Reviews of professor Martin Santamaria

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
out of all the lower level econ teachers he is the best. lectures were ok (not boring but not super interesting) - maybe because it was 3 hrs. tests were relatively fair and make sure you look at the sample tests. questions are mostly marked 5-10 so if you mess up it can cost you a lot. way easier than econ 105 but you have to remember more.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
 put material on tests that weren't always covered in lecture ,graded by only three tests and all questions are written worth 5-10 points each so time runs out fast. choose econ 105 over this course as the curve was high and wont always help you and he records lectures in 105

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Don't look at the other reviews about students complaining about this teacher. He does a great job teaching the content and all the lectures are recorded. All of his exams are incredibly fair, they are either complete copy and paste from past exams or they are straight from the textbook questions he assigns. If you at least try, its not that hard.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
He's a great guy. He sometimes adds a few jokes in his lectures. The 3 hour lectures could be a lot because of how content-heavy this course is. There was also a lot at stake with your entire grade being determined by only 3 exams. Otherwise, he is a good lecturer and explains the concepts pretty well. Just go to lectures and tutorials.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Never responds to email and super strict on every single policy. This is an intro econ course and made me never want to take another econ class with him again

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He is the easiest, most relaxed professor in all of ECON 105. All the exams are individual and not cumulative (all the questions are basically similar to the exams examples he gives), highly recommended!

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Santamaria is a good prof and wants his students to do well. Lectures aren't really engaging, but that's the nature of a big class size. Content is manageable, and your grade is entirely test-based. To do well on tests I recommend you study all the practice problems repeatedly, more than textbook.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Martin is amazing! He talks a lot but it's all good vibes. I never showed up to class..maybe like three times.. but whenever I did, it was always a blast! Take ECON105 with Martin, my Argentinian king

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
prof is nice and entertaining. make sure to practice midterms and some of the questions are really similar. I lowkey found this class harder than Econ 113 which is opposite than others. But the average is really high and this class is curved. Make sure you do better than the class or close to class average.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Great Prof Overall. 
Pro: Interesting lectures, lots of practice exams, easy to follow materials. 
Cons: Heavy Argentinian Accent (hard for International like me), VERY HEAVY WORKLOAD, lots of readings.