pablo is the goat. although some people may dislike his lectures, i will FOREVER be a pablo defender. he puts in effort to make his lectures clear and he is also unironically funny. not to mention he is the snazziest dresser and always shows up with math-related shirts. his tests are also quite simple.

PABLO DOES NOT DESERVE ANY OF THE HATE ON HERE

Great lecturer, super nice guy, easy and fair tests, not a lot of homework, 100/10 would take again

Pablo actively tries to improve from feedback, and always tries his very best to answer questions. Lectures are a little confusing in the beginning but that's just bc the class is conceptually hard at first. After week 3-4, it gets easier and easier.

Pablo also responds emails within minutes and is always super helpful. Hes super approachable after class and really cares about helping students understand.

Tests are a breeze, straight out of the textbook and are familiar problems (if you do recommended hw and discussions)

Would highly recommend doing the recommended hw problems and attending office hours and the class is an easy A and you learn a lot.

You should not take Ocal if you could help it. He is horrible at explaining the concepts you need to learn because he recites it exactly for what it is in the textbook. This results in most students learning/teaching themselves from the textbook.(dw organic chemistry teacher will save u) He is nice and outwardly positive as he often asks if students have questions but most of the time you'll be more confused than anything to even be able to ask a question. He also does not respond to emails and to address any issues with homework and grading you'd have to attend his office hours. If thats an issue for you I'm just saying for a heads up. His grading is pretty understandable as a curve is often applied and there are different ways he weighs your exams to make sure you get the highest grade possible. However, unless you like to teach calc 2 to yourself/have smart friends to help you I would strongly advise you to take a different professor.

Some people have this weird need of protecting Ocal for some reason. But as a person who didn't take Calculus BC or IB Math, I had to learn a lot of material. By myself. His lectures are confusing, and he might be a nice guy, but nice Bruinwalk is not about rating how nice of a guy is your professor. The final and exams, overall, must provide an understanding of how students have learnt the material, but when you test it using way, way more advanced examples (like in today's final, which even for the people who got 99 in midterms texted me asking what the hell was it), which breaks the sense of learning as most likely a curve would be needed. Never take Ocal. I was persuaded by a friend who said yeah, it's okay, it's fine. Trust me guys, it wouldn't be. You will be miserable with him. And for those who have a weird fascination with protecting Ocal, guys, I know you know the material beforehand or you might be just math majors, but please don't set expectations for those who just need to pass their 31B.

I loved this class I feel that the hate Professor Ocal gets is unwarranted. He explains the topics well enough and while it might not always be the best explanation if you read the chapter before lecture as the homework tells you to (it doesnt actually tell you to but it just makes the most sense to do that) it will make complete sense. Professer Ocal is also very kind and helpful offering extra office hours after canceling lecture a few times and even staying after class to answer questions in the short 10 minutes he has between classes. Not only that but his practice exams are extremely helpful for the actual exams as they are so much harder then the actual test and I feel it prepares you for the test more. Also his tests were incredibly easy much easier then the practice problems we would do in class for midterm review. Professer Ocal is also very animated during lecture making them incredibly interesting and engaging. The only problem i would say I have with his lectures is that his handwriting is a bit hard to read but if you just listen and write what hes saying its the same shit he writes on the board

Professor Ocal is the worst math teacher I have ever encountered since I first started taking math classes in kindergarten. He is a very nice guy and he means well, but I have never met someone so atrocious at explaining math. He is nice enough to ask "any questions?" throughout lecture but people are so lost in his rambling by then that asking a question would be pointless. A few weeks ago I found that it is more beneficial for me to watch ten minute videos online about the topics rather than go to Professor Ocal's lectures. I stopped going to lectures and started watching these videos and my homework grades have dramatically increased since. He is good at math but he can't teach to save his life. I think his talents would be better suited for a job in accounting or something along those lines.

I liked Ocal. He takes feedback from students and applies them to his lecture. His lectures were initially all over the place, then they became very well-structured and clear. He's very enthusiastic!
His midterms and finals are very similar to previous quarters, so a test bank is super useful.

His energy at 8 in the morning is just crazy. I'll never forget the first lecture when he went in at 8am and started destroying the blackboard with his chalk; the whole MS4000 was shaking because he just had so much power writing on the board.
Lectures: not the best lecturer tbh, although he does do a good job being patience and helpful with answering questions. I just wished his explanation of concepts are more logical and "derived", instead of just "giving it" as a definition from textbooks.
Tests: super easy. Do you homework and discussion worksheets and you'd be fine.
HW: problems from the textbook. My study group was super helpful and most people got 100s on HW and worksheets.

Pablo is a great professor. He takes feedback and always has the best math jokes. The midterms and final had 5-6 and 10 questions, respectively, where the first question was actually a group of true or false questions and the rest of the questions were in the same format as problems from the homework and textbook. Thumbs Up.

Prof. Ocal for 33A was great and especially lively for an 8am (despite how he joked about constantly needing more coffee). Some would say his lectures are not very clear, but they were definitely follow-able, and he goes parallel with the textbook most times, so you can always refer back to a chapter. Homework questions were more challenge/conceptual-based, but the practice exams he provides greatly reflect the actual exams (which many were actually copies of textbook problems). Take this class, you’ll love linear algebra afterwards.