Reviews of professor Ehud Altman

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I am the kind of student whose grade relies pretty heavily on the quality of the professor. Even though I consistently did above average in 137A, I did well below average in 137B with Altman. Everything is super underscaffolded--his lectures are difficult to parse, his assignments are difficult. Also it's not a prereq but you need 110A at the end.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Incredible researcher but bad lecturer. Ehud's assignments are hard taking you days to conquer and his lectures will leave you greatly confused as he often will (a) delete the math he is working on(b) blank stare at the board for 5min before finding his mistakes(c) Say he's busy & finish 10 min late(d) use 4 different books. He's a nice guy though

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures are poorly structured, with no syllabus provided during the entire semester. Notes are posted online but it's borderline illegible. Homework is tough as nails without difficulty progression--he just posts two to three difficult, even esoteric, problems per week and expect it to be enough for students to learn. Avoid at all costs.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Uses illegible hand-written lecture notes instead of a textbook. Lectures are hard to follow. Is unhelpful during office hours. Hope you have a good TA.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
His lectures are extremely unclear. His lectures and homework also doesn't correlate to the exam. If you do extremely well on the homework you will still do bad in the class. Don't expect the class to be curved and your grade is mostly from test only even though homework takes forever to complete and is weekly. Avoid avoid avoid

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Rusty on the topic and unprepared for lectures! Couldn't answer most student questions during office hours or class. Very demanding in general (hw, tests, etc.) yet unhelpful during office hours. Boring lectures - minimal interaction with students during lecture. Delegated some lecture topics to TA (even more rusty and unprepared). Avoid!

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Lectures can be a bit meandering, but he posts thorough notes, and is happy to answer questions. He isn't a very dynamic or engaging lecturer, but has a good ability to communicate the material, as well as being quite accessible during office hours. His materials (like most in physics) can be focused on derivation, with application left to students

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Worst professor I have ever had at UC Berkeley, which says a lot. I have gotten B+s/A-s for every physics class I have taken so far137A, 110A, 105, 111A/111Band yet this class was the least organized, structured, and educational. He basically called me stupid, even though its genuinely his incredible inability to communicate physics. DONT TAKE