He completely undermines the established curriculum and removes any fairness between classes by being the most difficult teacher I have ever had! I can tell you if people have much easier teachers in physics they will do better in the other classes you share with them because you will be miserably studying for his tests while others are okay. It is unbelievable that there is no conformity at all between his class and other 6a teachers. Save yourself from his idea that everyone is a physicist and take someone else.

I would not recommend Professor Coroniti to anyone. He seems like a nice guy, but once lecture begins he starts writing a ton of stuff on the board very quickly and most of the class has no idea what's going on. He doesn't explain what he does sufficiently, and as a result I stopped going to lecture early on in the quarter (also my class was at 8 am). If it wasn't for Emin, the greatest TA I've ever had, I would have been screwed. I went to discussion every week and attended Emin's office hours for most of the quarter, which I highly recommend you do if you take Coroniti. The one thing the professor did do that was appreciated is before each midterm and the final, he would give us specifics about what each individual problem would entail. However the tests were still difficult and entirely variable-based.

It took me a while to figure out what Coroniti was all about, but it can be summed up in one word: PROOFS. Going to his lectures are slightly entertaining but you will be lost unless you have already read ahead in the material. His tests are extremely confusing and the curve was always low. Be familiar with all equations because even if he claims to give you equations, it will be the bare bare minimum. Homework was ridiculous near the end of the quarter and you need to be prepared to teach yourself elsewhere to do well in this class.

I came into Physics 6A in the beginning of the quarter with these particular sentiments: I hated AP Physics in high school and I hated working with variables. Dr. Coroniti has completely changed my views: I really, really love physics and actually prefer working with variables over numbers now!

Dr. Coroniti has such a great personality--he's really enthusiastic when he teaches, which makes an 8 am class much easier to bear. He's also very helpful, and after explaining concepts on the board, he would keep on asking the students if they had any questions. It's really interesting watching him prove the theorems and concepts so naturally without ever getting lost and without using notes either. His exams are really fair: He would never ask you to do a problem involving concepts that he never talked about. In fact, prior to the midterms and the final, he would lay out a complete outline for you: He literally says "Problem #1 involves this concept and is just like this one problem in the homework." All you need to do is follow his outline when you study, try to think of all the possible ways he can manipulate the problems, and you will do really well on his exams. The midterms were pretty easy, but the final was a lot trickier--it really makes you think and it'll show whether you actually knew the concepts or just memorized how to do a problem. If you think you can get by the final just by memorizing how to do a problem without understanding the concepts, think again.

I really like the fact that Dr. Coroniti does proofs in class (I know a lot of people hate it) because it actually helps you understand the concepts when you look back at his notes. He does skip steps and talks really fast, but it's not a big deal to ask him to repeat what he just did. After doing the proofs, he would do problems that are similar to the homework problems, but in variables, so for the homework, all you need to do is plug in the numbers to get the answer. I really like how all the exams were in variables because I find myself constantly messing up when I plug in numbers into the calculator when I was doing the homework. Working in variables is also helpful because you can check the units easily to see if your answer makes sense.

Discussions and review sessions for the exams are VERY helpful, so definitely don't skip those. My TA, Emin, was super awesome!

All in all, I don't understand what all the complaints and fuss is about over Dr. Coroniti. I thought he was amazing! I definitely recommend him for Physics 6A--this class makes you think a lot, and you'll come out learning so much!

i pretty much never went to lecture at all (9am classes?). didn't do the homework or go to discussion at all either. for the midterms/final, i would attend the pre-exam discussion(which was REALLY helpful btw), read the sections out of the book, and do a bunch of the practice problems the TA rec'd. struggled through much of the MTs/final, but finished with a flat B. honestly not that surprising, seeing as the days of the exams the lecture hall was completely packed with tons of people i had never seen before, probably doing the same thing i was. overall, i could have put in more effort to get an A, but the effort/reward curve is kind of steep.

