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.

Ravat is easily the worst professor I've ever had. Her class is graded on an actual curve, so only the top 20% of the class of 300 people will get an A. Her homework is incredibly difficult and the graders will mark you down for little to no reason. She's inflexible and hard to understand. Do not take this professor under any circumstances.

Never been compelled to write a review for a prof before, but my god, is Ravat bad. She's the kind of professor that doesn't give a crap about helping her students if it's any inconvenience to her. Excuse to everything is "go to office hours." You literally can't absorb anything she says in her lectures. I've never hated a prof before until her

Horrible lecture with an accent and bad handwriting, lecture was recorded too long, bored, she often stops speaking and thinks how to explain concepts. HW load is fair but deduct points in tiny details. The final exam was worst, not enough time and lot's of problems not even taught before, absolutely not recommend to take her class.

Horrible professor. Thick accent and talks too slow. Records way too much lecture than needed. She has the worst gauchospace I've ever seen. Grading is trash, for the first few assignments I got many points taken off even having the right answer at the end. Tests are not hard tho.

Unreasonably long and useless lectures not explaining important pointsAlso the quality of her lecture videos ar really bad and extremely hard to understand. Difficulty level throughout the course is not consistentNo grading record showed clearly on Gradescope for the final do not know where I received the score I have right now.

The lectures she gives are clear and I like the examples she made in the lectures, which helps students understanding the key concepts. However, there are a lot of homework and practice problems with strict grading policy. The midterm was straightforward, but final is hard . Do all homework and practice problems carefully, and you will be fine.

Although the homework assignments and lecture material were very straightforward, the highly difficult final and strict grading curve (top 20% get As, next 30% get Bs, etc.) makes this class extremely frustrating. I did learn a lot from this class about the foundations of stats/probability, but the final doesn't accurately reflect what I learned.

Ended up with an A, but that doesnt change my opinion on the class and Ravat, as a professor. Kept flip flopping on the grading scale, changed the homework format 4 times throughout the class, and was very unclear about certain final/midterm policies. Not to mention having most of final exam practice that wasnt on the final exam.

It really blows my mind how many people saying she is a bad teacher lol. she gives good lectures, she tells you everything you need to learn, you don't pay for your education just so you get an easy A and not learn anything. And don't complain after spending all your time on social media and going to clubs. You deserve your grade lol.

Not necessarily the most honest person, her practice exams for her final were nothing like her actual final and then says she is disappointed in us, and during her first few lectures she got really lazy and put little effort in.

Honestly do yourself a favor, and do not take any stat class with this prof, especially PSTAT120A. She is not a good lecturer and her test are not easy given the little amount of time you have to take it. Even if students complain to her how unfair the exams are or how the class is structured, she will not listen. Beware of the grade distribution.

Dr. Ravats class was lecture heavy, though she did provide handouts so that we could follow along. However, the final was too long for the time period we were given and some of the questions were not found in any examples that she gave. Do your homework and watch lectures and you will be fine for the most part.

The biggest issue I had with the final was time constraint. 1.5 hrs for 10 questions with sub problems was too short. 7 out of the 10 problems were basically from lecture and practice problems, 2 were hard but doable. Only 1 of them I thought was really unfair and never talked about. Anyone who says final covered nothing in lecture is ill prepared

horrible experience.

extremely horrible!!

She is great lecturer, with a very long lecture. Her lecture video is about 2 hours each time and the normal lecture slot is just 1h 15mins. The midterm is straightforward but final is awful. The grading policy is tough, and she always say write you steps, write your steps.... Wo xie ni ma ne sha bi. You will get an 0 if you didn't show steps.

During these hard times of the pandemic, she was not willing to work and be flexible with her students. I was dealing with Covid-19 for one month and she did not allow any excuses. On the final exam, she made it very difficult so that our grading distribution was "even." She also lies about Stats Department policies and comes up with her own policy

Everything before the final was perfectly fine: decent lectures, homework that helps us understand the material, and the midterm was pretty straightforward as well. The final was absolutely awful. The extra practices she posted dont help us in any way and most questions in the final were just impossible.