Professor

Michael Tsiang

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Based on 256 Users
Easiness 2.9 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Workload 2.9 / 5 How light the workload is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Clarity 4.1 / 5 How clear the professor is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Helpfulness 3.9 / 5 How helpful the professor is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

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Dec. 25, 2018
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A

Take him! You'll definitely love him once you take his lecture. :) Mike is such an amazing professor, and I hope he'll teach some stats upper division classes later so that I can take his wonderful lecture again!

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Dec. 28, 2018
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-

Michael truly cares about his students. He's AMAZING! His lectures are easy to follow and he posts lecture notes online. The class is also bruincasted. Homework can be a little bit challenging, but he uses campuswire to answer students' questions. He's really passionate about R. If you're taking STATS 20, choose Professor Tsiang. 12/10 recommend.

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Jan. 1, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A+

The professor really cares about the students and is always nice and patient.

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March 28, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2018
Grade: A

Great professor who focuses more about the students’ learning than their grades. He offers a lot of extra credit, the tests are multiple choice, and the labs and homework assignments are not too complicated, either. The professor does use the slides a lot, but he does explain them really well, so I definitely recommend Bruincast, too!

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March 28, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A

Mike is the professor you want for Stats 10. He lectures thoroughly and clearly, he gives out hella extra credit, and homework is completely optional (although helpful). You get one cheat sheet for each midterm and three cheat sheets total for the final. Labs are done using R and do require a bit of conceptual understanding, but are overall doable. Just make sure to go to lab to get what you need from your TA. Mike is also a great guy in general, lots of Parks and Rec references, super relatable.
Best experience I could've had for this class. Mike gives you every opportunity to get a good grade. Would take again and highly recommend this professor.

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March 30, 2019
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A

Best professor at UCLA!! Exams are extremely straightforward, just make sure to pay attention to little tricks in the conceptual questions. Learned a lot while keeping the workload light. 10/10 recommend!

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June 1, 2019
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+

Mike is awesome, I didn't even do very well in the class but he was always super helpful.

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June 18, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A

This class was great. Labs were a bit annoying but not terrible and TA’s were super helpful. The homework was also fine (he drops the lowest one). We had weekly online quizzes (he drops the lowest one). You didn’t even have to go to class to understand it because the class is bruincasted and slides are online.

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June 23, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A

I am not a huge fan of statistics, but Tsiang made this class bearable. He’s such a nice person and you can really tell how much he cares about each student. He was very generous with grading, and tests were pretty straightforward, though some questions are trickily worded. (However, he allows cheat sheets) The coding labs were difficult, and somewhat harshly graded, but the last lab was entirely extra credit, so it was all okay. I wish every professor could be like Tsiang. He loves the class material and his students, and it really shows. Take this class!!

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June 25, 2019
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A

Tsiang is an amazing professor! Take this class with him. The midterm and final are somewhat aggressive but he lets you use a sheet of paper for notes. Make friends and do the homework and labs together and they are not too bad. Here's the grade breakdown:
Homework- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Online Quizzes- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Labs- 18%
Midterm- 20% (Was 30 multiple choice)
Final- 30% (Was 40 multiple choice and he gave 2 extra credit questions)

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STATS 20
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A
Dec. 25, 2018

Take him! You'll definitely love him once you take his lecture. :) Mike is such an amazing professor, and I hope he'll teach some stats upper division classes later so that I can take his wonderful lecture again!

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STATS 20
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A-
Dec. 28, 2018

Michael truly cares about his students. He's AMAZING! His lectures are easy to follow and he posts lecture notes online. The class is also bruincasted. Homework can be a little bit challenging, but he uses campuswire to answer students' questions. He's really passionate about R. If you're taking STATS 20, choose Professor Tsiang. 12/10 recommend.

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STATS 20
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: A+
Jan. 1, 2019

The professor really cares about the students and is always nice and patient.

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STATS 13
Quarter: Spring 2018
Grade: A
March 28, 2019

Great professor who focuses more about the students’ learning than their grades. He offers a lot of extra credit, the tests are multiple choice, and the labs and homework assignments are not too complicated, either. The professor does use the slides a lot, but he does explain them really well, so I definitely recommend Bruincast, too!

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STATS 10
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
March 28, 2019

Mike is the professor you want for Stats 10. He lectures thoroughly and clearly, he gives out hella extra credit, and homework is completely optional (although helpful). You get one cheat sheet for each midterm and three cheat sheets total for the final. Labs are done using R and do require a bit of conceptual understanding, but are overall doable. Just make sure to go to lab to get what you need from your TA. Mike is also a great guy in general, lots of Parks and Rec references, super relatable.
Best experience I could've had for this class. Mike gives you every opportunity to get a good grade. Would take again and highly recommend this professor.

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STATS 10
Quarter: Winter 2019
Grade: A
March 30, 2019

Best professor at UCLA!! Exams are extremely straightforward, just make sure to pay attention to little tricks in the conceptual questions. Learned a lot while keeping the workload light. 10/10 recommend!

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STATS 20
Quarter: Fall 2018
Grade: B+
June 1, 2019

Mike is awesome, I didn't even do very well in the class but he was always super helpful.

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STATS 13
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A
June 18, 2019

This class was great. Labs were a bit annoying but not terrible and TA’s were super helpful. The homework was also fine (he drops the lowest one). We had weekly online quizzes (he drops the lowest one). You didn’t even have to go to class to understand it because the class is bruincasted and slides are online.

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STATS 13
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A
June 23, 2019

I am not a huge fan of statistics, but Tsiang made this class bearable. He’s such a nice person and you can really tell how much he cares about each student. He was very generous with grading, and tests were pretty straightforward, though some questions are trickily worded. (However, he allows cheat sheets) The coding labs were difficult, and somewhat harshly graded, but the last lab was entirely extra credit, so it was all okay. I wish every professor could be like Tsiang. He loves the class material and his students, and it really shows. Take this class!!

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STATS 13
Quarter: Spring 2019
Grade: A
June 25, 2019

Tsiang is an amazing professor! Take this class with him. The midterm and final are somewhat aggressive but he lets you use a sheet of paper for notes. Make friends and do the homework and labs together and they are not too bad. Here's the grade breakdown:
Homework- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Online Quizzes- 16% (Lowest is dropped)
Labs- 18%
Midterm- 20% (Was 30 multiple choice)
Final- 30% (Was 40 multiple choice and he gave 2 extra credit questions)

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