Reviews of professor Matt Friedman

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Friedman was very entertaining and I learned a lot.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
The homework is easy and the reading tests are hard to keep up with because the textbook is dense. Use the flashcards to study for the final exam. It is about 80% definitions and 20% (or less) calculations.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
the textbook is available online if you want to save a few bucks. it isn't really necessary. the lectures are fun, but you skip any just request recordings. complete all the problem sets and it is hard to do worse than a B.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I go to class most days, so I liked this class, but it would have been difficult to pass if I hadn't. Participation points can make or break your grade. He is an entertaining prof. but his lectures can be a bit scattered. Overall: nice guy and fun class.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Not a fan of Friedman. His teaching is overly reliant on readings, and going to office hours. His lectures are long a rambley and don't cover a lot of the reading. Weekly quizzes are obnoxiously hard, but are always curved a ridiculous amount so that you do okay. His class is curved to hell, which makes it tolerable, but he's not great.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's amazing. The class is hard, and there's problem set's every week that take a lot of effort, but they're great for exam prep. Dr. Friedman is always available and really wants to help you succeed. He's really receptive to feedback, and as long as you put in the work, you'll get a decent grade