Note: This review is for Fall 2020, a quarter conducted remotely for this class.

STATS 100A with Professor Wu was a straightforward, easy class with little work outside of class time. Professor Wu uploaded his slides to the website before the lectures so that we could follow along, but he did mention some things during the lectures which were not present on the slides. I thought he explained things relatively well, but the class was a little slow in that he would spend the first thirty minutes of class reviewing the material from the prior lecture. This was the main drawback: I feel as if we could have gone more in depth in the material discussed or gained more breadth on other topics.

The graded material for this class was relatively simple. The homework assignments closely mirrored the lectures; some of the problems were verbatim from the slides or extremely similar (i.e., the only change was the numbers used in the equations). The midterm and final were pretty easy as well: they expanded a little bit on the lectures, but most of the answers could be found after perusing the lecture notes (the exams were open book).

TL;DR: Regarding grades, the class is a breeze. The material learned is easy to retain, but I feel as if we could have learned more.

Professor Wu is the GOAT! All the lectures are posted online right at the start of the quarter, so you do not even need to attend class if you don't want to. Also, I am 99% sure he does not grade any of the assignments because the average on every homework assignment was 100, and I got a 96 on the final after thinking I bombed it.

Overall, he is a fantastic professor, and if you just memorize the homework problems, you'll be ready for his exam.

100% recommend taking this course with Professor Wu. First of all, he is able to intuitively explain all the concepts in an organized manner which logically flows from idea to idea, posting slides and recordings to supplement lecture material. Although the focus was mostly theoretical and could get slightly confusing at times, Professor Wu's emphasis on the foundational concepts helped tie everything together as the quarter went on. The homework and final were both very straightforward and mirrored the content taught in lecture, easily doable within an hour as long. Most importantly however, Professor Wu is extremely kindhearted and will go far out of his way to ensure that all of his students can succeed, especially given unusual circumstances of this quarter. I cannot reiterate the last point enough, he truly is the most genuine professor I have come across in my time here. If the opportunity arises, I will definitely be taking more of his courses.

Professor Wu is one of the sweetest professors I've ever had at UCLA. He's very nice and kind, but he's an even more effective professor. The textbook for this is much more complicated in my opinion and he breaks down the subject material very well. His homework assignments were very fair and I really appreciated how accessible and helpful he was during his office hours. I'm a CS major so I'll probably never take a class in the Stats department again but if I could take another class with Professor Wu again, I for sure would. I have nothing but good things to say about this guy. This is a low stakes class where you'll learn a lot AND not have to worry about receiving a poor grade. Professor Wu is a legitimate gem

Professor Wu is very kind and cares a lot about student learning. Prof. Wu emphasized a lot of future applications of stats and tried to incite interest in the topics, which I appreciate. I do hope that he can use more examples and employ other techniques such as writing notes live instead of only reading the slides. The most memorable thing about the professor is how much he cares about student wellbeing and how compassionate he is regarding the difficult times we live in.

Professor Wu is very kind and cares about student learning. Prof. Wu emphasized a lot of future applications of stats and tried to incite student interest in the topics, which I appreciate (although sometimes it becomes too sophisticated or requires significant background knowledge for us to understand). I do hope that he can use more examples and employ other techniques such as writing notes live instead of only reading the slides. The most memorable thing about the professor is how much he cares about student wellbeing and how compassionate he is regarding the difficult times we live in.

Professor Wu is wonderful. He cares so much about his students - he let us choose when our midterm/final were and how long we wanted to have for them (we got over 24 hours for the final) - our midterm was one problem and our final was 3 problems. His course does not really fit the normal Stats 100A curriculum because he goes into some deeper linear algebra concepts like random walk and Markov chain that usually don't get covered in Stats 100A, and touches less on some of the probability distributions etc.
He is so helpful and really cares about our mental health and success in his class - also gives us such an easy workload. Only one hwk assignment a week and the hwk has 3 problems. He is wonderful and teaches in a deep and insightful way! I'm not a stats major but I thoroughly enjoyed this course.

Amazing professor! You can tell that he really want his students to enjoy the learning process. This was an extremely easy class to take. If you really want to be challenged and go in depth in the concepts, I would recommend to do extra personal work on the side for your own knowledge to be prepared for future upper division courses.

Take this class with Wu if you can! He’s extremely kind and understanding. His lectures are a bit dry, but his main concern is you getting something useful out of this course. His provides his slides on CCLE and they’re very helpful for the homework’s and studying them for the tests. His homework’s aren’t too long and really help you practice the material for the tests. He is a dream professor and this course is a gift.

This class was very easy. The slides and book have almost all of the homework topics covered. If you need this class definitely take it with Prof. Wu, don't sacrifice your GPA with another prof