Professor Varvarezos is the best!! He is an absolute godsend for 31A compared to what I've heard about other 31A professors (ex. Wu) he's practically a guaranteed A. I mean this from the bottom of my heart when I say I'm god awful at math but his exams are so so easy. I got 100% on both midterms and 96% on the final, my exam performance was better than my HW performance lmao. He doesn't overcomplicate concepts like some instructors tend to and I believe his exams are a fair assessment of what is learned. He allows a double sided notecard for each midterm and a double sided sheet of notes for the final, which is beyond enough. The most challenging part about his class was probably juts a handful of super challenging HW questions that I chegged, but virtually no curveballs were in the exams. Take 31A with Konstantino if you can, a GPA saver!

This professor is AMAZING! He is always nice, helpful, and clear on concepts. The homework assignments are harder than the tests. That is to say, he is not that type of professor that puts up tricky tests. Just go to his lecture, take notes, pay effort, then you’ll get the grade you want. I would strongly recommend this professor to anyone!

He is an awesome professor. His lectures are clear and straightforward. The examples we go over together in class are helpful. What makes him GOOD is that he would NEVER try to trick you on an exam. All problems on the exams are testing your understanding of the most basic ideas. As long as you know the key theorems/definitions and do a fair amount of practice problems, you will nail the exams. Overall, this is an easy class, definitely not a math class that would traumatize anybody.

Really good glass. The homework was very manageable and had a lenient late policy. The exams were reasonable. The lectures were also recorded, but I usually went to them in-person since they were very engaging helpful. Would highly recommend taking Varvarezos if you can

This class pleasantly surprised me because Prof. Varvarezos was not previously reviewed on BruinWalk. He, however, was a very normal lecturer and he described concepts in a clear manner. We were allowed a notes page on all tests and both midterms were very easy; he does not try to fool you on exams. Some people complained that the final was more difficult than the midterms but I did not think it was too bad. If you do bad in this class it's kinda just on you.

I enjoyed the content of this course, and I thought the course was well-organized and enjoyable overall. Lectures were a bit dry, and the professor seemed unconfident (despite rarely making any actual mistakes). However, they were clear and easy to follow as well. I enjoyed the homework, and thought exams were fair. I would have enjoyed it if the class were a bit less computational and a bit more proof based.

Konstantinos is an overall amazing professor!

I didn't attend about 4 lectures due to travel, but since the class is BruinCast it's very easy to keep up with the material.

His homework is VERY reasonable- only 6-10 problems per week and is really good practice for tests.

His midterms are also very fair- I found both midterms easy, and they were direct applications of the content learned in class.

The final was relatively difficult compared to the midterms but not unreasonable (just required a deeper level of thinking/understanding).

Konstantinos is a very kind person and always pauses his lecture for people's questions. He is always willing to help students out, so definitely go to office hours if you need help!
Totally recommend this class to prospective students!

Professor Varvarezos is an excellent lecturer with reasonable homework and exams. However, I did not enjoy attempting the discussion worksheets. If they were shorter and more manageable to complete with a group during section, I would have enjoyed this course much more.

Good course - the professor explains concepts very clearly in lecture (though he does adhere pretty closely to the textbook), and he does a good job answering questions during class and office hours. The workload is not especially high: one homework (approx. 8 textbook questions of average difficulty, graded on correctness) and a discussion worksheet (graded on completion) every week.

The exams were all relatively simple - pretty much all of the questions were just straightforward calculations using things from lecture. Notecards were permitted for the midterms, and a single cheat sheet for the final.

Konstantinos Varvarezos is by far the best professor I have ever had. He's incredibly kind, patient, and intelligent. He answers all questions asked in lecture clearly and simply. I only got a C cause I was sick on the day of the final and did horribly. The class itself is super hard and if you don't have to take it you shouldn't, but if you do, Varvarezos is the prof you want.