Urgent! Q about math classes

[Ema]

Right now I'm enrolled in Math 16A with Prof Harrington.

I thought it would be easier than the math classes but harrington has a weired grading policy. The max you can get on 2 midterms and the first part of the final is a B+. The second part of the final which covers everything and will be harder are "extra credits" and they give you "bumps" (his exact words) to your grade.

There's comments about Harrington when he taught math 16b that his midterms and finals are pretty easy.

For example, if you got one bump in the second part of the final, B+ would be to an A-.

I have the option of taking Math 16B with WILKENING but there's bad comments about his hard finals and midterms although 85% is an A- and you can drop the lowest one.

There's also Sarason for math16b but heard he has killer midterms and finals.


Any help would be appreciated.

[toribird]

I took Math 1A with Professor Wilkening and I can honestly say that he was one of the best professors I've had.  He taught the material very well, so if you go to class and keep up with the homework, difficult midterms should be no problem.  He also presented a lot of challenging problems in class, such as difficult proofs.  I don't think he expected the class to actually understand all of what he was presenting, but it was helpful to be exposed to that sort of material and also helped me stay interested during class. 

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