Rombes is okay. He's an okay lecturer but I found myself fighting for my life to stay awake in lecture. Professor usually just reads off his slides but I learn better in person so I made sure to go. 5A content was so uninteresting to me so I found it hard to study/pay attention in this class. Exams were fair but I found the final to be harder. One thing I will say is that he is really responsive to his students. He had a really hard problem on our first midterm and after everyone told him how difficult it was he made the TAs grade it really fairly. Since I didn't find the first midterm too difficult I didn't study as hard as for the second one and my grade reflected it. It does suck that even missing partial points on problems can significantly drop your grade. He also doesn't round so if you're at a 89.9 you're fucked.

Starting the Physics series was super scary for me. I'd never taken physics before and was nervous based on everyone elses experiences with Physics. However, I think it was pretty fair. Rombes was extremely approachable and was pretty responsive to his students. The only funky thing was his grading, on the first midterm we were graded very leniently but it changed after the second midterm. but overall he was a really nice professor!

One note though was discussion. It was honestly really helpful, but Hui was the worst TA. He was mean, unapproachable, and I literally dreaded when he would enter our breakout room. But our LA Nathan was extremely helpful and honestly was our TA for that discussion section

Dr. Rombes is very approachable, and I felt comfortable asking questions in his class. His lectures were clear, and I was able to understand the concepts even having never taken a physics class in my life. The mastering physics was challenging at times, but I felt that the problems definitely helped me learn the material better, and high activity from the class on campuswire allowed me to get help on problems I was stuck on. The midterms and final were also pretty challenging, but the lectures prepare you well for them. This is a good class to take if you're like me and have never taken physics before.

Theres a bunch of mastering physics problems for homework every week which is so tedious. other than that its and alright class