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Michael Andrews

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Workload 3.1 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.2 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Sept. 24, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A

Selling loose leaf textbook $35 (Rogawski/Adams, Calculus, 3rd Edition) **********

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July 31, 2018
Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A

Selling textbook PDF -- $10 -- (Rogawski/Adams, Calculus, 3rd Edition). Text **********.

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June 20, 2023
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: B+

I would say that the class is not as easy as how other reviews described. Many languages to learn in one single quarter and submitting hw/exams becomes harder and more complicated each time (submitting 10 different files at the same time for grading). The class contents were fun to learn and the professor and TA were helpful. However, maybe its because I don't have any web programming experience, I found this class harder than other pic classes. The midterm was mainly conceptual, with a few questions asking you to interpret code and write output (the concepts that were tested were pretty hard), and the average was around like 60%. For the final, we had to answer 2 short questions by writing uploading codes to server, which is very similar to homework. I often feel like it is hard to debug for web pages since you have to toggle between different js and php pages. Overall, it was a useful and fun class, but you have to really put a lot of effort to really understand the material and know how to code and debug fast.

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March 17, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A

He is so cool. Ez A. Never attend a single lecture but do finish his homework. And the practice exam which will almost cover the question in the real exam. Half of the exam will be calculating limits derivatives, integrals, and tangent lines. Homework due every week.

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March 21, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A-

Michael is a dope professor. He's always down to help with problems. I didn't really do well on both midterms, but I ended up with an A-. Shit tonne of work though. Like you have to do a tonne of assignments and like only a quarter of it is graded; that really pissed me off. But a good class overall. Will be taking 31b with him next quarter.

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March 22, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C-

Andrews is a great professor, if you ask for help, if you go to office hours, if you sit at the front of the class you will most likely pass. None of the work he assigns is impossible to do, challenging yes but not impossible. He teaches the class like everyone has background knowledge of calculus so the people who have taken calculus before have somewhat of an advantage over those who haven't, thats why its important to seek out help if you havent taken calc before so that you dont get behind in class. I hadnt taken calc before I took this class so he kind of assaulted me with terms I had no clue about the first couple weeks, but I was able to catch up with what he was teaching in class. He is an extremely fair grader, I got a C for the first midterm, an F---- for the second midterm and a C for the final and I was able to pass the class because he recognized that I had done better in the final than I had in the second midterm. The key to this class is to ask for help and practice what is taught on the final, if you havent taken calc before you are probably going ta have to try a lot harder than the other people but its totally doable.

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March 25, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C

Honestly, I learned a lot in this class. I took Calculus AB (part 1 of calc) in high school and I didn't learn anything; well I must have learned something because I passed that class (lol). I learned a lot more in this course and the materials were very well taught. The professor is definitely nicer (fair grader) than the TAs only because I felt like they graded really hard on the homework. Also taking the extra step in contacting the professor if you're having trouble is very useful because he's willing to help. I guess I didn't fully understand the materials, so I didn't do as well as other students, but I mean c'mon some of the students are in the engineering major. He does try to grade fairly so there are grading schemes, whichever works in your favor is the grade you get.

Grades wise:
Homework: not so well because I kept forgetting to do them.. D/F
Midterm 1: C+
Midterm 2: D/F <-- honestly don't remember
Final: C

In the end, just remember there is always a grade distribution, so the professor does have to make the exams harder in order to fulfill what the department assigned. Not everyone can get A's/B's obviously.

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March 29, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C

Professor Andrews is a really cool guy. He's young for a teacher and he's British so thats a plus. I had never taken calculus before, so obviously it is reflected on my grade that I received.

He assigns homework every week and usually its a lot of problems, but if you go to his office hours, he will do them for you and explain how they need to be done. NOTE: he is WAYYY better in office hours than he is in lecture. He is much clearer, thorough, and amazing in office hours.
It was a total of 10 homeworks, I think. It was a lot of work, and they were only worth like 10% of the grade, which sucked.

The first midterm was pretty easy because he told us exactly what was going to be on it, and he gave us problems that were the same ones that would be on the midterm. Super awesome, right?
The second midterm sucked. It was significantly difficult than the first midterm and it wasn't curved. That brought down my grade.
The final wasn't that hard. You just need to know to find the area under a curve, integrals, tangent line, chain rule, derivatives, optimization, and related rates. When the TAs offer review sessions, GO. They are very helpful.

Overall, he's a pretty decent professor. I'm taking him for Math 31B for the spring quarter. If you haven't take calculus before, just study a lot.

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April 12, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C

Andrews is my boy. Great professor. He is super funny and quirky, per se and his music taste is pretty cool. His office hours are super informative, and his tests are pretty. He understands that most people in the class are not huge fans of math, and his explanations are thorough and clear enough to get to the point. My performance in his class was limited by myself. (I got sick the night before the final and winged it so I did terrible). He's a great teacher and a real bro. Stay noided.

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June 3, 2016
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A

Professor Andrews makes his lectures very very clear for us to understand instantly before class is over. His teaching methodology emphasizes both on math intuition and on reasoning. His twice-weekly office hours are more than helpful. Having a wonderful TA partner as well. His personality is brilliant and amiable and he is the professor we all love.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A
Sept. 24, 2019

Selling loose leaf textbook $35 (Rogawski/Adams, Calculus, 3rd Edition) **********

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Spring 2016
Grade: N/A
July 31, 2018

Selling textbook PDF -- $10 -- (Rogawski/Adams, Calculus, 3rd Edition). Text **********.

