I had to spent at least 2-3 hours working on lecture quizzes and homework in order to prepare myself for the exams. I felt that it was so much work for each work and almost every week you have quiz, which is proctored by Honorlock and at times it could be very tricky if you fall behind on the lectures. Calc 2 was brutally difficult and I see why most considered this a major STEM weed out course. Exams were tough because I got a 93% on the Exam 1, a 88% on Exam 2, a 80% on Exam 3, but managed to get a 90% on the final.

Basically 37 lectures in total. Exam 1 content was focused solely on integration techniques. Exam 2 content was focused on convergence of sequences and series. Exam 3 content was focused on power series (Taylor and Maclaurin series), parametric equations, and polar coordinates. Volume wasn't included until the final. Finding the polar area between two curves was the most challenging for me because sometimes it's frustrating when you get the bounds of the integral incorrect and series was confusing at times especially when you have to remember just because a sequence converges to 0, that you won't necessarily know if the series converges or diverges.

Honestly Chui was probably the best prof you could get for Calc 2. She was always making herself available during office hours and my TA was helpful too. If I didn't ask for help from them, I would have been screwed. I love how prior to the final, she made the 4th discussion post worth 6 extra points instead of 2 and how she added 5 extra points to the final review if we did 3 extra problems. It honestly helped my grade a lot and I ended up with a 96.5% in the end.

Stay consistent with the lecture quizzes and homework. Don't fall behind because it'll ***** you up! Join her office hours on zoom if you get stuck on some problems. Do practice exams and study edge is a must!

The class itself was of moderate difficulty. Some parts are easier than others, and having a solid foundation is recommended.

Lots of integration techniques to make calculus easier.

Professor was wonderful. Can not recommend her enough.

Make sure you know your own strengths and weaknesses. Practice the things that you're not strong with.

The final was much harder than the midterms. I scored 93-100 on the midterms and got a 52% on the final because I was trying to frantically relearn as many things as possible and didn't have the time to study any skills in depth.

Some of the content in this class like integration techniques, parametric equations, and polar coordinates have obvious real world applications. But some of the theoretical content like the "physics" problems where you have to calculate force on perfectly thin shapes is not very practical.

Chui was generally nice and friendly, but she frequently didn't finish the lectures in time and was generally meh at answering questions. Luckily, Manly was my coordinator so I would watch his lectures if I didn't understand something.

The questions on the final are on another level compared to the midterms. You can skate by on the midterms with pattern recognition, but you should really know what you're doing before finals season.

I have never taken any kind of AP or IB calc, and Prof. Chui made this class fairly simple. I loved having her as a teacher. Put in the effort for her exams because she will definitely test your knowledge!

- Easy to follow during lecture - Compassionate, email her w concerns you have - Exams are fair but you need to know the knowledge like the back of your hand

Do the practice exams and the homework's thoroughly!

Dr. Chui

My only A- yet in college. I was one question on the final off of an A unfortunately. I did really well on the first two exams, but the final sucked.

It's all about memorization baby. Very dull, mostly differentials and integration but very complicated.

Chui was very nice and helpful. Sometimes she didn't fully understand what students were asking but was very available to help after class and was generally better one-on-one.

As Chui herself revealed to me... you can see the answers on Xronos. My best advice: give the problem a good effort always but never let yourself get less than 100% on homeworks. Make sure that you understand every problem by the time you're done getting help though. Build up a big buffer for your exams and do all the practice tests and get help. You'll do better on the tests if you do that too.