterms were misleadingly easy in comparison to the final that seemed to be written by the devil himself. I would routinely leave the lecture hall basically shellshocked. Do what you will with this info.

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MATH104B . Yang Xu 2 Years Ago

took his 104A earlier so take this 104B again. getting a good grade is not easy when your TA is tough, but prof himself is not bad. hw is reasonable. if u skip his class, dont skip the review session. the grading policy is so nice. the "drop the lower mid score" literally saves my life. //will write another comment when i finish his 104c.

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MATH104C . Yang Xu 2 Years Ago

Literally just used another professor's lecture slides and notes.

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MATH104C . Yang Xu 3 Years Ago

Very heavy accent and does NOT care about his students. Just keep talking and talking and assume everyone knows what he talks about.

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MATH104C . Ceniceros H 3 Years Ago

Prof. Ceniceros knows his stuff about numerical analysis. I truly learned a lot from him and he is quite funny in class just to make lecture not boring. Numerical analysis is really hard b/c the content is huge, but he encourages students to go to his office hour and it is been very helpful.

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MATH104C . Ceniceros H 4 Years Ago

He might be passionate about numerical analysis ... but he's not a good teacher. It's sad the lecture recordings were from over a year ago.

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MATH3B . Yang Xu 5 Years Ago

Professor Yang communicates with the students often with emails, his lectures were straight-forward and I felt like I had a deep understanding on the content, and the exams are challenging. I strongly recommend for Math 3B.

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MATH3B . Yang Xu 5 Years Ago

Did not even create his own lectures, used another teacher's lectures from the previous quarter - everything was asynchronous. Quizzes were 5 questions and the lowest one is dropped. You will definitely need to study extra for this class if you want a good grade in it.

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MATH3B . Yang Xu 5 Years Ago

Very disorganized lectures. Bad handwriting and difficult to understand. Lectures consist of him doing examples while providing little to no explanation. Do NOT recommend.

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MATH104B . Ceniceros H 5 Years Ago

No difference in listening to his recorded lecture from just reading his notes yourself, which are equally unclear. The recorded videos seem meaningless since he just transcribes his notes again and reads them verbatim. Not a good teacher.

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