Makes exams harder than they need to be and is hard to reach outside of class. Doesnt post notes at all. Take any other teacher. His rating is not accurate at all. No curves also.

I have no idea why his reviews are so good on here. If you want to fail Calc 2, enroll in Professor Vega's class. His exam questions are extremely difficult, and he barely gives partial credit on his exams. No curve either. More than half of our class is on track to fail at the moment.

Professor Vega just copies his notes on the board and doesn't know anything about the class. You ask him when the test is, he has no answer. You ask him what the test is about, he says he will email about it later. You ask him if we can have a study guide, he says he will think about it. Communication sucks and tests are too hard. He is hot though.

Expect this class to tank your GPA. Gives reviews and hw that has nothing to do with the exams. Hard grader and impossible exams. Don't listen to the rating at all. He might be the worst teacher I have ever had in my life.

don't take this class . unless you want your spirit crushed. easily the worst teacher I have ever had. four four categories. lecture, home work, test review, and tests/exams. and none of the material matches doesn't matter if you can do the homework and reviews forwards, backwards and in another language. THE PRACTICE MATERIAL DOESNT MATCH TESTS

Horrible professor. I am saying this even though I received good grades on the exams (I taught everything to myself by watching videos). He never answered questions asked and if he did it was in a condescending manner. 3/4 of the class failed- bc of his teaching , not bc of lack of effort. DO NOT TAKE THIS PROFESSOR

If you want to take Calc II again next semester please go ahead and take your class with Professor Vega. I have never gotten below an A- in a math class but now im on track to fail along with the majority of my class. He refuses to answer any questions about the tests and when he does his answers are vague. His exams are hard and he grades harshly.

Might be the worse professor I have ever had. Just reads notes that don't help all class. Take anyone else.

This was the hardest class I have ever taken. He doesn't teach at all. DO NOT TAKE FOR CALC 2

Prof. Vega is a nice person, but not a very good teacher for calc 2, compared to other classes from students I have spoken to, they get much more help on exams. The lectures never made any sense, and we never had an exam schedule throughout the entire semester. Again, really nice person and responds quickly, but not the best teacher in my opinion.

Literally engraved every homework/review problem we were ever given into my head and still nearly failed the class. A nightmare come true is what the teacher really is

He is a very smart guy, but cannot teach to save his life. He constantly makes mistakes in class and when someone calls him out he gets mad and says everyone makes mistakes, but when we do we get 50% credit taken away. He takes forever to grade, and I can't apply to internships because I don't have a complete GPA because he takes so long to grade

I have loved every math teacher I've had, this professor is an outlier. Not good at responding to emails but he is nice and can be lenient at times. Overall, would not reccomend.

Came back for another review b/c after just simply asking about my final exam and the curve, he rudely made assumptions about me and my work ethic. He told me I could have put more effort AFTER he told me to focus on other classes and basically told me to put in less effort into his class. Didn't help me either when I wanted to go over my exam.

Well, if showing up late on the first day of school without a syllabus to give the class doesn't describe Vega, I honestly don't know what will (yes, that happened). He is perhaps the worst professor I have ever encountered. Will give no credit for pages of work. Does not teach or finish material. Will fail the entire class w/ no explanation. AWFUL

I am doing decently not because of Mr. Vega, but because I took this class in high school, so I passed with a decent grade because of previous knowledge. However, when using his often incorrect notes and lectures, the material seemed much more complicated, and more frequently, way harder than it needed to be. He is a smart guy but awful teacher.

By far the worst teacher I've ever had. Avoid at all costs, any other professor for math 108 will be better. He makes tons of mistakes and barely knows how to do the problems himself. He takes months and months to grade each test. He does not teach you whatsoever. He grades tests extremely harshly and makes them harder than any other 108 professor.

Vega NEVER finished the last unit before the final exam. He NEVER finished the material before any unit test either. Office hours were WACK and caused more stress than what it was worth. Maybe he is a shy, nice guy, but at the end of the day we are paying thousands for this and most kids end up with a C due to his terrible teaching. AVOID HIM!!

AVOID. I took AP calculus last year and all of this material was foreign to me. Yes, math is different in college than hs, but he explained each and every concept in a way that made no sense. Never handed tests back in a timely fashion. Did not finish the material. I went into every test feeling unprepared. Even if you study expect a C. DON'T TAKE.

DO NOT TAKE! If u need to take a math class, Carlos is not an option. This man does not teach one bit, he writes down the notes and lets u figure it out on your own. Not to forget the multiple times the notes he writes have mistakes, also u will not finish the exams in the time given. Only plus, it makes no difference if you go to class or don't.

Even though I did fine I would have rather taken the W and withdrawn than finished the semester in the class. Literally terrible. He made so many people cry so many times.

His teaching is lackluster, if even existent. Attendance is not mandatory, but I went to every class, and got almost nothing from class. If you take this course be prepared to teach yourself literally everything.

