Exams were hard, but you will learn a lot. The class isn’t curved, so you have to do well.

I can highly recommend May. She is a clear professor, and her tests are very fair. fair tests. Most of the homework is optional, so you can do as much work as you like. Overall, she is a great prof, and talking her class was totally worth it.

Professor May is an excellent professor. Her lectures are very effective. She goes through the content in a thorough way and gives lots of examples. The homework is more challenging than her examples but it's a great way to practice for the tests. My only complaint is about the harsh grading on the midterms and final. You will get marked down on the tiniest things. Even if your process was correct and you got the correct answer May will mark you down if you don't include exactly what she wants you to. Only considering the content and workload, this class was easier for me than the other calculus classes in the series. The tests, however, are so hard to get right. Even though May is a great professor I think she needs to adjust her grading to be a bit more open ended. The tests are doable though and honestly much easier than tests in other math classes I have taken. It's just the grading that got me. Overall, an interesting class and professor May is very sweet.

This was my first and last math class of college and I'm really glad I took it with May. She gives super clear lectures and explains things well. There are two grading schemes: 10% homework, 35% best midterm, 55% final OR 10% homework, 25% each midterm, 40% final. However, she stresses that the midterms and final are going to be more than just the simple, straightforward examples we do in class and in homework. To study for the exams, I would highly recommend reviewing all the worksheets from section because the questions are VERY similar. She also posts practice exams and solutions about a week before the exams. I found the two midterms to be not too difficult and actually easier than the practice tests she posted, but the final was definitely harder than the practice test. The material also definitely gets harder as the quarter goes along. Overall would recommend taking it with her though.

I would not take this class again. I got a tutor, went to office hours, watched other teaching videos nightly,and went to the math help center and still barely passed. Professor May is not engaging or helpful. I would leave class more confused than when I came in. If you can't learn math on your own and master concepts to attempt questions that you can't even find an example problem for on your midterms and finals this is not the class for you!! I really wish I would not have taken this class with this professor, she over complicates the material.

So I must say I am little puzzled by most of the reviews here. I took Dr. May Fall 2018 and thought she was excellent. Her lectures were very clear and she was very good at explaining subtleties which, though generally not necessary to know for the exams, helped me gain greater appreciation for math.

It's a little hard for me to say how difficult she really is. I got a C+ on my first exam, and started worked like crazy (close to 3hrs. a day). I made sure to do most of the challenging problems from every chapter and also worked through problems I found online. I did better on the second midterm (B+) and well enough on the final to get an A in the class. At the time I was taking the class, I considered it to be really tough, but then again, I do not know how much of it was just me getting used to the pace of UCLA classes. Furthermore, although I studied a lot for the class, I am unsure how much all my studying helped. I think I could have studied a lot less and done just as well. Furthermore, the averages on all exams were quite high. I found it pretty difficult to score above the average, though I consistently scored well above the average in 32B, so, again, while I found it hard, I am unsure how this class really matches up to other classes. I will say that based on what I was seeing from other sections of 32A, May's class was the toughest. In any event, she is definitely worth it.

Tips: VISUALIZE EVERYTHING. She loves testing whether or not you can visualize crazy functions in 3D. Really understand the practice midterms. If you understand everything really well on the practice midterms who should be able to get at least a B. She's really not there to trick you. If she stresses something in class, you definitely want to know it. If brushes over a topic, it's probably not going be heavily featured on the exam.

If you're struggling, talk to her. She is very helpful, especially if she sees that you care.

This class is super cool! Professor May is a super genuine, kind, intelligent person. She seems to truly love math. Don't hesitate to go to office hours! She'll be happy to see you and help out.
Tests are graded a bit harshly, at least in virtual learning. Make sure you don't make any simple mistakes haha. Notation counts for a lot on the exams-- use the right vector notation! Exams are reasonable and doable based on homework and worksheets, but there are some challenge problems. Overall, though, if you understand the worksheets, homework, and concepts, you'll be fine!
Homework is partially based on completion, partially on correctness, so make sure you check your work on that, too, but there's buffer since it's only partially graded on correctness. Worksheets are participation points, and they are often helpful for the exams, so make sure you study them!
This class needs a bit of visualization skills, so if you're on a break, try going to geogebra.org/3d (she'll talk about this site!) to play around with equations-- it might help you wrap your brain around these 3D graphs! And it's just plain fun.
Professor May also seems to care about our class culture. One day, we spent a bit of time talking about equity and privilege (basically anonymous polls about "how often do you think about this aspect of your identity?"), and she often encourages centering techniques, like deep breathing and naming 5 things you can see, 4 things you can hear, etc.
Overall, this was a super cool and underrated class. My new favorite math, for sure!

I definitely thought that May cares about her students and does a good job teaching the class. The exams were pretty hard, at least in that you had to be a bit creative (knowing how to do all the homework problems isn't enough, she throws slightly new stuff at you). They were generally doable though. The final definitely seemed easier than the midterms. I never went to office hours or anything but she was very approachable the few times I asked her a question after class.

May gives clear and helpful lectures with lots of examples, but her tests are HARD. She even admits to giving long, hard exams. Her homework, quizzes, and examples in class aren't similar to the exam. Maybe you'll get lucky with one question similar to a homework problem. I went into her office hours every week to ask for homework help and even just listen to other people's questions, but no matter how much I studied for the exam I never felt fully prepared. I wouldn't recommend taking any class with her.

May was definitely the worst math professor I have had at UCLA. It was not that her teaching was bad, because she did explain things fairly well, but rather that her tests were not even close to the level of difficulty of the homework or any other preparatory material she provided us with. I would often find myself understanding the quizzes and homework material very well before exams and then realizing how different the exam questions were. She is a nice professor, but I would never take a class with her again