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Gufong Wei

114 reviews
Tough grader Lots of homework Graded by few things Skip class? You won't pass. Test heavy Amazing lectures Clear grading criteria Caring Lecture heavy Participation matters Beware of pop quizzes Respected Get ready to read Hilarious Accessible outside class Tests are tough Gives good feedback Inspirational
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MATH 147A
14 / 60 Enrolled
Introductory Differential Geometry
Gufong Wei 2.3
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15:30 PM - 16:45 PM
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CALC3A . 6 Months Ago

NEVER TAKE THIS PROFESSOR. Trust me

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MATH4B . 6 Months Ago

Prof Wei is like an Asian auntie who's a professor. The lecture notes are posted, but she always goes through the problems. If you have a question, she thoroughly explains and gives a fundamental answer. She literally tells you what types of problems are going to be on both miderms + final and practice, but the final was more tricky than expected.

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

Great professor, but few opportunities to get your grade up.

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

Professor Wei is a great lecturer. Her explanations are very easy to follow and she makes the content interesting and fun. Math 4B is not the easiest, but Wei posts what content each question will cover before each exam, so you know exactly what to study. If you go to lecture and section, this class will be very easy.

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MATH4B . 9 Months Ago

Prof. Wei's lecture is really straight forward and her slides are good for reviewing. Honestly her exams need some preparation, but they are not very tough. 80% exams, 20% homework. She posts grade standard after the final. I think only top 20% get A's. In 4b, there's no further explanation for theories behind differential equations.

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MATH4B . 9 Months Ago

I don't know why Prof Wei is rated so low, they're a very easy grader with all exam question topics clearly outlined. I skipped all my classes and then used an anime girl chatbot to study for the midterms and got near perfect scores. Heard their lectures were a bit confusing but that's about it.

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MATH4B . 10 Months Ago

When I went into this class, I was a little bit spooked by the RMP reviews. However, after a little bit of being in this class, I really like it. Easy lectures and the professor clearly cares about improving and making her class a clear and fair experience. Of course, MATH 4B is going to be difficult, but study and you will be perfectly fine.

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MATH4B . 1 Year, 2 Months Ago

Maybe Prof. Wei used a different grading system in the past, but Math 4B in W24 was reasonable. Tests are reasonable, lectures are good, and quizzes are normally reasonable. Lectures can be a bit hard to understand, but she posts everything. Easy to piece together yourself. Would take again over some other math profs. Rating 4 to boost.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Prof Wei's class was a horrible experience. Lectures were confusing and she would often speed through her lecture slides. Homework was managable due to unlimited tries. Midterms (2 worth 20% each) were challenging, but the Final (40%) did not resemble her "Final review" whatsoever and left me lost. Overall, self learning is a must, and take CLAS!

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Avoid unless you have no choice! Pretty much a self-taught course because lectures are useless and hard to follow. Concepts are actually simple, but become really hard to grasp when you aren't taught it well! HW is doable and problems are fair, but did horribly on tests despite feeling confident about the material and attending CLAS every week.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Closely all the grading bases on exam. No easy point. Tough grader. Weird lecture.

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MATH4B . 3 Years Ago

** rating for MATH 4A. Wei is extremely difficult to understand during lecture. I completely self taught myself linear algebra, & going to CLAS saved me. Her lectures are useless. Midterms are 40% and the final is 40%, with the other 20 being HW -- ridiculous grade breakdown. Also did not inform students of the letter grade breakdown as it was TBD

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