Yea, it's true that he made the first midterm ridiculously easy and the 2nd one almost impossible. I think that was because no one went to class though, that's what i heard from a T.A. at least. I'm not sure if his lectures help too much, sadly i was one of the ones who didnt go to class... But he's a nice guy, and even though the average was 45% on the 2nd midterm, he made it out of 30 points, when originally it was out of 40 points. I somehow came out with an A so I highly recommend him. Generally his class was pretty chill and easy, and he's waaay better than most of the other physics teachers anyways.

ya the last two posters are exactly right...first midterm easy, second one insanely difficult, and the final was almost as hard as the second. anyways grades i was over the average on the first midterm, WAY over the average on the second, got near perfect scores on the homework and am pretty sure i at least beat the average of the class on the final.. but grades just came out i got a B- so much for a nice curve...gg

his first midterm was easy second one was hard. its clear from the fact that the average for the second midterm was 45%. however it wasnt impossible since if i had taken a look at all the formulas and examples that correspond with them in the book, I would have done fine and i mean fine by like above 90%. you should keep up with reading if you want to do well on exams. And oh, final was intermediate between the two midterms so it was in just about right difficulty. lastly, we will see what happens when the grades come out since he better curve otherwise he will be cursed

Professor Zocchi's tests this quarter were VERY inconsistent. His first test was very easy, which meant that a lot of people got perfect scores. I guess to balance it out, he made his second midterm impossibly hard. What is worse is that he never communicated with the TAs, so they would not be able to tell us what kinds of problems would be on the exam. The final was in between the two midterms, but it was still very difficult and I'm sure most of the class thought the same thing. I know that there aren't alot of good profs out there who are willing to teach introductory physics, but I did not enjoy this class and I do not recommend professor zocchi at all. Maybe next time he teaches this class, he'll be more consistent with his exams...