Took pstat10 and 120b with her and I would say her classes are easy if you do the work. HW and quizzes are good practices for exams. final was almost the same as the study guide and a cheat sheet was allowed. Personally think midterm was harder due to shorter test time

Professor cared about the class but had a lot of fake promises that she did not deliver. Told everyone to do extra credit which would help our final grade (it did not). The final was similar to the homework and practice final she provided so that was nice, but to later found out I got a 68% even though we got a cheat sheet.

Allows notes on exams. No practice midterm, no partial credit. Final had practice with solutions, I put them on my notes. Final had EXACT SAME problems, I copied all solutions and explanations. Got a 70%, couldn't view on gradescope. All extra credit is fake. Promised to add points to everyone's midterm, didn't do this. Treats us like dogs.

I am not a fan of how she has a heavy emphasis on proofs during lecture. That being said, she is a very caring teacher and genuinely wants her students to succeed. I don't think she's necessarily a difficult professor, I just think that the material in 120B is just intrinsically difficult. Very hard class, but I wouldn't shy away from Ravat.

Lectures are posted w/blanks before, filled during, posted wk after. Exams emulate the homework, very fair with credit and grading. Hw graded by completion (not correctness). Mom energy, has little attitude at times but overall wants students to succeed. Has good timesheet for OH. Liked her style alot, has improved since all the bad ratings.

she literally makes the class harder for students with her confusing teaching style and barely provides resources

Lectures are just copy pasted theorems from the textbook. She basically spend the entire hour filling in empty spots with formulas without giving you time to think nor provide any useful explanation.

Honestly, using the textbook to learn is better than her sides. I'd recommend using the slides as review material instead. The lectures were sometimes nice, sometimes not. However, the weekly quizzes made sure concepts stuck in your head.

I took her 120B this quarter and I really like her teaching style. There is a lot of interaction in class, and questions are answered patiently to make sure everyone understands. Exams and assignments are not difficult. Go to her lecture and study, then you will get good grades.

Don't be scared by her negative comments from Reddit. Dr. Ravat is a caring and respectful professor - I can see her effort to help students learn the material. Her homework encourages me to review every week and not to binge study before the exam. That's really helpful. Her exam is of reasonable difficulty; if you did learn you'll be fine.

The issue is not in the way she teaches or the organization of the course, but rather the structure of tests themselves which were weighted so highly. She tries to trip you up on syntax and tests little things you can only get from memorizing things in lectures. It felt more-so like a memorization test than anything.

Overall really nice prof, cares to get to know her students. The disrespect doesn't make sense on here

Great prof over all, really cares about her students well being. Talked about wanting to help students get into research and was very willing to give career advice outside of class time. You can tell teaching is her passion, and although her style isnt for everyone I think she was great. Don't understand the negative comments, it's unwarranted.

The only thing that mattered about this class was the weekly two sections. I found her lecture to be hard to understand but easy to learn on my own or through my TA. The majority of the grade is fluff which is nice however I felt unprepared for the final which is our only test. Take her class though because I heard the other ones are harder.

She's fine. If you are planning to take pstat 10, I would recommend her. She talks a lot about how to become a data engineer, which is not so related to this course but related to your future job.

Professor Ravat's PSTAT 10 course was well-structured and easy to do well in. Section attendance is mandatory and very helpful. The only issue is her (optional) lectures are very boring and often not helpful. I suspect this may change in the future, so I see no issue with enrolling in her courses.

Genuinely don't understand the Ravat hate on RMP, I thought she was perfect for this course. Lectures and course structure were very organized. No midterm - just biweekly quizzes that could ALL be retaken at the end. Final was not bad either. Only one hw assignment per week. Made the course very approachable and was always asking for feedback!

Ravat set up this course in a good way, hit on the application of a lot of Comp. Stats topics, and brushed over the proofs as well, but the application is what was tested. Pace of the course was relaxed, and the projects were interesting. It was hard to ask her questions about the material though; and course structure wasn't clear. TA was clutch.

My favorite class in UCSB! Dr. Ravat designed a great course on Monte Carlo Methods & Social Network Analysis. Great class to have a few hands on projects and connect with other classmates. She even planned out a career panel and brought in data scientists who worked in NASA, Amazon, and JPMorgan. Take it if ever offer again! Easy & Fair Grading!

Not that bad, I feel like a lot of people on here underrate her.

Dr. Ravat's teaching style and the course content are manageable, but she is not the most easily accessible or considerate professor. She has a clear passion for data science, but her email policy is quite strict, and expresses a greater ego as the course progresses. Not bad, but if given the option I would prefer to take it with somebody else.

Professor Ravat was nice. She offered two easy extra credit opportunity & let us retake one of her quizzes. Although quizzes & final account for half of our grade, the other half is basically free points (hw & ws). My main critique is that I wish she had provided the answers to the final review sheet. Just do the worksheets and you should be fine!

Dr. Ravat was actually a pretty nice and caring professor, she has definitely improved a lot since some of these negative rate my prof reviews were written. Very fair grading and class structure. It was super cool that she taught SQL in this course as well. She also really seemed to care about her students and is very passionate about DS

Loved how she set up the course and the section and homeworks were very helpful for learning the material and doing well on the quizzes.