r/UTAustin • u/gertrudesusanyay • 15h ago

Question Thoughts on Maxim Tsoi for Engineering Physics?

I am so not good at physics and I need a professor who will give me the best chance!

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u/ShincoGt 11h ago

Goated teacher ngl. Took his mechanics class.

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u/Hj2024 7h ago

i took him for a summer semester for physics 1. Lowkey a shit show but only because we only had on month to do ALL that bs. Got a C but he curved the grade hella and I got an A-. Le goat

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u/DifficultyOrdinary32 6h ago

Pretty bad professor in my opinion. Insanely thick accent, very little leniency and his attendance policy is garbage. He grades attendance as like 15%+ and if you ANSWER CORRECTLY then you get credit for coming to class. If wrong then you don’t get ANY credit and your grade is tanked. So its possible to have perfect attendance but since it is your first time taking physics or take longer to understand content, you’ll have a bad attendance grade.

Also, don’t get me started on HW, those Quests were insane and the exams they have 10 answer choices so you really cannot guess on it. Once I had 9 choices on one page and the 10th choice on the next page; I didn’t see it until AFTER the exam so I got that one wrong.

I also was sick for an exam once and he didn’t let me take it UNLESS i showed him a Dr’s note. I don’t have insurance so I was unable to do so which also affected my grade.