<p>Hey,</p>
<p>I just found out my calc 2 prof: Geronimo?
I heard he is not one of the better one, but is there really a good Calc 2 professor at Tech?
Not easy, but good, helpful and fair? Should I switch..I dont want the easy teacher with open book open notes tests because I want to heave a good foundation of linear algebra because i heard it is very important to ChBE..</p>
<p>My friends who took distance calc for calc 2 and calc 3 say mourley (sp) is the best there is.</p>
<p>Mourley allows open books and open notes, but I think he may be the best teacher regardless…</p>
<p>I am not going to be motivated to study for open book, open note tests…I want someone who it is just possible to do well in. I know ppl in my major who had him for calc 2 and really struggled latter on because they did not have a solid foundation of linear algebra.</p>
<p>Looking at the list of calc II professors, ouch: Wesdickensburg, Geronimo, Belissard are all horsemen (awful and awfully hard).</p>
<p>Morley, I have heard is an ok teacher and really easy (comparatively). But the class is at 8 am.</p>
<p>Loss is supposed to be a great teacher, from what my friend tells me. Good time slot, as well.</p>
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<p>On that note, since I had a bad lin alg teacher, what major are you?</p>
<p>Lubinsky isn’t bad either. His tests are often similar to his real exams. You will still have to study and understand the concepts though if you want to get an a or b.</p>
<p>Professor Lubinsky is absolutely amazing. Take him if you get the chance. </p>
<p>On a sitenote, for the Summer they give different professors for each half of calculus II (second half is linear algerbra). I don’t know if this is different from Fall/Spring, but make sure you check who both professors are.</p>
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<p>Supposedly, the “Four Horsemen” were Geronimo, Belissard, Belinfante, and Carlen, who co-wrote the linear algebra text used in Cal II. I don’t think the list has much value anymore, though, since Belinfante is retired for sure and I’m pretty sure Carlen is retired, too.</p>
<p>I have time conflict with Loss unfortunately…</p>
<p>I am just wondering, is Geronimo possible to do well in if you put in the effort?I will put the effort in (office hours, homework,studying) , but I just want to know that the people who are not slackers and work really hard have a chance to get a decent grade.</p>
<p>I have time conflict with Loss unfortunately…</p>
<p>I am just wondering, is Geronimo possible to do well in if you put in the effort?I will put the effort in (office hours, homework,studying) , but I just want to know that the people who are not slackers and work really hard have a chance to get a decent grade.</p>
<p>If you a brilliant at Calculus you can get an A in Geronimo’s class.
If you are good at Calculus and you work hard expect a B (you might get an A).
If you are not so good at calculus or you slack off expect no better than a C.</p>
<p>Last fall, Geronimo gave people making 90-100 an A, 80-89 a B, and 30-79 a C. I know a couple of people who ended up a couple of points away from an A after working their asses off all semester. You will work for a B in his class. However, he isn’t actually that bad of a teacher. </p>
<p>Morley is a horrible professor, but his class is ridiculously easy. However, keep in mind that he sometimes is on probation for giving too many high grades and ups the level for an A to around a 94 instead of a 90 to prevent from having too high of an average GPA. </p>
<p>Lubinsky is a good professor and his practice exams are pretty much identical to the real thing. The final usually has one harder problem, and the rest are very similar to the practice final.</p>
<p>^ I know I do not want Morley…</p>
<p>Lubinsky is not an option unfortunately since he is not on the list…</p>
<p>There is a new guy… Mitkovski? Should I go with him?</p>
<p>He must be new. He appears to be a visiting professor from Texas A&M. New professors usually give higher grades, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they teach well (although he might). In any event, it looks like all the Calc II classes are full, so you probably will not be able to switch. Geronimo will be tough, but you may just have to work hard and move on. You should have no trouble passing. Getting an A or B will require effort.</p>
<p>^ I am going to try to get into his class during round 2. My boyfriend says a lot of people are dropping classes and such and it is pretty easy to get what you want.</p>
<p>People will be dropping classes. But you will not be the only one wanting to switch Calc II classes. MATH 1502 probably has the most “fought” after class sections. Be prepared to sit in front of the computer reloading the page for hours trying to find a spot. Good luck! And if I were you, I would hold that optimistic boyfriend of yours to his advice by having him help with the obscene page reloads that you will likely need to find an open spot…</p>
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I will. He had to get out of Bellisard last year. But went for the new Westdickenberg(the husband) , who apparently got fired from teaching undergraduates because the GPA class was a 1.7…my boyfriend got an A though :)</p>
<p>Lol, sounds like you will have a good tutor if you need it then!</p>
<p>I had Geronimo. I had an 88 final average. The class average was a 55. I got a B. I know two people in a class of 100 that got As. I consider myself reasonably good at math, and I worked every night studying with friends. If you don’t mind getting a B, you probably can achieve it, but be warned!</p>
<p>^
Im going to switch to Mitkovski…</p>