Schriver is the best professor I have ever had at UCLA!! He truly cares about his students and their learning, explaining concepts very clearly and going over many example/practice problems that are very similar to his exams. The averages on the two midterms were in the 80s, with a standard deviation around 12. The lecture before the exams (ie on Wednesday with a Friday exam) are big review sessions where Schriver just goes over a ton of practice problems. He skips around on the math, but to study, I would just go over the practice problems again and make sure I understood how Schriver solved them.
Our grade consisted of homework (mastering physics, about 8 assignments over the 10 weeks), 2 exams (each 15% of our grade), a final, and the lab (15%). Professor Schriver made our final optional very early on in relation to when the UCLA moved online, and he was very kind and understanding of his students' situations. I wish I had gotten to know him on a more personal level, so definitely try to go to office hours when you can! During lectures, he was very sweet and honestly reminds me a lot of Tom Hanks. He did a few cool demonstrations during class too and made some funny dad-style jokes :'). I 1000000% recommend Schriver if you ever get the chance to take his class!!

Dr Schriver is amazing. He is such a sweet heart and you can tell he cares about his students. His voice can be boring sometimes but he really does teach the material in a way that non physicists can comprehend. What I recommend doing is taking notes on his commentary in class, rather than trying to copy down the slides. Then after class when he posts his power points back track and connect his talking points with each slide. Many of his slides don't have much detail so this is what I found to be the best method for gathering all of the information.

He handled the COVID-19 craze and transition to online with grace despite the fact that he was very clearly immensely stressed about the last minute cancellation of our final. He really listened to our concerns and made a decision based on actually helping us.

Try to hit up the test bank for his physics 6 series exams when you are prepping for the midterms. Discussions are a waste of time, don't bother going. He is very helpful in office hours and it's a great way to get one on one time, as many students don't go until the week of the midterm.
I wish I could finish the physics series with him.
Don't pass on the opportunity to take him!

He made Physics 6C the easiest course of the series. I got a B- in 6A and a B+ in 6B, but I easily got an A with Schriver. His lectures were easy to follow and he would do practice problems in class so we understand how to use the equations, which I believe is the best way of learning. Weekly quizzes were given, which were very EASY points (one question straight from the homework he assigns). Study, or memorize, the homework for the week and you'll get the 10 points. Exams were easy too, but it did require a little more thinking than the homework. However, I probably studied more for the midterms and final than I should have, since his tests were so straightforward (no tricks, just concepts he taught in class or problems he handed out in homework). Take Physics 6C with Dr. Schriver, you won't regret it!

Sure.... he's easy..... but he grades based on a bell curve... yeah a BELL CURVE you idiots.

the mean for the the first exam was 85... I got 90

the mean for the second midterm was 90.... I got 90

the final was 87.... i got 84.....

B- in the class. I HATE BELL CURVES.

completely agree with the post below me.

A very, very, VERY small number of people who are posting reviews a YEAR after they took the class are legit. Who the **** decides to review their 6c professor from last year? nobody, that's who.

anyone defending those suspicious comments are either a) extremely gullible or b) the people who posted them originally

i'll reiterate: it is NOT A COINCIDENCE that Schriver's only negative review are coming the week of class sign-ups.

I don't know what kind of joke this is, but when I took Schriver he was not this easy... David was one tricky mofo and by far the worst professor I had at UCLA... Ended up with a B+... my only B in my pre reqs so far....

lol @ the dipsh!t who said Schriver doesn't teach well at all and that, if you take him for 6c, you won't be prepared for the MCAT. LOL...i hope nobody is stupid enough to fall for your tricks, you competitive assmuncher. physics on the MCAT is cake compared to anything you'll ever take in a college level class. if you take 6c with even the shittiest possible UCLA professor, you'd still be in okay shape for the MCAT.

Is that guy Swartwood? "mellow" haha! anyway John did talk about schriver getting harder because of all the reviews on bruinwalk.... just to let everyone know...

"UCLA kids aren't even that smart. Second rate students that got rejected from Stanford and CAL. Always trying to find easy professors! hah! you guys are a joke!!!!!!!! "

lol why are you here then buddy?

One thing about those negative reviews that make them really skeptical is that the reviewers are offering Niemann and Gutperle as alternatives. What a coincidence? Both of them are teaching for the next quarter.