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CMPSC 40
MAJEDI M
Maryam Majedi
2.2
81 reviews

82
2.2
CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

Majedi is honestly a great person, some improvements in lectures but is great. Personally I struggled but I talked to her and TA's and attended every office hour, and expressed what I need help with and they genuinely want you to succeed. Just connect and study a lot because it is difficult. (make sure to attend everything and do worksheets)

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CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

Lectures were not that helpful but make sure to go and do the worksheets because she curves you if you complete them. Homeworks were annoying and did not help at all with the tests. There are good practice worksheets at Office Hours if you need them and exam review sessions were helpful. Make sure to know pointers, memory, linked list, recursion.

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CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

Majedi is SO kind & cares about her students SO much. Really good lectures, but lots you learn on your own (Zybooks, slides). Midterm was a time crunch & she responded by giving SO much time on the final. Material isn't that hard. Uses your attendence&effort to determine your personal grade bump. Put in lots of effort and time and you will be fine.

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CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

HW/lectures weren't as helpful for exams as I would have liked, but online textbook had everything we needed. Decent lecturer and gives opportunities for students to get extra points.

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CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

Majedi is the nicest CS Prof you'll ever have. Her class was difficult but she gives so many resources and wants you to do well, there's OH for multiple hours every day either with her, the TAs, or the ULAs. She uses attendance at lectures and office hours to determine whether or not to bump your grade — taking her again next quarter she's amazing.

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CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

Majedi genuinely loves CS, teaching, & her students. She's willing to listen to criticism & feedback. Very tough & expects a lot. Lecture & zyBook are a little disjointed. Midterm & final are hard but she offers a lot of extra study material. Her lectures got better through the quarter. Just talk to her & connect, she's honestly really nice.

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CS16 . Majedi M 8 Months Ago

terrible professor. i should've looked at the rmp reviews before taking it but i was dumb and now im likely going to get a C in her class due to lack of foresight. her lectures are boring, long, and unhelpful. on the midterm, when she asked if any of us ran out of time, almost the entire class raised their hands. she also didn't curve. don't take.

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CS16 . Majedi M 9 Months Ago

I know it's already hard to teach computer science effectively as a subject, but it's just apparent that she's not particularly qualified for teaching or teaching CS for that matter. Her TA's and ULA's are probably more qualified to teach than her tbh.

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CS16 . Majedi M 9 Months Ago

Tests are so difficult

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CS16 . Majedi M 9 Months Ago

Taking CS16 with this professor was frustrating. Her lectures were disorganized, full of typos, and hard to follow. Her exams were way too long, had errors, and felt impossible to finish. If you have another option, take it. This class felt like a setup for failure rather than a chance to learn.

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CS24 . Majedi M 10 Months Ago

Honestly Majedi, is a great professor and usually has a lot of good TAs and ULAs. Went to office hours multiple times for help on the labs and went to lectures which made the course honestly pretty easy by just doing that. Only thing was she wasn't really available herself during her office hours it was mostly the TAs and ULAs.

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CS24 . Majedi M 10 Months Ago

Prof. Majedi is ok at best. Her lectures aren't superb and the labs get super hard towards the end of the class, she ended up canceling the last 2 because everyone was doing so poorly. Tests require coding on paper, which always sucks. She gives extra credit for attendance, which helped me a lot. She gives unlimited OH time after lecture.

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CS24 . Majedi M 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

Not bad compared to the reviews

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CS24 . Majedi M 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

Trust me, do not take her

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CS24 . Majedi M 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

pretty good, however requires you to put in the hours on your own. If you feel like you understand the topics because it is easy, study a little more.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

pretty rough professor, however she has improved from the last two quarters. If you want an A, you are going to have to put in the work. She does care about students, and the opinion of students, she is very sweet. Dont be afraid to talk to her.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 6 Months Ago

I feel like with this being Majedi's 3rd time teaching CS16 she's definitely has given us a better time when it comes to how she's approaching the class with us. If you go to her for help she genuinely will try to help you, now for the midterm I feel like if you spent time doing the zybooks and going to lecture then the midterm was Lowkey ez.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

Took this course last quarter. Not an easy course tbh especially for the beginners, but totally doable if you put tons of efforts in. Attendance is not mandatory, but you basically can get a curve if you attend most of her lectures. She is a very caring and sweet professor if you been to her office hour, and a very sweet person to talk with.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 7 Months Ago

Don't take her class.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

I went into this class with minimal prior programming experience and achieved an A, it is possible. 65% of your grade is the midterm and final. These are handwritten, timed, stressful exams. The key to performing well is to start practicing handwritten code weeks before the exam, specifically redoing the practice tests she administers in class.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Do not take her if you can. She does not teach anything, and it feels like she doesn't even know what she's teaching half the time. She makes typos when lecturing and can't comprehend why the code doesn't run. The grading system is horrendous. Supposed to be intro class but she teaches it like we experts. Need to know more CS than her to get an A.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Her lectures are not well prepared you are looking at hard quizzes every single class on topics that you she only talked very briefly about(10min). Homework and lectures are not in sync. Very hard exams, time pressing and no curve. Relying her TA and ula to set up the course entirely also shows her incompetence.

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Worst comp sci professor Ive had yet. Boring lectures that don't relate to homework and seemingly tries to make the class harder than it needs to be. avoid at all costs

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CS16 . Majedi M 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

not good no no no no no

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