Reviews of professor Earvin Balderama

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
If I learned one thing this semester, it was how not to teach a course. Balderama is smart, but that does not translate into being an effective teacher. He would read off the slides he got from another university and get himself confused. He would give us vague answers to our questions and then expect clear answers on exams. unprepared, unorganized

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor has an incredibly unbalanced grading system. He will assign multiple pages of homework, with long questions varying the topic. Those 3 points you earn for long homework affect your grade and percentage to the bare minimum. He is very nice, and knows his material, but does not explain thoroughly.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ok so here is the thing, Dr. Balderama is a really great person and tries his best to help you understand the material but his teaching is not the easiest to understand. If your are already good in math or stats then you'll be fine but if not, then you might have to teach yourself while taking this class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I liked this professor, but the grading was weird. We had to pass the skills, so we did not know what our grade was until we took the last checkpoint. It was hard and there was a lot of homework. It did not really prepare us for the checkpoints.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I will say, he is a very nice and respectable person, but the programs and examples he teaches us aren't it. He needs to be a class you take in person and not online- confusing and unreal!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Balderama is a nice professor, although I didn't do well on the quiz, I still passed! You need to focus on the lectures and ask questions as much as possible or else you'll be lost. there is a final project you should do well on or else you might not end up passing. don't let these negative ratings fool you! they prob didn't do well or try at all!