Professor Coroniti does not explain his lectures well at all. He goes really fast, so it is hard to follow what he is doing. He skips a lot of steps in his proofs, which makes it difficult to understand when rereading the notes. His lectures are always really confusing and frustrating. Somehow when the TAs or even the book explains the same information it seems so much simpler and straight forward. Coroniti not only does a poor job at explaining how he gets his equations, he usually makes the problem seem even more confusing than it actually is. He also has a very soft voice and sometimes mumbles, which makes it even harder to follow him.

Prof. Coroniti is one of the fairest professors I have met at UCLA. I have never fallen asleep in his lectures. He's enthusiastic and a great guy! The class is certainly difficult, but you will do well if you go to lecture, take good notes, and really understand how to do the homework problems. I just got my midterm back and the average was 64/100. I got an 86/100 with minimal studying compared to the studying I do for LS3.

Some people say his lectures are confusing, but his lectures are actually very well structured. First, he introduces concepts (sometimes, he will say things that he doesn't write on the board, but you MUST write down these things he says because when you look back at your notes, you might not understand the diagrams without the proper annotations that he explains). Second, after he introduces the concepts, he will go over examples and problems to show you how to apply the concepts to the problems. Simple structure, easy to follow. :)

He tells you what the questions on the exams will focus on, i.e. inclined plane with springs, etc etc.... So, go to lecture. Go to his review sessions (I didn't find it helpful, but I think seeing the material over and over helps some people to understand it).

But, of course, when you study for the exams, do variations of the problems and think of every possible way he can manipulate the homework problems. It also helps if you do review problems with just variables and no numbers because the exams are all variables.

Overall, his class is awesome. I highly recommend taking Prof. Coroniti! :D

I took ASTRO 3 with him.

He is an easy going professor and is very enthusiastic about the material he teaches. Although some of the material in this class is hard to understand if you are not really into astronomy, he compensates by giving a detailed study guide for the exams.

The labs were actually fun and enjoyable. Usually the TA's will "guide" you to the correct answer when you ask them for help.

I would definitely take Coroniti again

Coroniti is really big on proofs. Around 2 classes before the midterms and finals, he will take about 15-20 minutes in class to talk about exactly which topics will be on the test. He literally says: #1 involves a spring and a mass. know how to...etc. If you study what he tells you to study, you will do fine on his tests. As low as the average is, study what he tells you to and you will do well.

Obviously, people who don't give him a good rating didn't attend his lectures, seeing how they say the tests were "extremely hard". You'll score a few points above the midterms if you do so.

So..for about the first 2-3 weeks, I had no idea what was going on in the class! For some reason Coroniti thought it would be fun to give us proofs out of our ass..that after 15 minutes, he would tell us we would not even have to know! However, after a fear of failing..I studied my ass off for the first midterm and surprisingly did really good! The average was 48/100 and I got a 59..Despite his rampant proofs, Coroniti is really nice, and begs (literally) for questions during lecture. He also tells you exactly what types of problems are going to be on the tests and he really guides your studying so that you can study efficiently. He did not recommend us to do random practice problems, like we did in 1A..so I didn't! The lectures get SO much better after the first midterm once you get into Electric fields and Gauss's Law and Electric Potential. They really helped, especially with example problems. The second midterm was fair as well, however I underestimated the difficulty of Taylor series expansions which were a significant part of the grade. The test was also way to long for a 50min class! The average was a 55/100 and I got a 51 (& the graders are GREAT with partial credit). The last stretch of material, circuits and magnetic fields are surprisingly really interesting (despite having to use torque again). He once again told us all the types of problems that were going to be on the final. And for all of his tests he recommends doing all the homework problems as practice problems (which i think helped)..The final was hard as shit though (but doable), he somehow made a vertical mass on a spring hard as hell! But in general, if you studied well, one could literally get more than half credit on each problem. And some of them were so reminiscent of previous midterm problems but with a slight twist they were still okay. Some of the problems were daunting at first, but after sitting and thinking about them, you could definitely have a couple of epiphanies during the final. I ended up with a B in the class (and i hate physics with allll of my heart & soul)..Even though i think I should have got a B+!