The only good thing is hes nice. Other than that he rushes through the material, spends way too long on warm ups, doesnt explain concepts throughly, and the final wasnt like anything we actually learned. If you havent ever taken a calc class, good luck. And beware the homework and quizzes are nothing like the exams.

He is nice, but this class is obviously a weeder course. No actual care for students learning, more about the grades. Quizzes and homework or manageable, but midterms and ESPECIALLY the final are awful. I went in with an A-, and the final tanked me because he doesnt curve. Do not recommend.

After doing well in calc in high school + Hall's previous ratings I thought it would be an easy A. I was completely wrong. His lectures will confuse u so much to the point ur better off just not going and teaching yourself. Midterms and Final are IMPOSSIBLE. HW + Quizzes doable but not majority of grade. Sadly, the math prof options r all bad tbh.

Quizzes and homework are doable and actually not bad. However, the great majority of your grade are exams (midterms + final). These exams are impossible and totally different and much harder than anything else we do in the class. He doesn't prepare us well at all and gives you no time to finish. Lectures will just confuse you more. Good luck.

Confusing lecturer. Basically taught myself everything. Gives easy quizzes and hw then bombards u with IMPOSSIBLE questions on the actual exams. Took him cause his ratings weren't bad but was quickly disappointed (maybe that's bc I took the course online idk) would never take him again if I had any say in it, but, as others said, he's a decent guy.

Intelligent guy, but students clearly aren't his priority. Consistently shows up late to lectures and midterms and cancels his office hours. Good luck getting an email response. Lectures are convoluted and you'd learn better from the textbook and youtube videos. Midterms are impossible and although he apologizes, he doesn't learn his lesson.

When I was signing up for MATH129, I saw an RMP of 4 for Hall. It was very misleading. His HW/Quizzes are very manageable, but his Midterms were very short on time. The problems on the tests were nothing like the HW and the quizzes. The finals were manageable only because he wrote them with another professor. I would take Hall as a last resort.

Hall takes the cake for the worst professor I have ever had. His homework and quizzes are manageable (mainly because homework is from a textbook and quizzes aren't made by him). His tests count for the majority of your grade and good luck. His exams are nothing like the class work and are as if they are meant for another class. Avoid if you can!

I honestly though he was going to be chill given the fact during the early lectures he was super nice and supportive. But boy was I wrong. Avoid him at any cost, he puts on a whole display of being a nice guy but I regret having to pay my tuition fees for him. I loved maths and calculus before having him as my professor. Learn from me and avoid him

worst teacher I've ever had. Don't expect him to email back and he constantly cancels office hours. Inputs grades very last minute so you will have no idea what your grade is throughout the semester. If you previously took a calculus class, you might do well, but if it's your first time avoid it at all costs. He never actually teaches how to do it.

Confusing lectures; already prewritten&he talks/digresses so fast it feels like more of a cram-review session instead of learning for the 1st time. Test problems VERY difficult/much harder than HW/quizzes, so it's hard to feel prepared no matter how much you study. Thx to Sal Khan, OChemTutor and my HighSchool CalcAB teacher bc they saved my grade.

Mr. Hall is bad at teaching, answering questions, emails, and explaining answers. He constantly forgot about my class and started the Zooms late. His lack of teaching made it stressful bc I had to teach myself all of 118 and prepare myself for the tests and weekly quizzes. My class and I were also not prepared for the final. Don't take his class.

Please go for another professor, He could possibly be a good professor but this semester he was terrible. You literally have to teach yourself and his personal life interferes a lot l(as in unexpectedly going remote for the entire semester, cutting off office hours, lecture interruptions, and waiting foreverrrrr to grade). Just dont do it :/

Zoom lectures were unhelpful, basically taught myself everything. Even then, barely understood the content for tests. Midterms and the final are insanely difficult, and the exam review he gives is often harder. Quiz difficulty depends on TA. Had to P/NP this class. You're better off with any other professor, avoid this class if you can.

Stay away from Prof. Hall. He isn't accessible out of class; he takes weeks to respond to emails or does not respond at all. He avoids answering questions in lecture, moved the entire semester online without warning, and does not attempt to prepare you for nearly impossible exams. His lectures confused me so much and I eventually stopped going.

