Reviews of professor Adam Wilander

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Nice guy, definitely smart but his style of teaching didn't work for me at all. Basically lectured straight from the book and didn't teach how to apply concepts, mean on the first test was about 44%. I got an A in 236 and had to drop because I was failing. I heard he assigns WebWork now, maybe he got better but I'd say take someone else for 237.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not a fan. He is not at all good at teaching the material. Often we spent a whole class period on 1 example that turned out to be wrong in the first place. Pop quizzes were frustrating and not mentioned in the syllabus. He allocates no class time for review and tests on things you learned the day before. Take someone else if you can.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Adam is a great teacher and the class is a hard topic. Homework is overall easy and hardly mandatory. The exams are difficult but manageable if you study.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a bit odd, but I enjoyed his lectures and he does a good job of explaining things. There's a good amount of homework, but it really helps prepare you for the tests. The tests are hard, but fair.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
I had Adam for Calc 2. I had taken it in high school before, but Adam gave a proof or mathematical explanation for almost everything, so it all made more sense and it was easy to remember the processes for doing problems. He is not an exciting lecturer, but he is great at answering questions in multiple different ways if you're confused.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Adam is a solid guy but his lectures can be confusing and sometimes a little scattered. office hours are the best and are so helpful! and beware of pop quizzes. if you are absent you do not get any credit. if you show up you at least get 1/4 points.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This was the hardest class I've ever taken and it seemed like I could learn more by just skipping class and watching a bunch of YouTube videos. He basically assumes you know everything and doesn't talk much. I wish I wouldn't have spent so much money on the class/textbooks if I knew I was going to basically just teach myself.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Adam can be a bit of a flake about grading things on time (our take home test from March is still ungraded and the semester just ended), and his lectures are carbon copies of the textbook, but he does seem to care about his students and is helpful outside of class if you have additional questions.