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Jared Wong

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3.9
Overall Ratings
Based on 133 Users
Easiness 3.3 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 3.6 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.0 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 4.0 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Jan. 17, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A

If you listen to the lectures and take notes on the slides it's very easy to do well in this class.
Earlier reviews mention clickers but this professor did not require clickers for my lecture. He used in class extra credit as a way to keep students honest about attending lectures. He was responsive to questions and an engaging lecturer. Material is also super interesting and he tries to make it relevant. Would definitely recommend.

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April 20, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-

I took Wong for Psych 10 my freshman year and again as a senior for 188B. He gives somewhat challenging exams, given that they're only 30 questions, so you can't miss more than 2 without dropping a letter grade. However, he's quite literally the reason I ended up doing Psych/Cog Sci. He's so engaging, and it's really important to learn about these topics (LGBT+ communities in healthcare, sexual orientation, sex hormones, gender, and sex) if you're pre-med or in general to understand others better. He does talk fast, but if you raise your hand and ask him to slow down or explain something, he will. He's very approachable!

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Dec. 10, 2018
Quarter: Fall 2017
Grade: A-

This class was a lot of information and memorizing. Wong himself is a good lecturer and talks really fast, so you have to be engaged during lecture to keep up. He is a young asian man that is pretty funny though (one time he ran out of class really suddenly, and when he came back he explained that he just had to pee really badly lololol). The exams were difficult and you have to memorize a lot of the material in detail.

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Feb. 2, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+

Honestly it’s not a hard class at all if you listen to his lectures and memorize his PowerPoint slides. If you do that you can easily get an A. I didn’t because for the first half of the course I was completely spaced out and barely studied so I totally effed up on the midterm, but the second half of the class I listened and memorized his slides and got an A on the final. As long as you can memorize a lot, you’re fine.

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June 11, 2018
Quarter: Spring 2018
Grade: N/A

IF YOU LIKE ENDLESS STRESS, THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU :)
Please do NOT take this class if you're not a science/south campus major. I'm a political science major and I thought this would be a relatively easy science GE but I was wrong. This class is pretty hard and the professor is really funny but really doesn't help with the material. The tests are extremely hard and he only gives 2 percentage points as extra credit. This class is designed for non-majors but the material taught in class definitely requires prior knowledge about neuroscience and biology. The material is also super dense.
I think most people in my class found the midterm pretty hard because the average was 66%. Overall I think this class is unnecessarily hard especially since it's only a GE!!
I think the professor is cool but the material is pretty difficult. I would definitely not recommend this class to anyone, especially north campus majors.

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June 19, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A+

The professor is knowledgeable and a pretty good lecturer. If you enjoy learning about psychobio, you should find the lectures pretty interesting. There is essentially no work except some online quizzes/worksheets which take <10 minutes and are essentially graded for completion . There are two tests, which are 85% of your grade in total. The test content is 100% from the lectures and the lecture slides. While going to lecture isn't mandatory, there are questions on the tests that you won't be able to answer if you don't go to lecture (i.e. what is the condition from the video shown in class?). The tests itself are medium difficulty, but are easy A's if you devote ~10 hours before each test to memorize the slides. There is also in-class extra credit for 2% which he gives out a couple lectures before the midterm and final. If you want an easy A to fulfill your GE, there are probably better classes for that, but if you are interested in psychobio this class is fine.

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June 19, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A+

If you are interested in neuroscience and how the brain works, this class is really interesting. Wong is a great professor who is always enthusiastic and as engaging as possible. I would definitely recommend this class, especially if you took AP Psych in high school. The only thing I would say is this class is definitely less psychology, and more biology and neuroscience so be aware of that going into it. There is basically no work besides a weekly online quiz that you can retake I think like 3 times to get a good score. For the midterm and final, just dedicate a few days to really memorizing the slides and material, and you should be able to easily get an A. As a north campus major, I really enjoyed this class and studying the material.

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Oct. 15, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN EASY NORTH CAMPUS GE! The class is about how our brain works, not about psychology:? Prof Wong is extremely boring and basically just repeats what his slides say without any proper explanation. He talks very fast, therefore it is very difficult to understand what he is saying. Although he gives a few random extra credit points depending if you showed up to class or not, the tests are hard due to the fact that he tests you on the most random details. Would not recommend this class to anyone!!

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Dec. 18, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A-

Overall, Wong is a great professor. He explains materials very clearly, and offers extra credit. However, he speaks too fast for most of the time, which sometimes make me confused about what he’s talking about. The workload is not heavy: there is only a set of study questions per week. Midterm and Final are ok if you memorize his slides and do not make simple mistakes. Recommend this class for a GE!

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Dec. 18, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: B-

Some reviews say that this class was very hard, but the class was not that bad. It was hard if you did not know anything about neuroscience or biology (like I did). The final and midterm had very fair questions. You had homework due every Friday that you had to get 5/10 to get full credit. VERY IMPORTANT: go to class he gives extra credit PERCENTAGES that were very easy to get. I was supposed to have a C+ but with the extra credit it boosted me to a B-. moral of the story: GO TO CLASS (even if its boring)

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
Jan. 17, 2019

If you listen to the lectures and take notes on the slides it's very easy to do well in this class.
Earlier reviews mention clickers but this professor did not require clickers for my lecture. He used in class extra credit as a way to keep students honest about attending lectures. He was responsive to questions and an engaging lecturer. Material is also super interesting and he tries to make it relevant. Would definitely recommend.

