TIAN W

Wenchuan Tian

34 reviews
Lots of homework Clear grading criteria Amazing lectures Hilarious Test heavy Respected Lecture heavy Participation matters Caring Accessible outside class Tough grader Inspirational Beware of pop quizzes Online Savvy
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MATH 4B Tian W Spring 2024 Total: 140
MATH 8 Tian W Spring 2024 Total: 35
MATH 8 Tian W Winter 2024 Total: 37
MATH 6A Tian W Fall 2023 Total: 145
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MATH4B . Tian W 4 Months Ago

Lectures are clear, grading policy is generous, exams are reasonable. You couldn't ask for a more straightforward and fair professor.

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MATH4B . Tian W 5 Months Ago

Very good lecturer, I honestly did not need to put much time outside of the class to understand what was going on in class due to his lectures. Only negative thing is his quizzes he gave, but he had a very solid policy on it. Sometimes he would include stuff on his quizzes that we haven't covered.

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MATH4B . Tian W 5 Months Ago

I've taken Math 4A,6A so far and Math 4B w/ Prof Tian was the easiest. The practice midterm and final are similar to the real thing and Professor Tian is a great lecturer. My one only complaint is that he would sometimes forget to post the empty lecture notes before class and sometimes the homework could be a lot. There are quizzes in section.

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MATH6A . Tian W 6 Months Ago

The GOAT. Clear lectures and exams consistent w practice exams

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MATH6A . Tian W 11 Months Ago

Just a standard, pretty good professor. Not really much to say tbh; he won't amaze you, but he's solid. Exams are fair and very similar to the practice. No curve I'm pretty sure. Unlimited attempts on HW; 2 HWs per week. Only 1 midterm. Weekly quizzes which were mostly stupid.

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MATH6A . Tian W 11 Months Ago

His lectures were quite good. Be prepared to do a LOT of webwork. Midterm is super easy and rrly similar to the practice midterm he posts, but the final was quite difficult, however it was curved pretty heavily. Most TAs will cover whats on the quizzes in section right before you take them so don't sweat them, they're pretty easy.

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MATH6A . Tian W 11 Months Ago

One of the better math professors here. Lectures were good but sometimes doesn't explain things super well. Webworks twice a week are definitely harder than exams and quizzes which is annoying for homework, but nice preparation for exams. Midterm was super easy, final was hard but they seemingly curved it a lot or just graded it really favorably.

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MATH6A . Tian W 11 Months Ago

Gives a decent amount of webwork (2 per week). The midterm was pretty easy and fair given that it was similar to the review. However, with the final exam we were given a review of the same caliber with an final including problems much harder than the homework or review. Felt like it threw off a lot of students and the review should've been better.

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Math34A . Tian W 11 Months Ago

Pretty straightforward class. Never went to lectures and still did fine. Section participation matters for there was a weekly quiz along with weekly webwork homeworks. The webwork homework was much more difficult than any of the quizzes or exams were. Exams were pulled exactly from the practice tests so they weren't too difficult.

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MATH6A . Tian W 11 Months Ago

Great professor, made a handful of jokes during lecture that were delivered as if he was a stand up comedian greatly increasing the quality of the jokes. Lectures were straightforward and it was clear what was expected of us on midterms and quizzes. Webwork went way more in depth and was a bit difficult but not necessary for midterms/quizzes.

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Math34A . Tian W 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

Had him for 3B, super easy as his tests pulled problems from the practice tests. Didn't got to lectures and only went to section because of quizzes. TA will go over questions that will be on the quiz right before you take the quiz. Webwork was challenging at times. I did have prior knowledge as I got a 5 on Calc AB & BC and took this class for fun.

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MATH6A . Tian W 1 Year, 5 Months Ago

He went on tangents in class which was a bit frustrating, but he posts notes online. Practice tests were similar to the actual tests. Had Webwork often.

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