Peter Boyland

6 reviews
Tough grader Lots of homework Get ready to read Participation matters Beware of pop quizzes Graded by few things
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CS138 . A Month Ago

65% HW, each of them gonna take you 30 hrs, 35% quizzes, full of tricky questions and concepts not even covered in lectures. AVOID AT ALL COST.

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CS138 . 2 Months Ago

Unreasonably hard homework that has little to do with the lecture, takes an average of 2-3 days to finish. Explains things too quickly, sometimes is not sure of the concepts himself, and can't even make proper PPT.

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CS138 . 2 Months Ago

HW is laughably hard and 65% of grade. Impossible to succeed in this class unless you camp out at every office hours and beg for the answers.

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CS138 . 2 Months Ago

in wk 4. lectures are very (too) theoretical with ex. and assume youve read the book. conceptual material taught but dont really translate into the hw entirely. first hw was manageable and second hw ramped up too much in difficulty imo. quizzes are ok. is nice with questions in lecture. wish theyd speak more in plain english / analogies though.

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CS138 . 2 Months Ago

Quiz every SINGLE lecture that makes up 35% of your grade. HWs are insanely hard and make up 65% your grade. TAs grades pretty tough. Does not give remotely enough time to do his insanely hard homework. HW are way too hard for what he teaches in class.

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CS138 . 2 Months Ago

HWs and lectures are totally detached. Doesn't know how to explain things and caused tons of confusion during the lecture... Take with a real professor if you can.

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