COMM 130
Nan Wilkenfeld
5.0
5 reviews
Puja Pandey
4.3
19 reviews
Kanu Pandey
4.0
3 reviews

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PSTAT126 . 8 Days Ago

Very fair professor, while the content can be difficult her lecture slides are very detailed and she explains them very well. There are 2 "class exams", a midterm and a final so it can be a lot but she gives plenty of resources to help study for them. Difficult class but study well and take advantage of an amazing professor and you will be fine!

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PSTAT126 . 9 Days Ago

Puja Pandey is the goat. Explains fairly dense material in an intuitive way. 4 homeworks (30%, part writing/theoretical, part coding, lowest dropped), 6 pop quizzes (10%, lowest dropped), 2 in-class exams, 1 midterm, 1 final (all exams 20% each). Very fair study guide questions and exam difficulties, super nice in OH.

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PSTAT120A . A Month Ago

Pandey is QUEEN. Her lectures are very well structured, and she reinforces the stuff she goes over within the same lecture over and over. Her tests are basically the same structure and format as her practice exams. I was never scared of any pop-quizzes because she prepares you so well. Her outfit slays sometimes. LOVE HER LET HER KNOW SHE IS LOVED.

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COMM187 . 3 Months Ago

Kanu is one of the best Comm profs I've had :) He is a new lecturer but he is extremely caring towards his students and is absolutely hilarious. Since 187 is "Data Science" Comm, it is heavy on beginner coding and data analysis, but the content/assignments are taught step-by-step and are very doable and easy to master even for coding newbies.

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PSTAT120A . 5 Months Ago

Very nice professor and cares about her students. Lectures are decent, but a lot of the time she was covering proofs and other less important topics, so I did not know what I needed to know for the final until the week before. Office hours are really good though and she is really good at answering questions.

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PSTAT126 . 5 Months Ago

Nothing is wrong at all with Pandey as a professor. She has really nice lectures and is super super willing to help. But 126 as a class was very useless. We learned proofs the whole quarter and then randomly got a coding final proj at the end. To be honest I do not know how this class has helped me at all to become a data scientist.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

We learned MINIMAL coding in R from Pandey, there were optional labs that the TA's ran. Our final project was in R but she waited until 4 days before to post clear instructions and then graded only on that. My friend who is more knowledgeable than me received a poorer grade because of this. I would not recommend, try to get another professor.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

Professor Pandey is one of the best PSTAT professors on campus. She is amazing in office hours and really wants you to digest and learn the material. She is personable and responds to emails and seems to really care about her students. 3 class exams, 1 midterm, homework, pop quizzes, and a final project. But nothing was particularly horrible.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

126 was supposed to be a coding class, but with Pandey it was a proofs class. Wouldn't respond to my emails either and would send out last minute help on the homework and project when she should've days before. Final was a coding project with extremely vague instructions and we didn't learn any actual coding all quarter.

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PSTAT120A . 6 Months Ago

Take Pandey if you can she's great

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PSTAT120A . 6 Months Ago

- Tests were very reasonable - Homework sometimes was on material that hadn't fully been covered in class, but otherwise was fine. - Lectures usually had straightforward definitions and explanations, but sometimes could've used more examples

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

Best professor in the PSTAT department, 4 exams and 1 final project. Very good in her lecture.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

Best professor ever in the PSTAT department. Very caring. Lectures are mandatory because there will be online pop quizzes, but they are easy. 4 test + 1 final project. Sounds a lot, but the tests are easy if you follow her lectures. She explains every proof so well. Easy A and you will learn a lot! Again, best prof ever.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

Remember to go the office hour, really helps a lot. Very kind professor, always willing to help students understand the knowledge points.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

Good professor and really care students, but sometimes the proof and guides for homework is kind of vague but overall really good! recommend!

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COMM187 . 6 Months Ago

Loved this class and professor. It was his first time teaching and he was so sweet and funny. Class split up into lectures and coding labs. Weekly coding assignments. 3 exams, non cumulative, fairly easy. Study guides cover exactly what's on the tests. Group coding project as final. Kanu and Hannah (TA) were super helpful if you're confused.

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PSTAT126 . 6 Months Ago

Professor is a very sweet and smart professor. She knows the concepts so well that can explain proofs in an understandable way. Her exam is fair that if you understand the lecture material well and do the practice exam, you will get a good grade. She is very caring during office hour which basically teach you by writing everything down step by step

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PSTAT126 . 7 Months Ago

It's challenging to follow along in the lecture because Pandey presents notes and proofs in a disorganized manner. The concepts discussed on the board are often excluded from what's on her slides, yet they will appear on one of her four exams per quarter, excluding the final. Additionally, her tests are intentionally worded to deceive students.

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COMM187 . 7 Months Ago

Nice guy, but this class is an intermediate coding course. Weekly coding assignments (40% of grade), coding-based exams (30% of grade), and coding project. Also assigned online coding lessons because his in-class lessons were ineffective. Avoid if you want to take a regular Comm class. 2 stars because he at least provides study guides for exams.

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PSTAT126 . 7 Months Ago

There were a lot of tests but they were knowledge checks of stuff on the slides. Her explanations of complex subjects broke them down in a way that was easy to follow. You can tell she actually cares about if she's making sense and if her students are truly learning the material or not. I wish every PSTAT professor was like her! She's awesome.

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PSTAT126 . 9 Months Ago

Dr. Pandey is a good lecturer and a fair grader. All the exam materials are covered in class as long as you read and understand them you will do well.

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PSTAT126 . 9 Months Ago

Lots of tests, but they are straight out of the lectures notes and very easy. As long as you do the practice exams and go through the slides you are almost guaranteed an A. Great lecturer and very helpful. Best stats prof ive taken so far.

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COMM136 . 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

No complaints about Nan, solid instructor and interesting lectures. This course has a short, non formal writing assignment due every other week based on class material. There is a group paper which consists of 12-15 pages, so I would suggest you start early so you have little to do at the end and since it is the largest portion of your grade.

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COMM136 . 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

I love her. 10/10 please take her class

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