Avoid at all costs!!! You will fail if you have this man as your professor. Every lecture is filled with mistakes and so poorly explained that you gain nothing from attending class.

He's not very engaging in the classroom and his work is done traditionally- on the whiteboard. I found it very hard to follow his notes or even really contact him outside of class. He lacks grace and understanding and is very adamant on no-phone use in the classroom. I could not learn a single concept in Pre-Calculus off of his teaching alone.

so bad...

Never have I once been driven to the point to actually write a review until this guy. If you don't have a firm understanding of calculus beforehand, expect to do terrible. His teaching is worse than trying to learn calc yourself. When you are confused by a problem, he would rather watch you continue to struggle than walk you through it. Don't take

If you want to fail, take his class. Not necessary stress. The guy is rude. You might be smart but you cannot teach. Waste of your money.

Just awful!

NEVER take him if you have another chance. On top of being late to almost every single class his lectures move at a very fast pace. They are not mandatory but miss one you will be left behind. He gives a date for quizzes/exams but will not review material or help you prepare for it.

Professor Vega is an awful teacher. He understands math very well but does not know how to teach it to the students. His lectures are impossible to follow along to and on top of that he insists on having a terrible attitude toward the students in every class.

Professor Vega is genuinely the worst math professor I've ever had. He's made me contemplate switching my major or dropping out entirely before I realized that his class is just at the upmost extreme and it doesn't make any sense. He doesn't care about you or your grade so good luck if you got stuck with him. If you have a choice, switch.

I don't know what he expected by being vague about what's on exams to the point where he eventually stopped giving the few guide tips that he provided at the beginning which by the way did not help. His exams have questions that you haven't seen before. He's difficult to reach outside of class and doesn't like to meet and discuss his own course.

He barely teaches the content and then assigns homework significantly harder then what he went over.

Classes are a waste of time because he doesn't even teach in any useful ways. Gives quizzes every week, exams pile up (if you are an engineering student dont take this teacher because along with everything else you have to do you will have to deal with teaching yourself the classes while managing quizzes and exams in every other class.)

Very hard class. Disproportionately harder than other 162 sections. Lectures are significantly easier than the homework and exams. You're expected to tested on very particular examples that you most likely would only see on one question of the homework. Is open frequently for office hours but is also very passive aggressive during class and hours.

Worst Professor to exist. The classes are depressing. He has this unreasonable system of "justice" with his grading. If he thinks you took less time to solve problems on exams compared to other people he will take points off for "not showing work" since "other people put in the effort to show it" even if its as simple as computing a basic limit.

He does not care about his students! Teaches the lectures as if you are already supposed to know what everything is, which makes it very difficult if you have not already taken Calculus. Not very caring in or outside the classroom. Tests are very hard. Take another professor!

Worst professor I have ever had. Shame on UM for allowing such a poor professor to teach and negatively impact the educations of so many students. Avoid at all costs.

Don't take this guy. His tests are nothing like what is taught in-class, and there is an excessive amount of homework. Very picky grader too. I took Calculus in high school with the same material, and got a B+. Did significantly worse here. My grandma can do a better job teaching. If you want to keep your mental health sane, take another professor.

Unless your a math genuis and you already know calc 2, do not take him, he is extremely awkward and pratically talks to himself during lectures, the quizzes messed me up, only two questions and worth so much. i went to office hours everyday and was super nice and he did not help me pass dont listen to anyone. Most people fail exams not normal!

I once showed him my way of visualizing a trig sub, just drawing a triangle Sergio Hernandez agreed with me in office hours but Vega was bothered. The next day, quiz wasdesigned to block my method He told the class only to listen to him not other resources Awful I was fooled by reviews saying he's "sweet and awkward" cute won't get me a good grade.

Absolutely impossible! On top of UM's already atrocious calculus department, he takes the cake. Barely anything decides your grade with tests being worth over half of your grade, and the tests are department made, while his teaching doesn't necessarily prepare you for them. I took AP calc in high school and got an A, then had to drop this class.

Homework and tests are significantly harder than what he went over in class. Took ages to grade anything. Stressful class. It is passable, but your mental health will definitely suffer a bit.

He just is simply the worst math teacher you can take, all of his assessments are significantly harder than any other teacher and he does not do a good job of explaining how to do anything. you have to learn his quizzes are solely based on in class problems and tests are based off the homework to have any chance of passing. DO NOT TAKE

He was not great

Don't take him horrible teacher doesn't prepare you well for exams and gives basically no extra credit. Much better other professors to take.

Horrible professor. Claims to know the material but he does not know how to lecture or teach it. When students ask him questions he either does not answer it or tries to answer it, gets confused, and then moves on without answering the question because "we are very behind and I don't have time for this right now." Also, he is always late to class.