He would spend most of lectures doing proofs/derivations of formulas, instead of explaining how to do the questions he would go on to ask us on quizzes/exams, or doing many examples. Class felt like reading a wikipedia page of the lecture's concept, rather than actually being taught what to make of it. He would also frequently skip steps. A waste.

Thought of every possible way to have fun of students about attendance (paper signup sheet, various QR codes, individual QR codes, etc.) Love to see you explaining why you're absent. If he really cares that much, he can simply make a seat table at the beginning of semester. I truly believe that he enjoys the process of having fun of students.

He was very deceiving by looking passively aggressive in his email. Midterms are so hard and when everyone failed it, instead of curving, he gave another 3rd midterm a week before the final.

The criteria for grade assignments are very strict. In the syllabus, it is clearly stated that students are expected to spend 8-12 hours outside of class completing assignments, which is quite unreasonable. There are two pre-quizzes, one quiz, and one problem set every week. You need to be well-prepared to take this class.

not curve，low

DO NOT TAKE HIS CLASS. I am honestly not sure how he has any good reviews. His midterms are so ridiculously difficult and he does not curve. His lectures don't prepare you in the slightest. He makes the easiest concepts so difficult. Many students withdrew after the first midterm and another wave is withdrawing after the second. Save yourself.

RUN!!!!!! His test such as midterm 1&2 are soooo soooooo difficult than what we learned!!! and he is no curve!!!!!!! Although this course is not too heavy, after taking this person's class, you will feel depression. RUN!!!!!!!!!!

POTATO POTATO POTATO!!!!!!!!!

How does this guy still have a job? His lectures consistently fall short, he's behind schedule, all he does is proofs for calc and doesn't work through problems. This guy is failing most the class every midterm and can't see that maybe he is the problem. Genuinely one of the worst experiences ever, there is a reason his calc class is always open.

Despite learning calc previously, performing well in this class is tough. The first midterm had a 65% average, and the second was even worse (40-50%). Too much time is spent on irrelevant proofs, and the practice material doesn't match the exam. Lectures lag behind, forcing new material to be learned 2 days before the midterm. AVOID

He doesn't seem to care about his students and often leaves them feeling lost, both in class and on exams. The time spent on homework and studying each week feels unproductive. If you're concerned about your grades and learning experience, avoid him.

I think he genuinely enjoys giving difficult exams and watching his students suffer. It seems like everything he does - exams, homework, is designed to catch you out and trick you as opposed to testing the context that you learnt in class. He is helpful outside of class, but his exams are much different to his content and slides. Avoid.

Lectures are spent proving things that don't appear on the exams. Speeaking of which, exams are very difficult and nothing like what is taught in class.

Avoid at all costs!!

Professor Damarackus was my hardest professor at NYU as a premed student. His exams seemed as if he was trying to trick us out rather than actually test us on our knowledge; this is exhibited by his extremely low exam averages, lower than the other calc professor's exam averages. In office hours, he would often be snarky and unhelpful. Avoid.

Not good at explaining concepts, comes off as very cold and uncaring unintentionally, lots of homework that don't really help with exams. Lectures almost always left unfinished and we have to finish them the next class which takes away from final review days. Spends more time on proofs then examples.

In all the years I've learned math, no class has stressed me out this much. His midterms were harder than the study materials he provided. People were dropping out of this class left and right. Passing was not impossible but it will definitely hurt your GPA.

This is the worst class I've taken at NYU. The professor doesn't do a good job of explaining things and can be rude, making it daunting to ask questions. He wasn't much help with homework, as I tried to get some guidance with something that I my work for but had no clue how to properly do and he refused to help (he called it giving me the answer).

Do not recommend taking him. His lectures are pointless and terrible at explaining simple concepts. His tests are way harder than all the quizzes and homeworks. Basically had to learn calculus by myself.

Hard exams, do not take him

You have better choice for this class.

Run. There are many other choices. His partial credit is a joke, meaning nonexistent. Went to office hours, and it barely helped. He gave me advice on how to ace his test, and I still bombed, even after doing everything he said to do and showing him everything. If you can take another professor -- do it for your mental health, trust me.

Not a good professor. Nice person, but bad at teaching. His slides are not helpful at all. He spends too much time on proofs and not enough time on examples, which are the things he actually asks. Even if he does an example, it's way too easy compared to what he asks. He does curve at the end, but only because everyone does horrible.

very disrespectful and rude

He's a piece of work. I worked my butt off for my grades and he somehow still makes me so angry at him. He is rude, uncomprehending, and unopen-minded to anyone's opinions. Take him if you want to ruin your semester.

horrible, not good at all, dont ever consider him

His tests are very accurate to the "university reels" about how nothing from the homework is on the assignments. Do NOT TAKE HIM.

Julius is a terrible professor. He likes degrading his students and doesn't answer questions. He complains that no one shows up to the lectures but thats because of his terrible teaching skills. Its easier to just learn from YouTube or your TA's office hours.

Terrible prof, degrading and just repeats what he says when asked a question. Genuinely so chopped. Don't take his class.

Very bad at explaining things. Tests much harder than practice material

This class is so bad the only way I could verbalize my feelings was making Hatsune Miku sing about it over some slap bass. I'm beyond help but this course broke me. Hatsune Miku you're my only hope.

you'll only succeed in this class if you 1. teach yourself 2. taken calculus before. the tests aren't incredibly hard, they're similar to quizzes and homework. never ever learned a single thing from class. taught myself how to do the hw problems. all he does is write things on his iPad. its incredible, says so much but its never anything of worth.

Very hard and lectures are unclear

There is no reason to take this professor, he does his own thing in classes, only talks about what interests him, and then picks the most convoluted problems he can come up with for exams. His sample exams were of little help due to actual tests being much more complicated. not impossible, but rough for sure.

Dear god let me tell you no other class I've taken in this school has crashed my gpa and mental health as hard as this one. I went to every lecture; did khan, quizlet, symbolab and watched the introductory videos ahead of time and still cried over this class 5x, called the mental health hotline at nyu over it 2x Avoid this man at all costs

Barely did any teaching, we had to read the textbook ahead of each class. HW was a bunch of hard exercises that took hours and taught nothing about the material. It's like he wanted us to be intimidated by the course, which is counterproductive for an intro to higher-level math. Someone teach him how to teach!!