Shoko Sakai
Department of Astronomy
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3.7
Overall Rating
Based on 21 Users
Easiness 2.8 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.6 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

TOP TAGS

  • Uses Slides
  • Tolerates Tardiness
  • Appropriately Priced Materials
  • Gives Extra Credit
  • Needs Textbook
  • Useful Textbooks
  • Would Take Again
GRADE DISTRIBUTIONS
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

21.0%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

22.7%
18.9%
15.2%
11.4%
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3.8%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

22.7%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

20.7%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

25.6%
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Grade distributions are collected using data from the UCLA Registrar’s Office.

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June 24, 2009

She is the WORST professor I've had at UCLA. She seemed like she had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. I find it hard to believe she knows anything more about Astronomy than what is on her slides. I was very interested in Astronomy until I took her class. The labs take forever and are only worth 10% of your grade. There is no point in going to class because she doesn't articulate anything on the slides and they are posted online. The tests are very poorly worded and hard to understand, so it doesn't make it a particularly easy class either. 2 midterms and a final. Terrible teacher, don't take her.

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June 19, 2009

Do not take this professor. She complicates every subject and doesn't seem to know what she is talking about. Whenever a student would ask her to elaborate on a topic, she would get tongue-tied and flustered, as if answering questions wasn't in the scope of her teaching. She's probably very knowledgeable but her ability to communicate topics can definitely be improved upon. Not only is she ridiculous and convoluted when explaining topics, but she expects more of her students than they can give her, which only so much information that she supplies. AGAIN, do NOT take her for Astro 3. She is absolutely ridiculous.

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June 8, 2009

DO NOT TAKE ASTRO 3 WITH PROFESSOR SAKAI! She makes even the most simple concepts seem difficult, and she attempted to teach this Astro GE like it was for all undergraduate astrophysics majors. I don't know whether it is because she's new to UCLA, but she attempted to fit 3 years of astrophysics study into a one quarter course; furthermore, she is difficult to understand and awful at making questions for her multiple choice exams. If you want a good Astro 3 experience, and not one fraught with the difficulties of a new professor who doesn't know what INTRO to Interstellar Astronomy means, take one of the other tenured professors.

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June 24, 2009

She is the WORST professor I've had at UCLA. She seemed like she had absolutely no idea what she was talking about. I find it hard to believe she knows anything more about Astronomy than what is on her slides. I was very interested in Astronomy until I took her class. The labs take forever and are only worth 10% of your grade. There is no point in going to class because she doesn't articulate anything on the slides and they are posted online. The tests are very poorly worded and hard to understand, so it doesn't make it a particularly easy class either. 2 midterms and a final. Terrible teacher, don't take her.

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June 19, 2009

Do not take this professor. She complicates every subject and doesn't seem to know what she is talking about. Whenever a student would ask her to elaborate on a topic, she would get tongue-tied and flustered, as if answering questions wasn't in the scope of her teaching. She's probably very knowledgeable but her ability to communicate topics can definitely be improved upon. Not only is she ridiculous and convoluted when explaining topics, but she expects more of her students than they can give her, which only so much information that she supplies. AGAIN, do NOT take her for Astro 3. She is absolutely ridiculous.

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June 8, 2009

DO NOT TAKE ASTRO 3 WITH PROFESSOR SAKAI! She makes even the most simple concepts seem difficult, and she attempted to teach this Astro GE like it was for all undergraduate astrophysics majors. I don't know whether it is because she's new to UCLA, but she attempted to fit 3 years of astrophysics study into a one quarter course; furthermore, she is difficult to understand and awful at making questions for her multiple choice exams. If you want a good Astro 3 experience, and not one fraught with the difficulties of a new professor who doesn't know what INTRO to Interstellar Astronomy means, take one of the other tenured professors.

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3.7
Overall Rating
Based on 21 Users
Easiness 2.8 / 5 How easy the class is, 1 being extremely difficult and 5 being easy peasy.
Clarity 3.2 / 5 How clear the class is, 1 being extremely unclear and 5 being very clear.
Workload 2.8 / 5 How much workload the class is, 1 being extremely heavy and 5 being extremely light.
Helpfulness 3.6 / 5 How helpful the class is, 1 being not helpful at all and 5 being extremely helpful.

TOP TAGS

  • Uses Slides
    (5)
  • Tolerates Tardiness
    (5)
  • Appropriately Priced Materials
    (5)
  • Gives Extra Credit
    (5)
  • Needs Textbook
    (4)
  • Useful Textbooks
    (4)
  • Would Take Again
    (4)
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