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Sorin Popa
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He's a really nice guy and his lectures are pretty easy to follow. However, he speaks in a really quite voice, so you have to sit in the front to hear what he's saying. The lectures are pretty useless though, I only went to about 75% of the time because I was too tired to get up (the class was at 8 am in the morning) and still managed an A for the whole class. The midterms are really easy, everything is from the book. If you do the homework problems and take the initiative to do some extra ones that he didn't assign, you will be fine. the final is a lot harder because the material covers the whole year. Again, if you do the extra problems in the book, you will be fine. so take this guy if you've taken calculus in high school before. although it's a 8 am class, the final grade you'll get is well worth it.
He's a really nice guy and his lectures are pretty easy to follow. However, he speaks in a really quite voice, so you have to sit in the front to hear what he's saying. The lectures are pretty useless though, I only went to about 75% of the time because I was too tired to get up (the class was at 8 am in the morning) and still managed an A for the whole class. The midterms are really easy, everything is from the book. If you do the homework problems and take the initiative to do some extra ones that he didn't assign, you will be fine. the final is a lot harder because the material covers the whole year. Again, if you do the extra problems in the book, you will be fine. so take this guy if you've taken calculus in high school before. although it's a 8 am class, the final grade you'll get is well worth it.
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Winter 2018 - I had Popa for 31B. This class was really easy, probably because I took AP Calc BC. He is really clear in lectures and the tests are EXACTLY like the homework, so make sure to do the HW. If you go to lecture, do ALL the homework, go to discussion, you should be good.
Winter 2018 - I had Popa for 31B. This class was really easy, probably because I took AP Calc BC. He is really clear in lectures and the tests are EXACTLY like the homework, so make sure to do the HW. If you go to lecture, do ALL the homework, go to discussion, you should be good.
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Popa is a good professor who clearly loves math. He goes through a lot of sample problems in lecture and his midterms and exam is fair. His teaching style is definitely geared towards those who have some prior background in calculus. Although I did not have as much of a calculus background as many people in the class, I managed to follow along for the most part.
Popa is a good professor who clearly loves math. He goes through a lot of sample problems in lecture and his midterms and exam is fair. His teaching style is definitely geared towards those who have some prior background in calculus. Although I did not have as much of a calculus background as many people in the class, I managed to follow along for the most part.
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