Reviews of professor Andrea Young

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS. Loads of homework, tons of quizzes, harshly graded. Exams are insane, midterm average is 47%, so low that even he can't stand it and gave an overall regrade. HW due Friday than Sunday and late by 10 mins gets 50% off punishment. Good news is PHYS 22 now can be taken in spring and with different profs. You CAN avoid him!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Professor Young is obviously passionate about the material he is teaching.  His lectures are great, and the homework/discussion section problems (specifically the ones not from the textbook) are really enjoyable.  On the other hand, his exams are tough.  He does a generous curve at the end of quarter, and it seems that most people end up fine.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is so unpredictable. Course content is not well-organized. DOn't expect what you learnt will appear on the exam. What makes his exam diffcult is that you never see the concepts or learn them before. Try your best to avoid. You learn almost nothing, and get a terrible grade.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID HIM!!! Homework is harder than any courses I've ever taken but much easier than his exams, and you only have two days to work on the homework since it's due Friday. The mean for the midterm (after regrade) is 55% and for the final is 60%. The lectures are absolutely UNORGANIZED, and he uses the old version textbook for Thermodynamics.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Took this in Spring 2021. Exams are 10 times harder than HWs. Expect the average to be around 40%. He adds upper division materials into the lectures and exams. His notes contain errors and handwriting is terrible. He gets frustrated easily in his office hours so be patient. Go to TAs for questions are much more efficient. Avoid him at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The midterm average is 47%, the final might be even lower. HWs were way too easy to prepare us well. Lectures were clear on introducing basic ideas, but often unorganized, thus confusing.