APMA 2130

One of the most work-intensive APMA classes, a single differential equations HW problem can take up a full page of lined paper. Midterm difficulty is fair, while weekly quizzes tend to test much harder problems and in greater depth. To do well on quizzes, do homework and understand it. To do well on tests, do practice tests and understand how to do each type of problem. It's not terribly hard to get an A- in this class if you're good at math, but you'll have to work hard for an A. Very little curve.

i was originally in a different apma dif eq class which was actually awful. old boring teacher who droned on and on and i was one of many who switched out. guadagni was great. he's young , energetic, and has a great accent. tests are very very fair and everyone did well

tons of homework, boring class, no attendance taken though guadagni claims/lies that he does in his mind and knows who has been coming and who hasnt, guadagni would make several mistakes in class

I remember once reading that Professor Guadagni used to teach at Hogwarts. This makes sense, seeing as the class had a great emphasis on magical applications of differential equations. Professor Guadagni is a world-renowned unicorn hunter. He also created the Haley-Bop comet by round-housing a burning ferret into the sun. This one time, I was late to class because my time turner wasn't working, and he made me strip clean an M1 Abram tank using nothing but a toothbrush made of unicorn hair. He also extracts gypsy tears during the annual meeting of his Wolverine Hunting Guild.

Easy class if you fully do and understand all the hw, which take an average of 5 hours to do.

Not a bad teacher, but hard to understand sometimes and isn't accommodating at all. Is very strict about little things.

Guadagni was a really good professor. He explained things well and was very light and happy about things which was helpful for making differential equations more bearable. The new teaching style he uses with Fulgram is really helpful as well, and really got me to learn the material very well. Theres also a lot of helpful documents they put up on Collab that is really helpful as well. I really enjoyed this class... well, as much as you can enjoy a calculus class.

Guadagni used a new teaching style where we did group worksheets in class instead of lectures. I thought I would hate it, but the group-work was actually very helpful and Guadagni didn't come off as a great lecturer so it may have even been for the best. His tests were pretty straightforward and MUCH easier than his quizzes. He also let us make a formula sheet for a lot of the tests which some other professors did not. The homework took a while and sometimes we had to finish the group work outside of class, so you definitely have to put time in to do well. (for me at least) He's a pretty funny guy and all in all not a terrible class.

TAKE IT. The class is excessively hard, his tests and quizzes are way harder than everyone else's, but if you do the extra credit assignments it's nearly impossible to get an A. You may even get a significantly better letter grade than the people who did better than you on every test in other classes

This class was an interesting experience for sure. Guadagni really launches into the material, so it's easy to feel overwhelmed early on. He isn't much of a lecturer, so I recommend reading the posted lecture notes prior to going to class. He also had us do worksheets almost every class, which really sucked if you didn't have a solid grasp on the material after reading over the lecture notes. The quizzes were also ridiculously hard at times; however, the tests were much more straightforward, making it much easier to succeed there. Guadagni himself is a character, and it causes some people to really like him and others not so much.