The worst professor I've ever had. Trust me, you don't want to take his class. Doesn't care about his job- not accessible, lectures were horrible, and tests were nothing like the homework. There aren't enough bad words in the dictionary to describe this man. If you want to succeed- skim through lectures, do every hw problem, and practice A LOT.

this class destroyed my will live and I am considering dropping out of the Econ major bc of him. Taught myself everything. Lectures are very boring/long/unhelpful. Had to learn everything from my T. A. I got a good grade but still despised this class. Unpleasant man, would not want to be his friend. so glad I never have to see his face again.

confused as to why everybody is hating on him -- I thought he was super nice, and the material wasn't hard to understand. i never reached out to him for office hours but he always seemed really empathetic in his lectures online. No complaints.

He is very lazy. Didn't answer emails in a timely manner during distanced learning, didn't communicate well with his TAs. Was also very inflexible and passive-aggressive in his emails. I agree that Wainwright gets on here and writes positive reviews about himself. I know 30 people who have had him and not one of them had anything good to say.

PSTAT109 online course was much easier than I thought it would be. Wainwright's lectures were straightforward and included examples of problems. The section labs were simple, too. The main problems students had, it seemed, were the midterms (not enough time) and practice midterms (didn't reflect the actual midterms). I fell behind but still passed

Pretty sure Brian writes all the 5 point reviews himself. Nobody respects him as a professor, please take a gap year to learn how to properly teach your students. One of the worst professors I have ever had. Just pray to the God you believe in that Brian is not the only professor teaching pstat109 during the quarter you take it!

You won't learn anything from prof Wainwright's lectures but he's hot af so you'll probably want to show up anyway!

Professor Brians quiz was very difficult. The mid-term exam showed questions outside the scope of the exam. After I spent 1/5 of the exam time and completed those questions, he skipped two questions when correcting. There was no extra credit or anything else. The short answer questions in Final are not simple, nor are they answered correctly.

Nice guy. The exams are easy, and the lectures are well organized.

If you pay attentions to the lectures and do some exercises before the exam, you will receive an A easily. I will definitely take his class again!

Lectures + labs + optional HW were all really great tools that helped to fully grasp the material. For a course requiring more experimenting, Professor Wainwright and the TAs were very accommodating when it came to clarifying questions and guiding people through confusing coding errors. Probably one of the better online lecturers I've encountered

I took PSTAT 10 this quarter with Brian and I really enjoyed his teaching. His lectures were clear, and concise. The labs correlated well with lectures and were doable, but the TAs were super helpful when we got stuck. His dry humor gets you through his lectures. Nice guy that cares about his students, and is very accommodating.

This was my second time having Brian as a professor. I didn't much care for him during PSTAT 109 although it was a fairly easy class but really enjoyed him for PSTAT 10. He really does care about his students and will go the extra mile to make sure you understand the material if you reach out to him.

Given the situation of an online quarter, I think Professor Brainwright handled it really well and made adjustments that helped the students a lot. His lectures were easy to follow, quizzes were a little tricky but the midterm was easier. Labs could vary in difficulty but most of them were easy.

Lectures are useless as long as you read the book! I got an A on the midterm by doing the examples in the book over and over and watching YouTube videos. Yeah it sucks that he's not a good lecturer but you can definitely pass the class. Make sure to go through the book examples because the exams were similar to them.

I enjoyed Brian's lectures, he always provided good examples in class to explain concepts, but did include textbook definitions/notations in the beginning of every concept, which made it overly confusing imo. He is nice to talk to and patient when answering questions. Can be tough if people don't follow instructions though.

I also believe Brian is very underrated. His lecture is humorous and has clear content. He also helps students with patience and care. He tries his most to be available to help his students. The test is not super difficult but is within expectations. I believe he is a good professor.

This guy is terrible. Just reads off lecture slides from textbook and doesn't explain. No practice final, started the midterm late and didn't give out enough time. He is one of the worst profs ever. You really have to teach yourself. No need to go to lecture.

Oh my gosh, I CANT believe how hard was the class. About the midterm, it was about 20 questions in 45 minutes. For final there was not any practice questions, cause he was way lazy to give it to us. Anyways, I feel terrible cause If he wont curve the class I have to retake it with him.

Literally copy and pastes whats on the textbook and reads the lecture slides in the slowest and softest voice you can imagine. The best option to understand the class material is probably skipping all his lectures and self-teaching yourself because going to class did nothing for me. If youve never taken a stats class before, good luck.

Professor Wainwright is probably the most underrated professor I have taken. Other students did not appreciate Brian due to his dry lectures, and the fact that he basically reads straight from the book. He is a very funny professor and his exams were pretty straightforward. The class needed a curve but I received no curve for some reason.

Doesn't explain topics and essentially skims over material in lecture. Literally told us that he was too lazy to give us a practice final, although it's the least he could do considering the low quality of his teaching. You learn mostly from TAs and CLAS.

Reads off slides that are directly copied and pasted from the textbook and essentially reads formulas without really going through them. Basically teaches math in a way that a generally people don't learn in. He teaches it likes a review instead of it being a new concept for students. Its crazy that students pay for someone to read their textbook.

No need to go to lecture, because it is pointless. The teacher just gives you no helpful information. Midterm was nearly impossible to finish in 45 minutes, I think the average was 60%. If you take this class you will have a hard time.