MATH 33AH
Linear Algebra and Applications (Honors)
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 3B or 31B or 32A with grade of B or better. Honors course parallel to course 33A. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Winter 2020 - I took this 2 years ago as a freshman in remote, and it's still the worst class I remember. In freshmen the Stockholm syndrome kind of prevents you from doing stuff, but looking back after taking so many more classes, I should say it's not the way math should be taught. Personality: She tries to play her "nice" personality at classes, but as the quarter progresses, I realize she is such a picky and careless person. Workload: I spent a whole day typing out my 24-hr exam on LaTeX, still lost a few points for not using specific phrases that are not even Mathematically required. The class is not curved, so the difficulty decides what grade you get. I consider the effort I put in the class wasted, because most of them are spent not learning/understanding, but remembering May's conventions and habits. Grading: Not curved, and the class is harder than average (not in terms of concept difficulty but really just about learning which word she wants you to write).
Winter 2020 - I took this 2 years ago as a freshman in remote, and it's still the worst class I remember. In freshmen the Stockholm syndrome kind of prevents you from doing stuff, but looking back after taking so many more classes, I should say it's not the way math should be taught. Personality: She tries to play her "nice" personality at classes, but as the quarter progresses, I realize she is such a picky and careless person. Workload: I spent a whole day typing out my 24-hr exam on LaTeX, still lost a few points for not using specific phrases that are not even Mathematically required. The class is not curved, so the difficulty decides what grade you get. I consider the effort I put in the class wasted, because most of them are spent not learning/understanding, but remembering May's conventions and habits. Grading: Not curved, and the class is harder than average (not in terms of concept difficulty but really just about learning which word she wants you to write).
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Winter 2019 - I was a first-year pure math major when I took 33AH with Ronchetti in the Winter of 2019. It was quite a pleasure to attend lectures; they were clear, concise, and straight to the point. When he would display theorems, he would immediately give telling examples to make sure the class would understand how the theorem applied. As well, he stopped frequently to ask for questions and would answer all questions with astute clarity. In office hours, he was kind and pretty damn patient, too. Again, he explained concepts very clearly and offered supplemental intuition for concepts without giving away the answer. Now, his homework assignments were BRUTAL. I expected difficulty, but not to the extent he offered. We had between 8-16 problems per week, with maybe 1/3 of the problems being proof problems. Ronchetti is also very strict on homework submission, with no late homework being accepted (although one homework is dropped of the 9 we had). His exams were definitely easier, and were doable if you did all the homework with additional textbook studying on top of that. I am a big fan of proofs, and this class definitely helped me develop stronger mathematical maturity in that regard. The tough homework assignments paid off, so if you're serious about math, take this class. You'll have to work for your grade (long hours of self-studying from the textbook), but it was definitely worth it for me.
Winter 2019 - I was a first-year pure math major when I took 33AH with Ronchetti in the Winter of 2019. It was quite a pleasure to attend lectures; they were clear, concise, and straight to the point. When he would display theorems, he would immediately give telling examples to make sure the class would understand how the theorem applied. As well, he stopped frequently to ask for questions and would answer all questions with astute clarity. In office hours, he was kind and pretty damn patient, too. Again, he explained concepts very clearly and offered supplemental intuition for concepts without giving away the answer. Now, his homework assignments were BRUTAL. I expected difficulty, but not to the extent he offered. We had between 8-16 problems per week, with maybe 1/3 of the problems being proof problems. Ronchetti is also very strict on homework submission, with no late homework being accepted (although one homework is dropped of the 9 we had). His exams were definitely easier, and were doable if you did all the homework with additional textbook studying on top of that. I am a big fan of proofs, and this class definitely helped me develop stronger mathematical maturity in that regard. The tough homework assignments paid off, so if you're serious about math, take this class. You'll have to work for your grade (long hours of self-studying from the textbook), but it was definitely worth it for me.
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