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.

WARNING: don't attend his lectures, he will confuse you big time. he will make a simple problem look impossible. besides, he spends 90 percent of the time doing proofs and not things relevant to the problems you are expected to do on the test. his TA however was amazing at explaining things so do attend the discussions. oh and good luck.

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