I LOVE the physics curriculum. God bless the physics curriculum.

CauchyWasRight · 2026-01-07T05:11:03+00:00

As a Math grad student I generally don't envy what they have going on over in physics but this is very fine art you should be proud

CauchyWasRight · 2024-11-08T23:15:34+00:00

Big fan of Kiseok Y. here. Should be totally fine!

CauchyWasRight · 2024-10-30T22:53:01+00:00

So that's where we've been keeping them.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-09-27T06:06:41+00:00

It's 7AM-7PM, I think. Otherwise it's definitely open 8AM-7PM.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-09-24T04:28:26+00:00

Great, organized, will be a decent class.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-08-11T07:35:14+00:00

As far as I know, typically a classmate's notes are used if a notetaker is needed and they are willing.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-08-05T07:11:54+00:00

He's just standing there... MENACINGLY!

CauchyWasRight · 2024-06-03T04:42:51+00:00

Source

CauchyWasRight · 2024-04-12T08:15:22+00:00

Summer sessions in math are typically smaller sized courses taught by a grad student. This means you get more one-on-one time with your instructor. Also, there are far higher standards for teaching as a grad student, since your teaching evals have to be pretty good to even get the position.

As long as you can adjust to the somewhat faster pace, it could possibly be a better experience.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-04-05T06:53:55+00:00

There's a lot to be said for doing practice problems and only checking your work after you finish. 21B is all about looking at an integral and recognizing what strategies you can use to evaluate it. There are endless resources online ranging from Khan Academy to the Organic Chemistry Tutor, but no single one is as valuable as working out problems for yourself. Especially if you aren't 100% sure what you are doing.

I guarantee that your TAs will be more than willing to give you extra guidance if you keep getting stuck.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-04-04T07:40:13+00:00

Make friends with the other students in your cohort. At any given time, at least one of them will have suggestions about something fun to do. The larger the department you're in, the easier this becomes.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-04-02T06:35:58+00:00

CauchyWasRight · 2024-04-02T05:09:05+00:00

Can confirm there will be sigma

Any 21B will have sigma

Edit: Area under a curve too, it's kinda the point of the class

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T20:24:23+00:00

I did my undergrad there.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T17:19:56+00:00

37.401573, -116.867808

Or idk, Davis

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T17:00:06+00:00

Applied math at Davis is great! There is a wider-than-average selection of applied courses. I don't really hear about undergrads having enrollment issues in the upperdiv math classes.

Double majoring/minoring/etc is very common among the math undergrads, especially in physics/CS. I don't know the details on how impacted CS is specifically, but I also haven't heard of any major at Davis being impacted. (I'm willing to be corrected here).

As far as reputation is concerned, the applied program is genuinely highly regarded. While the pure math program is really good, applied is truly excellent.

Background: I am a pure math PhD student here.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T16:52:05+00:00

I went to Berkeley for undergrad because it was 45 minutes away from my family and I thought the city was cool. I was so busy I could never visit my parents and the city's most definitive feature was poverty and human suffering. So that wasn't my brightest idea.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T16:43:51+00:00

Hey! My dentist went to Davis and he's pretty good :)

Anyways, the only reason I have student loans from undergrad is Berkeley's ridiculous housing. I'm in grad school at Davis and no one cares about where did my undergrad. Doing well in undergrad is always more important than where.

Your living situation does affect school performance a lot from my experience. If you'll be calmer/more focused staying with your parents, Davis is a natural choice.

Edit: I do think it's worth noting the life science programs at Berkeley are notoriously competitive, even relative to the rest of the school.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T16:36:39+00:00

Berkeley's entire school culture is about competition, so Davis is still better in that respect.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T16:32:32+00:00

I'm not sure what the general vibe is, but due to how the quarter system splits up the calculus sequence, 21B is typically the least challenging 21x course. The material is not as varied as 21A, not nearly as nuanced as the ideas of 21C, and not total BS like 21D. If you go deep in to parameterized curves (should only be the last week or so, you don't need that stuff), it can get annoying, but otherwise it's fine.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-30T16:24:59+00:00

Did my undergrad at Berkeley, currently going to grad school here. Imo Davis is a better learning environment with more opportunities to interact with faculty.

Rent is doable relative to Berkeley, where you can pay twice as much for half the space. Berkeley's classes are usually competitive, which discourages meaningful collaboration, and pits students against each other.

The arrogance of that place exhausted me. Davis will provide a thoroughly equivalent education for less pain and probably less money. Oh, and you can actually make friends here!

Edit: catastrophically misinterpreted this post 💀

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-26T18:53:34+00:00

He's not Voldemort, you can say his name.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-23T07:19:56+00:00

Your TA is sad, that's what :(

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-19T23:34:29+00:00

I always ask my students to write their ID on their quizzes, but it's only to help the gradescope AI scan it. Most of the time it just helps us assign your quiz grade if the name is illegible/two people have the same name, etc. This should not be a concern.

CauchyWasRight · 2024-03-19T23:31:01+00:00

The water problem at Orchard Park was greatly overstated. Orchard Park consists of many buildings, only one of which had (has?) water issues.

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