Uma is simply not a good professor. She's a terrible and inarticulate lecturer and does not care very much for her students. I came into the final with a B+ quiz average, but our final was 50% of our grade. I spent upwards of 20 hours studying, as I'm sure many others did too. With only 1.5 hours for the final, the average was a D-.

I put so much time into studying for this class. The class was mostly fine for me, until the final. Only 1.5 hours for the final, not nearly enough time. A lot of people bombed the final. If you see her name, do not take the class. She is so bad, people would rather take a TBA professor over her. Thank god for the TAs being so helpful.

Ravat does not care about her students, and would rather them fail than succeed. Her lectures are awful, so bad that TA's go out of their way to upload review videos so that anyone can know what is going on. More students fail in this class than any others, and not because of the difficulty of content, but due to her failure as an educator.

The material itself is not very difficult but the way the class is graded/formatted makes it impossible to get an A. The final is 50% of our grade, which is way too much. Always preaches about mental health but continues to make her class extremely difficult for no reason. Practice what you preach at least.

Ravat has a kind demeanor but her actions and policies are strict. Quizzes and final are nothing like the homework or practice problems despite them being worth 80% of your grade. Her attempts to be accommodating came off as patronizing, and shes purposely vague about updates to course policy. Get ready for a monster final if you take her class.

Run ASAP

To be honest, Prof. Ravat is trying her best to be caring, she always told us not to worry about our grade too much. The course content is not too hard, however, she is a really tough grader, she gave us little time to do quizzes and final exam. Quizzes are 30 percent and final is 50 percent. I was so frustrated when taking her class.

Ravat always tells us not to worry about our grades and just try to focus on learning. However, the way her quizzes is formatted, along with our final being 50% of our grade with no curve makes it impossible to not worry about our grades. The material covered in the class isn't hard, but her methods of teaching make it needlessly difficult. Avoid.

Contrary to popular belief, Ravat is not a bad teacher but rather adequate. Put in the work and you'll reap the fruits of your labor. Doing the bare minimum is not going to get you an A in this class. Don't procrastinate, do all the assignments, and you'll be just fine.

Ravat gives lectures with the expectation that you will do additional learning in OHs/section (so they are MANDATORY). She is very nice in OHs and will address your concerns and follow up with you afterwards. The homeworks and quizzes are rough, so practice problems are essential. Overall this class was very stressful, but Ravat is not a bad prof

Future 120A students should note that, as surprising as it may seem, Ravat is actually on YOUR side. The department insists on the strict curve and then blames her for it. This isn't to say she's a perfect professor, but don't stress wrt curve, she curved our class *up* slightly. tl;dr I'm glad I'm not a stats major this department seems wack lol

The structure of the class was simply abysmal. There was no point going to section, because the section covers material for next week while you are trying to finish this week's homework. Also around week 8 she started narrating her lecture over prewritten notes instead of writing out concepts as she's explaining them, which made it hard to learn.

Dr. Ravat is a kind and caring professor. She explains things clear and digestible. She leaves you homework while you're allowed to discuss it with your study groups. Quizzes and tests are much easier than hw so no worries. She will grant generous curve when quarter ends. Easy A / A+ course. (but her emails are ALWAYS essay-long so be patient ;-)

I've never once rated a professor before & I felt that I needed to give my input on Dr. Ravat. I was afraid of not passing so I reached out to Dr. Ravat regarding the grading system. She responded with reassurance & care, and even followed up on a couple emails later for support. She is def not as bad as people say & her final grades were generous.

The worst professor I've ever met in UCSB!!!!!! If you do want to take Pstat 120A next quarter, DO NOT choose her. To be honest, I never gave any prof 1.0 before. The lectures were unclear and confusing. The concepts in Pstat 120a is not hard, but she made everything so confusing. The grading is tough, so DO skip her.

ravat doesnt deserve the hate she gets. the rule that only 20% can get an A is made by the pstat directors, not ravat; she was just thrown under the bus and told to say that it was her rule. in the end lots of the class was curved UP. still, this class is not easy. i thought her lectures were great, & definitely do hw early and go to office hours

I assume she is much nicer this quarter. Questions on quizzes and the final were really straightforward. The practice questions were definitely helpful. For things you don't understand you should always ask her during OH. Also, I found the textbook helpful. It has some good examples and exercises and can answer some of the homework questions.

I have never been compelled to write a review for a professor until now. She is knowledgeable in her field but is very unorganized and requires tedious procedures in order to submit assignments/exams. Her handwriting is hard to read, and her lectures are very long. She is mostly kind, but it is usually unwilling to compromise on her policies.

I felt that the lectures oftentimes skimmed over necessary info and elaborated thoroughly on less relevant info. The homework is quite difficult and graded very strictly. The entire grade is based on three quizzes and class curve is insane

The way the class is graded is completely unfair. We have quizzes throughout the class which is heavily reflected in your grade. If you have never taken any stats class get ready to struggle. The homework is not that bad but they do mark points for every small detail you get wrong. Only 50% of students get A's and B's. Worst class yet.

Bad lecturer, super unorganized, don't really care about students. But guess what, this is the only prof in this whole school year teaching this class, so you'll have to face her, LOVE PSTAT DEPT THAT'S HOW THEY TREAT UNDERGRAD STUDENTS

Half the class is scared they will fail as I am writing this. The material itself isn't extremely difficult, however, your grade will hinge on 3 quizzes as they are 30 points and 30% of your grade. You better hope your grade is good enough ahead of time to keep you afloat because the final will screw you.

The curve she uses is so damaging. You will FAIL: If you're a bad test taker, if you don't do the homework exactly how they want it, if you have a decent grade but not 100s, if you get at all behind, if you have mental health or other outside struggles, etc. No consideration for students at all. What happened to rewarding hardworking students?

Lectures are unorganized and don't cover enough material, homework is so difficult without collaboration, quizzes are questions you have never seen before, you don't get feedback on quizzes so you don't know what you're doing wrong, she curves downward SO harshly, she won't take any criticism and has no consideration for you outside of your work.