The class was at 8AM 3 days a week, meaning that the professor sometimes struggled to convey the concepts of the class in an easy to understand way. The midterms were pretty easy and straightforward, and the homework assignments were brief and generally helpful. The final, however, was awful and nothing like the midterms in terms of difficulty.

First of all, I bet Taylor would be a much better teacher, if he wasn't teaching at 8 in the morning. He makes mistakes a lot, and he is not a clear lecturer. He would often lose his place or train of thought, or just straight up be really confusing during class. Sometimes he was even late. I found him terrible and thought I failed, but barely passed. The first two midterms are pretty straightforward, actually (although there's true false on every test and it kills me every time). The final was brutal, and I was very surprised given the almost "easiness" of his first two midterms (at least in hindsight the two midterms were straightforwards and no curve balls were thrown at you). If you can avoid him, please do.

i took this math 33A course in my first quarter at UCLA. This was a morning 8 am course. Almost, the whole class was asleep. The clarity of this instructor is low, which required a lot of time for us to comprehend the course after the lecture. In this quarter, I chose 4 courses. Among them, Math 33A occupied most of my time. Actually, the workload from the instructor was not too much and only required one problem set per week. However, we need to spend a lot of time on the material. Also, the final exam style is totally different from the in-class midterm. The final also included the content which was not included in the final exam study guide.

I DID NOT recommend to take Math 33A with this professor, and also DO NOT take math class at 8am.

Teaches well, goes through many examples. sometimes he makes mistakes during his lecture and spends a lot of time correcting them.
Rushed through at the end.

Really smart and charismatic guy. I only went to one office hour right before the final, but he helped out so much. The class was great. He seemed so happy to be teaching and knew so much about his field that it motivated me to learn.

He's extremely fair on tests and if you get the problem mostly right except for an arithmetical mistake (such as multiplying one term wrong in a 3x3*3x3 matrix) and even if the whole answer is botched, if you show that your process is correct, he will give you most of the points for it, which is unlike some professors I've had. However, the tests are not "easy", you will have to know the material and be able to solve some complex problems.

I learned so much about algebra in 33A that I almost forgot I was in a lower division class. If you're willing to learn and go to office hours, you will have no problem passing his class.

Also he's one of the only math professors at UCLA who has a tan and keeps himself fit. A nice change from the usual pasty skin tone.