<p>Hi, I might take LS4 with Ribaya over the summer. Does anyone have any comments about this teacher? Good or Bad?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>have him right now. so far so good. :)</p>
<p>bump this thread after monday to see if my opinion changes....(midterm on monday)....</p>
<p>bump...how was the midterm vtecaddict?</p>
<p>a little too long, but mostly pretty fair. i didnt get a couple questions but i didnt study enough. being good at stats and logic helps.</p>
<p>pretty good professor overall. probably the best i've had in the LS series. him being young helps a bit, since you're not sitting there listening to some old fart yammering monotonously.</p>
<p>also, he's from san jose (went to bellarmine), so theres sort of a subconscious norcal connection ;)</p>
<p>Thanks vtec. I'm a little nervous because this will be my first class ever at LA. </p>
<p>That's cool that he went to bellarmine..yay for private school! haha</p>
<p>VTEC, any update after finishing the course with him? (i.e. how was the final? overall impression after the session finished?)</p>
<p>sooo long ago. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>i think i remember the final being pretty fair though. overall he's a pretty good professor.</p>
<p>is reading the book necessary to do well in his class? I have him for LS3.</p>
<p>for me, I felt the LS4 final (session C) came out of nowhere, and I wasn't the only one who felt that way. The midterms were like a step up from the problem sets, but the final was like 10 steps up haha. I didn't even attempt several problems, so I was very surprised to end up w/ a B when I was borderline B/C. Either everyone did bad and the curve was low or they were very gracious w/ grades. Book wasn't really helpful, it was mostly the lecture notes. I will say he is a nice guy though, and if you don't understand, he is very friendly/helpful. The 1st midterm was very doable w/ moderate studying, 2nd midterm was tougher. Genetics can get pretty confusing and it could have been a lot harder I guess but his class was OK.</p>
<p>yeah....i have a really bad memory so dont put a lot of weight on my comment. :D</p>
<p><em>bumps thread</em></p>
<p>which quarter does ribaya teach for ls 3? ls 4? has he ever taught ls 1?</p>
<p>what about thomas?</p>