Professor
Melissa Tong
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Spring 2023 - Professor Tong is by far the worst math professor I have ever had. The content of this class is actually manageable but it felt so difficult because the professor was horrible at explaining concepts and merely read off from the textbook. The only reason I did well was because I had an amazing TA (Eric) who would go the extra mile to help us out. Professor Tong was so bad at explaining concepts even when you asked her questions directly. She also did not give any midterm or final practise papers and we went into these exams not even knowing the format of the paper. Would not recommend this class to anyone unless you're willing to go to the math center almost every day for help or if you're lucky enough to get a good TA.
Spring 2023 - Professor Tong is by far the worst math professor I have ever had. The content of this class is actually manageable but it felt so difficult because the professor was horrible at explaining concepts and merely read off from the textbook. The only reason I did well was because I had an amazing TA (Eric) who would go the extra mile to help us out. Professor Tong was so bad at explaining concepts even when you asked her questions directly. She also did not give any midterm or final practise papers and we went into these exams not even knowing the format of the paper. Would not recommend this class to anyone unless you're willing to go to the math center almost every day for help or if you're lucky enough to get a good TA.
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Fall 2022 - Professor Tong is the worst math professor I have ever had. Never once have I struggled with a math class here before. I took the entire series Math 31A, 31B, 32A, 33A, and even Math 61 before this class and passed every single one with an A. I was very confident in my math abilities up until this point and everyone had told me that this class was by far the easiest in the series so I was not concerned when there was a new professor teaching it. Big mistake. Never take this class with Tong. Her lectures were not recorded and they were essentially fast audiobooks with her handwritten notes of the textbook. She spent too much time going over the parts of the chapter that weren’t important and then rushed the bits that were important for the homework. To add insult to the injury, everyone started getting sick around week 3 because of the frat flu and because lectures weren’t recorded it spread throughout the class and affected all of my other classes (since I got sick from this class during all the other midterms too). Just avoid her at all costs. She will make you question your math abilities. This class had absolutely no reason being this difficult.
Fall 2022 - Professor Tong is the worst math professor I have ever had. Never once have I struggled with a math class here before. I took the entire series Math 31A, 31B, 32A, 33A, and even Math 61 before this class and passed every single one with an A. I was very confident in my math abilities up until this point and everyone had told me that this class was by far the easiest in the series so I was not concerned when there was a new professor teaching it. Big mistake. Never take this class with Tong. Her lectures were not recorded and they were essentially fast audiobooks with her handwritten notes of the textbook. She spent too much time going over the parts of the chapter that weren’t important and then rushed the bits that were important for the homework. To add insult to the injury, everyone started getting sick around week 3 because of the frat flu and because lectures weren’t recorded it spread throughout the class and affected all of my other classes (since I got sick from this class during all the other midterms too). Just avoid her at all costs. She will make you question your math abilities. This class had absolutely no reason being this difficult.
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