Reviews of professor David Sommerfeld

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He knows what he's talking about and passionate about what he does but his grading system is the worst. We have to calculate our grade percentages from a formula he will give to us after each exam and assigns way too many ALEKS topics and only gives us 2.5-3 weeks max to finish which doesn't give us time to study for the exams. 10/10 hard grader.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Absolutely terrible. I have never seen such a bad teacher. Some teachers earn bad ratings but they still have an organized way of teaching. He was the vaguest teacher I have ever taken. His expectations are NOT clear, after completing an assignment he will grade something that wasn't part of his expectations. No good feedback and he's also rude.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
he is a nice person but his grading and teaching style does not make any sense. Read his feedback and did it exactly how he wanted but still took points off because it wasn't good enough. Spoke to him multiple times to see what I could do but wasn't helpful at all.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
In class practice problems were always much easier than his exams. Exams were hard as sometimes questions would have us make an assumption or use an equation we had never used before. Also only grading on exams with a small curve was tuff.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
This professor cares about his students but the work outside class proves a challenge for many students. Although below 50% test grade averages, no improvements have been made to the homework load and course so far. He is a passionate kind professor, just wish the fault in the short exam time was addressed. Great professor, poor course

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Seems nice, grades like a beast. Took a month to grade assignments, which led to not knowing when I was making mistakes until halfway through the class. Impossible to get a 4.0. Vague in explanation, because he wants you to figure it out.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
AVOID him if you can. Final does NOT reflect anything learned in the quarter. Very vague in explanation and in lecture, you would think you're doing okay and learning but on the exam, it's a whole different level. Does not prepare you at all for exams. Unsure of expectations for students' learning.