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COMPTNG 40A
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: B+
June 20, 2023

I would say that the class is not as easy as how other reviews described. Many languages to learn in one single quarter and submitting hw/exams becomes harder and more complicated each time (submitting 10 different files at the same time for grading). The class contents were fun to learn and the professor and TA were helpful. However, maybe its because I don't have any web programming experience, I found this class harder than other pic classes. The midterm was mainly conceptual, with a few questions asking you to interpret code and write output (the concepts that were tested were pretty hard), and the average was around like 60%. For the final, we had to answer 2 short questions by writing uploading codes to server, which is very similar to homework. I often feel like it is hard to debug for web pages since you have to toggle between different js and php pages. Overall, it was a useful and fun class, but you have to really put a lot of effort to really understand the material and know how to code and debug fast.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A
March 17, 2016

He is so cool. Ez A. Never attend a single lecture but do finish his homework. And the practice exam which will almost cover the question in the real exam. Half of the exam will be calculating limits derivatives, integrals, and tangent lines. Homework due every week.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A-
March 21, 2016

Michael is a dope professor. He's always down to help with problems. I didn't really do well on both midterms, but I ended up with an A-. Shit tonne of work though. Like you have to do a tonne of assignments and like only a quarter of it is graded; that really pissed me off. But a good class overall. Will be taking 31b with him next quarter.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C-
March 22, 2016

Andrews is a great professor, if you ask for help, if you go to office hours, if you sit at the front of the class you will most likely pass. None of the work he assigns is impossible to do, challenging yes but not impossible. He teaches the class like everyone has background knowledge of calculus so the people who have taken calculus before have somewhat of an advantage over those who haven't, thats why its important to seek out help if you havent taken calc before so that you dont get behind in class. I hadnt taken calc before I took this class so he kind of assaulted me with terms I had no clue about the first couple weeks, but I was able to catch up with what he was teaching in class. He is an extremely fair grader, I got a C for the first midterm, an F---- for the second midterm and a C for the final and I was able to pass the class because he recognized that I had done better in the final than I had in the second midterm. The key to this class is to ask for help and practice what is taught on the final, if you havent taken calc before you are probably going ta have to try a lot harder than the other people but its totally doable.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C
March 25, 2016

Honestly, I learned a lot in this class. I took Calculus AB (part 1 of calc) in high school and I didn't learn anything; well I must have learned something because I passed that class (lol). I learned a lot more in this course and the materials were very well taught. The professor is definitely nicer (fair grader) than the TAs only because I felt like they graded really hard on the homework. Also taking the extra step in contacting the professor if you're having trouble is very useful because he's willing to help. I guess I didn't fully understand the materials, so I didn't do as well as other students, but I mean c'mon some of the students are in the engineering major. He does try to grade fairly so there are grading schemes, whichever works in your favor is the grade you get.

Grades wise:
Homework: not so well because I kept forgetting to do them.. D/F
Midterm 1: C+
Midterm 2: D/F <-- honestly don't remember
Final: C

In the end, just remember there is always a grade distribution, so the professor does have to make the exams harder in order to fulfill what the department assigned. Not everyone can get A's/B's obviously.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C
March 29, 2016

Professor Andrews is a really cool guy. He's young for a teacher and he's British so thats a plus. I had never taken calculus before, so obviously it is reflected on my grade that I received.

He assigns homework every week and usually its a lot of problems, but if you go to his office hours, he will do them for you and explain how they need to be done. NOTE: he is WAYYY better in office hours than he is in lecture. He is much clearer, thorough, and amazing in office hours.
It was a total of 10 homeworks, I think. It was a lot of work, and they were only worth like 10% of the grade, which sucked.

The first midterm was pretty easy because he told us exactly what was going to be on it, and he gave us problems that were the same ones that would be on the midterm. Super awesome, right?
The second midterm sucked. It was significantly difficult than the first midterm and it wasn't curved. That brought down my grade.
The final wasn't that hard. You just need to know to find the area under a curve, integrals, tangent line, chain rule, derivatives, optimization, and related rates. When the TAs offer review sessions, GO. They are very helpful.

Overall, he's a pretty decent professor. I'm taking him for Math 31B for the spring quarter. If you haven't take calculus before, just study a lot.

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MATH 31A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: C
April 12, 2016

Andrews is my boy. Great professor. He is super funny and quirky, per se and his music taste is pretty cool. His office hours are super informative, and his tests are pretty. He understands that most people in the class are not huge fans of math, and his explanations are thorough and clear enough to get to the point. My performance in his class was limited by myself. (I got sick the night before the final and winged it so I did terrible). He's a great teacher and a real bro. Stay noided.

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MATH 131A
Quarter: Winter 2016
Grade: A
June 3, 2016

Professor Andrews makes his lectures very very clear for us to understand instantly before class is over. His teaching methodology emphasizes both on math intuition and on reasoning. His twice-weekly office hours are more than helpful. Having a wonderful TA partner as well. His personality is brilliant and amiable and he is the professor we all love.

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