Reviews of professor Calvin Hotchkiss

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Hotchkiss clearly explains mathematical concepts and reinforces past concepts for students' understanding. In his class, it is important to pay attention to examples during class and take the homework seriously in order to succeed on exams.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I'd say it was a pretty standard math class. Professor Hotchkiss did a good job considering the difficulty of the course material. He makes himself available outside of class and gives more than enough practice material to prepare for quizzes and tests.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Professor Hotchkiss explained things very slowly and never skipped anything in lectures. There were a lot of quizzes and 3 exams but the quizzes weren't bad. There are redacted notes for each section so the lecture is easy to follow along.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
I would rather bang my head against the wall for 50 minutes than listening to this man's goofy ahh voice.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He is simply a man that cannot teach calculus.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Do anything you can to not be in Prof Hotchkiss class. He is the worst professor I have ever had, and you have to teach all the material to yourself. I spent countless hours in the tutoring lab and watching videos to understand. He projects the packets on the board and just does the problems with absolutely no explanation of how to do anything.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
The class was definitely easier given the fact that I took it online. The quizzes were a breeze and the homeworks were fine for the most part but could sometimes be tedious. The exams were rough but only because Prof. Hotchkiss often did not give us enough time to complete them at a comfortable pace, therefore my friends and I often had to rush.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
his teaching style is just bad, he might be one of the worst professors in the math department. HW every day on whatever topic you learned in class. Exams are not that bad, but there are no curves on your quizzes or tests. Willing to help you in office hours, but just can't seem to teach properly.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Constantly makes mistakes during lecture that students have to correct him on. Will sit in silence for 5 minutes if no one can answer a question he asks. Overall the workload was fine and the material wasnt bad, he just does a poor job of explaining.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I struggled a lot in this class and put in so much effort. I bought tutors and was in the MSSL lab almost everyday to make sure I didn't fail. NOT an easy A for me. Keep in mind I didn't take calc in high school. I went to almost every office hour and Prof Hotchkiss was not the most helpful and lacks creating a connection with his students.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Professor Hotchkiss taught the course very well in my opinion. Calculus is very hard within itself and to blame the professor for everything that goes wrong is too harsh. Professor Hotchkiss always answered my emails and questions with detail and helped me alot with understanding the course.