Reviews of professor Karl Schmidt

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Had him for both 6a and 7a and he made everything super complicated and always wanted your answers to be extremely simplified. He failed more than half of our last class....

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Avoid at all cost! As a person who is good at math/calc ive never been more frustrated in a math class. His grading scale is so tedious and he wants you to do everything in a certain way or you will not receive credit for the problem even if correct work & answer is shown. He failed half the class and sees no problem in so. Avoid!! Avoid!!!!!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Dr. Schmidt was pretty serious during lectures, reads and works off of his slides and doesn't include much humor. His teaching style was confusing, he would teach a "naive" method before teaching the method he wants us to use. But he does offer many resources that should be taken advantage of such as office hours, quiz solutions, and sample exams.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
AVOID HIM AT ALL COSTS! Ive never hated anyone so much. This class in genuinely so frustrating and Schmidt who is not respected at all by anyone period, will NOT help you. It's as if he wants to see you fail. I wish I could give his a zero because that's what he deserves. Refused to curve even when the whole class failed the exam. ucr pls fire him

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Hands down the worst calculus teacher I could've had in my first quarter in college. His way of teaching is so roundabout and he makes so many mistakes during lecture. Quizzes are easy and underprepare you for the exams which are heavy on your grade. Only good thing is the generous curve, but it's likely because of all the low test scores.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I had him for winter 2021 and he was accommodating during the pandemic. He is really easy to understand and lectures are great!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Getting a good grade is extremely doable, the curve is super generous. The study guides are very similar to the actual exams. The weekly group quizzes were the hardest thing about the class IMO. HW was also kinda hard sometimes but theres unlimited tries. Show up to class and go to office hours.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He provides multiple office hours, however, he grades harshly, the average scores on the tests were below failing and yet he barely passes the students. Not only would you have to work extremely hard, but you would have to know what he is specifically looking for in an answer.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
awful professor, had him for math 6a last year and i already wasnt fond of him and looked forward to never having to see him again, and then i got stuck with him for math007a. literally take any other professor, doesnt know how to teach expects you to kinda figure it out and always teaches you the complicated way. A disgrace to teaching tbh