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PSYCH 188B
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-
April 20, 2019

I took Wong for Psych 10 my freshman year and again as a senior for 188B. He gives somewhat challenging exams, given that they're only 30 questions, so you can't miss more than 2 without dropping a letter grade. However, he's quite literally the reason I ended up doing Psych/Cog Sci. He's so engaging, and it's really important to learn about these topics (LGBT+ communities in healthcare, sexual orientation, sex hormones, gender, and sex) if you're pre-med or in general to understand others better. He does talk fast, but if you raise your hand and ask him to slow down or explain something, he will. He's very approachable!

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2017
Grade: A-
Dec. 10, 2018

This class was a lot of information and memorizing. Wong himself is a good lecturer and talks really fast, so you have to be engaged during lecture to keep up. He is a young asian man that is pretty funny though (one time he ran out of class really suddenly, and when he came back he explained that he just had to pee really badly lololol). The exams were difficult and you have to memorize a lot of the material in detail.

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+
Feb. 2, 2019

Honestly it’s not a hard class at all if you listen to his lectures and memorize his PowerPoint slides. If you do that you can easily get an A. I didn’t because for the first half of the course I was completely spaced out and barely studied so I totally effed up on the midterm, but the second half of the class I listened and memorized his slides and got an A on the final. As long as you can memorize a lot, you’re fine.

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Spring 2018
Grade: N/A
June 11, 2018

IF YOU LIKE ENDLESS STRESS, THIS CLASS IS FOR YOU :)
Please do NOT take this class if you're not a science/south campus major. I'm a political science major and I thought this would be a relatively easy science GE but I was wrong. This class is pretty hard and the professor is really funny but really doesn't help with the material. The tests are extremely hard and he only gives 2 percentage points as extra credit. This class is designed for non-majors but the material taught in class definitely requires prior knowledge about neuroscience and biology. The material is also super dense.
I think most people in my class found the midterm pretty hard because the average was 66%. Overall I think this class is unnecessarily hard especially since it's only a GE!!
I think the professor is cool but the material is pretty difficult. I would definitely not recommend this class to anyone, especially north campus majors.

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A+
June 19, 2019

The professor is knowledgeable and a pretty good lecturer. If you enjoy learning about psychobio, you should find the lectures pretty interesting. There is essentially no work except some online quizzes/worksheets which take <10 minutes and are essentially graded for completion . There are two tests, which are 85% of your grade in total. The test content is 100% from the lectures and the lecture slides. While going to lecture isn't mandatory, there are questions on the tests that you won't be able to answer if you don't go to lecture (i.e. what is the condition from the video shown in class?). The tests itself are medium difficulty, but are easy A's if you devote ~10 hours before each test to memorize the slides. There is also in-class extra credit for 2% which he gives out a couple lectures before the midterm and final. If you want an easy A to fulfill your GE, there are probably better classes for that, but if you are interested in psychobio this class is fine.

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A+
June 19, 2019

If you are interested in neuroscience and how the brain works, this class is really interesting. Wong is a great professor who is always enthusiastic and as engaging as possible. I would definitely recommend this class, especially if you took AP Psych in high school. The only thing I would say is this class is definitely less psychology, and more biology and neuroscience so be aware of that going into it. There is basically no work besides a weekly online quiz that you can retake I think like 3 times to get a good score. For the midterm and final, just dedicate a few days to really memorizing the slides and material, and you should be able to easily get an A. As a north campus major, I really enjoyed this class and studying the material.

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: N/A
Oct. 15, 2019

DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR AN EASY NORTH CAMPUS GE! The class is about how our brain works, not about psychology:? Prof Wong is extremely boring and basically just repeats what his slides say without any proper explanation. He talks very fast, therefore it is very difficult to understand what he is saying. Although he gives a few random extra credit points depending if you showed up to class or not, the tests are hard due to the fact that he tests you on the most random details. Would not recommend this class to anyone!!

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: A-
Dec. 18, 2019

Overall, Wong is a great professor. He explains materials very clearly, and offers extra credit. However, he speaks too fast for most of the time, which sometimes make me confused about what he’s talking about. The workload is not heavy: there is only a set of study questions per week. Midterm and Final are ok if you memorize his slides and do not make simple mistakes. Recommend this class for a GE!

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PSYCH 15
Quarter: Fall 2019
Grade: B-
Dec. 18, 2019

Some reviews say that this class was very hard, but the class was not that bad. It was hard if you did not know anything about neuroscience or biology (like I did). The final and midterm had very fair questions. You had homework due every Friday that you had to get 5/10 to get full credit. VERY IMPORTANT: go to class he gives extra credit PERCENTAGES that were very easy to get. I was supposed to have a C+ but with the extra credit it boosted me to a B-. moral of the story: GO TO CLASS (even if its boring)

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