Ebert isn't a great lecturer but he tries his best. Like others said lectures are pretty incoherent with a lot of mumbling. It takes quite a while to get through one, he skips lots of steps that make it hard to understand what is going on. I do think a lot of the hate is undeserved. The difficulty of his class is partially made up for by the curve. The grading schemes are also pretty forgiving letting your drop a midterm and put emphasis on the remaining one + final.

Our test averages were all in the 60s, but the grading policies and curve meant that the average final grade was still a B. Quizzes were reasonable and mostly based off the homework (please do the homework before quizzes) and helped bump your grade a little.

This class is fairly easy to pass. The content is manageable and the final curve was VERY generous, with a 73 being a B- and scores in the 50s being Ds. If you cannot pass this class, it is a genuine skill issue. To not pass, you would need midterms/finals in the low 50s and 40s. The other review saying that there are "thousands" of equations to memorize is also tripping. There are lots of equations each derived from one another, but realistically you only need to memorize like 4-8 of them and if you do enough practice problems, you definitely will have them memorized.

Ebert is definitely improving as a professor, but I still wouldn't recommend his class if you can find an easier professor. If you are a strong math student though, you can definitely get an A in this class self-studying.