Reviews of professor Sergio Almaraz-Calderon

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I never understood anything Prof Sergio taught lecture. I went for the 3% extra credit. He never finished solving a problem. We have 7 quizzes and the lowest one get dropped. Get SKOOLERS, this will save your grade and lower your stress. Recitation is useless, and TAs do not grade equally.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Sergio is by far the better choice of most FSU physics professors. If you find physics boring, the lectures wont be very interesting but he does cool demos in class to help with that. You're graded on HW, Quizzes participation in the lab/recitation. Final is basically impossible so don't rely on that to help your grade. Very doable, & GET SKOOLERS!

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I do not understand this man. Based on the other reviews, im sure you can see more information about the quizzes, but what I do not understand is how one final exam can be worth so much and the avg, AFTER A CURVE, is a 64. Maintained a 96%+ the entire year, did bad on the final since it was nothing similar to the materials given and dropped to a B.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Covid-19. During the first half (b4 distancing), he never responded 2 my disability request (broke my hand & needed more time on written quizzes and exams) & therefore I never received my allotted time, nor did he respond to the office's e-mails. Remote learning: he was not understanding about people's struggles during these difficult times.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Personally, I had a decent experience with Dr. Almaraz-Calderon. I found that his mini exams were mainly from his powerpoint slide questions so I stopped using Skoolers midway through. Attend lecture for 3% extra credit towards your final score.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He is a nice guy, but just not a good teacher. He is terrible with communicating effectively with students. If you are unable to teach yourself difficult concepts then I definitely would NOT suggest. He hardly ever works through the entirety of the problems in class, and several of the quizzes have had things we have never seen before.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
This class isn't meant to be easy but Sergio definitely helps. There are many things that help to inflate your grade. Go to class, attend lab, and truly do the homework, and don't look up answers or get Chegg. This class is not impossible, but if you want a good grade, you must put in the effort.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Each quiz basically had a question from the lecture powerpoints and a question from recitation. Lab is a toss up for how harshly your TA grades because there isn't a solid syllabus. Skoolers was helpful. I only got the quiz reviews. Office hours were also helpful. Drops one quiz grade.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
6 quizzes one gets dropped, nice guy with personality, quizzes were hard. Only 2 questions worth a total of 20 points.  variation from lecture, recitation, or from textbook and usually harder. GET SKOOLERS!!
He does not explain things well. Does not believe he will curve and there is no extra credit. expecting an 88, with 84% quiz average.