Michael Blend
Department of Computer Science
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2.5
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Users
Easiness 3.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 1.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 1.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A-
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
July 1, 2024

He is definitely under pressure by the department to maintain a grade distribution so he will give you crappy grades even if you did everything asked of you. This class tends to end up with <15 people so 8 or more people get Bs and Cs for absolutely no reason. He will act really happy throughout the year and tell you that you are doing great and then slap you with a B.

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Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: B+
Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Feb. 8, 2024

Take this class at your own risk. Professor Blend is very unclear with his expectations for students' projects. He keeps reiterating that as long as we do our work we will get an A, making it sound like the class is an easy A. However, despite putting in all the work and exceeding expectations, my group got a much lower grade than expected. The professor did not give any reasoning at all for the final grades he assigned. There is no grading scheme or rubric for the class, it's completely arbitrary. It felt as if the professor used a random number generator to assign final grades. Although working in a group to launch a product was a pretty valuable experience with good resume value, taking this class with Blend is a risk if you care about your GPA.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2024
Grade: A-
July 1, 2024

He is definitely under pressure by the department to maintain a grade distribution so he will give you crappy grades even if you did everything asked of you. This class tends to end up with <15 people so 8 or more people get Bs and Cs for absolutely no reason. He will act really happy throughout the year and tell you that you are doing great and then slap you with a B.

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Verified Reviewer This user is a verified UCLA student/alum.
Quarter: Spring 2023
Grade: B+
Feb. 8, 2024

Take this class at your own risk. Professor Blend is very unclear with his expectations for students' projects. He keeps reiterating that as long as we do our work we will get an A, making it sound like the class is an easy A. However, despite putting in all the work and exceeding expectations, my group got a much lower grade than expected. The professor did not give any reasoning at all for the final grades he assigned. There is no grading scheme or rubric for the class, it's completely arbitrary. It felt as if the professor used a random number generator to assign final grades. Although working in a group to launch a product was a pretty valuable experience with good resume value, taking this class with Blend is a risk if you care about your GPA.

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2.5
Overall Rating
Based on 2 Users
Easiness 3.0 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 1.5 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 3.0 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 1.0 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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  • Has Group Projects
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