APMA 2130

Class is not that exciting, but Dorning tries hard to make it fun and makes an effort to get to know the students.

Dorning is a great professor. He uses the chalk board and you'll end up with about a text book worth of notes at the end if you copy everything down. He is very thurough and will know most of the students' names by the end of the course. He holds review sessions and is always willing to go above and beyond for the student.

Best class I have taken so far in UVa. Dorning is such a good professor. He is funny, caring and smart.
He makes efforts to get to know all the students.
A must-take course in Uva!

Prepare to work hard for this class. It feels like it should be a 5 credit course. Without fail, you'll have homework assignments due at the beginning of every week and a quiz at the end of every week, plus 3 midterms and a final. Dorning even recommends reading/studying the material every night (but no one has time for that). He's probably the best 213 teacher, but I would say he's the hardest. He adds on 10 minutes after every class to make up for class periods he'll miss later in the year, but constantly goes over even the extended time period.

In the class itself he goes over more in-depth examples and proofs, but for the quizzes/tests you'll be prepared more if you studied the homework problems.

Dorning is amazing and really cares about your education. Will go out of his way to help. Class is time consuming due to long problems.

Professor Dorning is a great teacher. He's really fair, and though he sometimes moves a bit slowly, he teaches really well. If possible, get a smaller section, since he connects with his students better. He really makes an effort to learn everyone's names, which is nice.

I enjoyed the subject matter, but Professor Dorning did not do a very good job teaching. He likes to discuss theory, but refuses to give examples.

Dorning is one of the best professors at this University, first of all he is a genius and yet he manages to make differential equations easy to understand for anyone. He goes over a lot of theory in class that won't help you solve the homework or the test problems, but if you came to college to learn this is the class for you. I can honestly say 1 year after his course that there are some differential equations I can't solve but his emphasis on theory has equipped me with the ability to figure out and really understand the problem.

As a teacher he is one of the best and most intriguing and is incredibly helpful. He will go to any length to help you understand the material, go to his office hours and ask him questions, you will come away with a more than satisfactory answer.

Dorning is terrible, he doesn't teach the material in a way that you will understand. He also has a really quiet voice so you can't really hear or make sense of what he is saying. Thirdly he moves very fast. His averages for tests were significantly lower than other sections. I recommend that you take Guadagni or Fulgam.

dorning is awesome. wonderful experience. he gives a lot of hw problems but it helps u understand the material. i needed some help and he stayed with me after class several times. one of the best at UVa