Professor
Kat Ellis-Guardiola
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Most Helpful Review
Spring 2023 - Not a fan of this professor. Granted, this is a difficult course but, in my opinion, she's not really supportive of her students. Lectures were frankly poor, consisting of her hurriedly reading off the slides frequently ending class ~20 minutes early. Discussion sections were mandatory and involved completing worksheets that were way too long and way too difficult to complete in the allotted time. These discussion work sheets also had content not yet covered in class, as the time of discussion sections vary throughout the week. My TA would often complain that the professor was uncommunicative and vague regarding the type of content and questions that was going to be on exams and quizzes. Grading was extremely slow, although the curves were extremely generous for the exams. The exams themselves were extremely difficult and the practice material she provided was extremely difficult and mostly unhelpful as it wasn't really reflective of the exam. By the end of the quarter, only ~25 people were attending lectures (out of 250+ enrolled students). I and other people I knew taught ourselves through online lectures (shout out Andrey K on youtube!) as the lectures and textbook were to jargony to be helpful. I never went to office hours (which might have been a mistake) but her lecturing style and the way she answered questions during class didn't have me super confident in asking her for help. My TA was dope though. The only reason I did well in this course was through sleepless nights, youtube lectures, insane exam curves, and frankly, divine intervention. It's possible to get a good grade in this course, but its pretty hard. PROS: +recorded lectures +good curves CONS: -poor lecturer -insanely tests and quizzes -poor study guides, practice problems, and worksheets -poor communication about expectations for quizzes and exams -discussion sections largely unhelpful (can be mitigated by a good TA)
Spring 2023 - Not a fan of this professor. Granted, this is a difficult course but, in my opinion, she's not really supportive of her students. Lectures were frankly poor, consisting of her hurriedly reading off the slides frequently ending class ~20 minutes early. Discussion sections were mandatory and involved completing worksheets that were way too long and way too difficult to complete in the allotted time. These discussion work sheets also had content not yet covered in class, as the time of discussion sections vary throughout the week. My TA would often complain that the professor was uncommunicative and vague regarding the type of content and questions that was going to be on exams and quizzes. Grading was extremely slow, although the curves were extremely generous for the exams. The exams themselves were extremely difficult and the practice material she provided was extremely difficult and mostly unhelpful as it wasn't really reflective of the exam. By the end of the quarter, only ~25 people were attending lectures (out of 250+ enrolled students). I and other people I knew taught ourselves through online lectures (shout out Andrey K on youtube!) as the lectures and textbook were to jargony to be helpful. I never went to office hours (which might have been a mistake) but her lecturing style and the way she answered questions during class didn't have me super confident in asking her for help. My TA was dope though. The only reason I did well in this course was through sleepless nights, youtube lectures, insane exam curves, and frankly, divine intervention. It's possible to get a good grade in this course, but its pretty hard. PROS: +recorded lectures +good curves CONS: -poor lecturer -insanely tests and quizzes -poor study guides, practice problems, and worksheets -poor communication about expectations for quizzes and exams -discussion sections largely unhelpful (can be mitigated by a good TA)
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