Created an account just to rate Prof Hall. He's probably one of the worst professors I've ever had. He clearly doesn't care about his students and is not at all accessible outside of lectures and office hours (both of which are regularly cancelled). He also spends more time showing the class his daughter than actually teaching, which he does badly.

No prior exposure to calculus? Don't take this class! He never actually teaches you how to solve problems. I took the same calculus with a different professor, and within a week I learned more than I had learned in this class. Not to mention the number of times class & office hours were canceled and emails were left unanswered.

Bad professor. Don't take him if possible. No consistent office hours, unresponsive to emails, and class every day of the week. The section TA was absent for most of the semester as well. Also, when you would ask a question after class, he would rush you, but still not answer your email when you try to follow up. 0/10 do not recommend.

Hall is really not good at teaching. He is very nice but I had to teach myself the whole semester.

Hall had BAD, TERRIBLE stutter. Like he's talking faster than he can think. When you ask a question he barely answers and shuts you down IMMEDIATELY. He didn't tell me until that last day to withdraw that I was at risk f failing. The TA wasn't bad but be was near confident in teaching the material. I DO NOT RECOMMEND MICHAEL HALL.

If I didn't have prev knowledge, I would've failed. Not only does Hall go so fast, but he's also extremely hard to reach outside of class. He has inconsistent office hours and a stutter, and dismisses qs. HW is also lengthy and difficult for no reason bc it's not even reflective of the quizzes/tests (there's no chance to retake unlike other profs).

STAY AWAY!!! Hall is by far the WORST professor for 118. He takes notes on his Ipad but it dies almost every class and we are the first lecture of the day. He DOES NOT answer emails. Lecture is nothing like the quiz which is nothing like midterm which is nothing like the final. LISTEN TO THE OTHER REVIEWS and save yourself from a painful semester.

his class was completely awful, lectures were overcomplicated,homework took HOURS to complete every week, quizzes/midterms/final didn't match anything we learned in lectures. We learned all the material that was on the final within the span of 3 classes and his tests are nearly impossible. Save your mental health and DONT TAKE HIS CLASS!!!!!

He is never at his office hours, gives incoherent lectures, and often does not come to class prepared. Very inaccessible through email and is almost never available. Weekly quizzes barely overlap with what we learned in class and he is very disorganized. take 118 elsewhere and transfer the credit.

This professor rushes through lectures so much that you never get a chance to catch up and fully understand what he is talking about. The TA also doesn't know what he talks about most of the time during the discussion and it's very hard to follow him. Overal take any other class with any other teacher

honestly wish i just went into the course knowing i would have to teach myself everything. completely unaccessible through email i actually wondered if i even had the right email. AVOID. AVOID. AVOID. i have never been so frustrated while taking a course. i feel like you can do fine/well if u have previous experience and reteach urself everything.

Thank to this class, I basically lived in the library throughout the semester. DO NOT TAKE IT!!!! I taught myself in the textbook EVERYTHING without any calc knowledge whatsoever. If you need it for credit, take it over summer at cc! Lectures are confusing, exams are not like the hw at all, & TA doesn't teach. You WILL fail the exams.

If you need to take calc, just take it at a CC. He was disorganized, kept redoing the syllabus, and the homework platform wasn't set up until a few weeks into the semester. It was clear the TA didn't know what was going on either. Class was graded on 3 midterms, a final, and homework. The test averages on all exams were incredibly low.

Took it and dropped it after the first week. The first day of class, he didnt show up because he got the time mixed up, always late, and sweaty. He rarely explains the material and homework rise, be prepared to spend at least a whole day trying to complete it.

Nice guy but for your own sake, DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS. If you need calc take it at a CC. I thought I was good at math until his class. Does not explain well and shows up late often. Didn't even show up the first day of class because he forgot. There is no hope once he starts talking about delta's and epsilons. Praying for you.

such a nice guy so I feel bad but literally such a bad professor. he's super smart so he doesn't know how to teach anyone anything and you'll have to learn everything yourself, which you will fail at. insane curve but still not enough to make it worth the struggle. avoid the class at all costs it tanked my gpa.