While her lectures are straightforward once you get past her accent and the tests are fairly okay, I'll never forgive her for curving the class DOWN at the end of finals because the average was higher than she wanted.
Absolutely could not get past her accent. Iclicker was graded for correctness, which is very stupid. So was hw, and you only got limited attempts on it. So both were more like quizzes. Bright spot is that exams are fairly straightforward and if you study the slides and the hw you should be well prepared for them. Would not take her again though.
Professor Wei is a professor who you can tell cares about the success of her class. I truly appreciated her lectures being available on Gauchospace, which is something I have rarely had in Math at UCSB. She does a fine job teaching the class and the midterms and final were fair and to her prior hints. If you try hard you will do fine.
Professor Wei is an excellent professor and really puts in a good attempt to get the lecture material across. Her accent is noticeable, but if you can get pass her accent, she conveys the material pretty well. Her exams are pretty straight forward and based off of the homework. The final exam was harder than the midterms. Overall, pretty good.
Professor Wei would be one of the best Math teacher at UCSB if it weren't for her accent. Every lecture contains a lot of information so skipping one class becomes a big mistake. Homework will be hard but doable if you look at your notes (and if you take good ones). Tests are exactly like the homework so if you know how to do the hw you'll be fine.
Hard hw. Weird tests. Such a heavy accent and no curve.
Professor Wei gives very unclear lectures and struggles to explain WHY for any given concept. She assigns homework that is way harder than what she has taught in class, and there are limited tries so we cannot experiment. There is no curve and all she told us about the midterm was number of questions and generic topics. Class has a daunting feel.
Her lectures were pretty clear and concise. She gave a lot of hw, but that should be expected for math 8 if you want to do well. I highly recommend reading the book along with the lectures!
Math 8 is a hard class regardless of who the professor is. Professor Wei did have good lectures and was really helpful in office hours. But our weekly homework assignments were graded ridiculously hard. Expect no more than a C average on the homework. She also taught us a new topic during the final. Go to office hours for help.
A horrible teacher. She has no enthusiasm in teaching and with students. A hard class because of lack of clarity.
Accent is way too hard to understand. Book is very unclear, and the homework site was very tedious yet unhelpful. Tests are manageable, but it is easy to mess up. No curve. Avoid at all costs.
Terrible professor. PowerPoint text lectures, difficult and time consuming webwork, and even more difficult tests. No curve at the end of quarter.
Horrible teacher
Smart lady, awful teacher. That summarizes it. Incomprehensible lectures, difficult tests she doesn't prepare you for, and homework that doesn't help you on the test (and the lecture doesn't help you with the homework).
one of the nicest and most helpful profs you will ever have. terrific during OH. class was tough, but she helped everyone on the final. dont worry about the accent.
Hard to understand. Crazy hard tests. The best grade on the midterm was a 40 out of 100. So the professor made it out of 50. Homework is not too bad.
Lectures were completely pointless to go to, felt like she was reading off a textbook. But her class was not too shabby, just go to CLAS, do the homework assignments, show up for section to take pop quizzes, and memorize the practice midterms and you should be able to pull off at least a B.
One the worst teachers I had since I've been here @ UCSB.
Seriously, anyone complaining is absolutely absurd. Yes, she is very hard to understand, and yes, lecture isn't very helpful. If you, however, study the material, do the homework, and ask for assistance (CLAS/Office Hours), you will find both her and her tests very fair. 3B has been easier than 3A, because Wei is both fair and helpful.
she is way too advanced to be teaching lower calc. but overall i did learn alot. tests are difficult but go to CLAS and you will be fine
She is incredibly hard to understand...She taught the class thru proofs only w/o concepts. Do your assignments but no need to attend class. She'll give you 4 units no matter what
It seems most bad reviews here came from students who were incapable of understand the subject matter (read'em for yourself). In my experience, Wei was nothing short of amazing. She is very invested in her students, thorough and well-rounded with her lectures & HW assignments, and goes out of her way to help you in anyway she can. Most recommended!
Wow you 34A guys certainly didn't like Wei too much but making statements like she didn't know what she was doing is just stupid. She has been doing math for most of your life and I can only speak from personal(5A) experience when I say that she did a great job. She was a good teacher and her tests were fair. What more could I ask?
The worst teacher i had at santa barbara. First off, she cannot teach! She took things i knew how to do, and confused me to the point where i could no longer do them. The book was completely useless, and you could not teach yourself by reading it. Your best bet is going CLAS, otherwise you will be so confused. Nice lady, but should not teach-so bad