I got a good grade, but wouldn’t recommend the professor. She would be a good mentor and person to know otherwise, but she will mess with your mind as a professor. Expect all of her quizzes to be filled with trick questions. Don’t bother with the textbook problems (I never even looked at them), just study the examples on her slides. Do the tax return project with your peers, because she will pick it apart viciously.

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Took Berges for 120A and 127A, and really enjoyed both of her classes. Her course readers are imperative for the class, and it is super easy to follow along with the class. She teaches in a way that is easy to understand, and stops to make sure that the class understands it as well. She usually gives hints throughout the classes stating which types of problems will be "big" free response problems on the test, which was very helpful when looking back through my course reader while studying. Her grading is very fair, and I would highly recommend taking her classes.

I liked coming to Berges lectures--she had some engaging stories from her years of experience. Overall, she is a fair grader who prepares you to know what is going to be important to know. Her lectures are helpful but her way of going through examples is quite scattered during lectures and things are labeled well in that if you didn't hear her say it, you have no idea what the label-less numbers on the whiteboard mean. It made it really difficult to have cohesive notes which was bad because she heavily tests her in class examples/examples that are in her course reader. I wasn't able to attend any office hours so I am not sure if that helps clarify those examples but generally if you work hard and practice the examples/homework problems several times, you should do well. Well wishes to you!