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MATH4B . 7 Months Ago

Prof isn't that bad at all, idk why other reviews are so harsh. Use TA sections and go to lectures because lectures have useful information and proofs (if you have a strong grasp on algebra and basic calc). During lectures, she was very open to pausing lecture to answer questions and working through questions on a board was helpful. Not bad at all.

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MATH4B . 7 Months Ago

Honestly not that bad of a professor. The class felt fair, but the lectures were kinda mid. Tests were also very similar to the practice material and had clear expectations, the only difficult parts were solving integrals to be honest (still not that bad).

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MATH4B . 7 Months Ago

Honestly not bad, the reviews are a little harsh. Had her for Math 4B as a computer engineering major. and her exams were pretty reasonable as compared to the homework (which is actually great practice). Her lectures don't move "fast," per se, but they expect you to have a strong grasp on Calc I and II as well as general algebra.

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

Professor Wei moves very fast during lectures, addressing many topics per day with little explanation or elaboration for understanding. Though she is a very passionate teacher, it is difficult to learn during her lectures, so be sure to make good use of TAs. I also found the campus CLAS resources to be a life saver for this course-highly recommend!

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

Bad lecturer, tough to learn anything from her. The new content was pretty easy to learn from the TA in section but she would always put a weird integral on the tests that wasn't on any homework or covered in class killing your score.

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

Class was okay. Lectures were enough to learn material. Exams seemed to be weighted too heavily and the grading scale was curved down to reduce the number of As. In principle I have no problem with this but the department gives out ~50% As in Math 4B and she only gives out ~20%, which seems unfair. Overall not bad.

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MATH4A . 8 Months Ago

Pretty easy tests, okay lectures.

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

don't ever take this professor

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MATH4B . 8 Months Ago

The homework is terrible so get ready to look up a lot of things. Exams aren't terrible but the homework is rough half the time

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MATH4B . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Wei's grading approach can seem vague and harsh, but exams were given lots of leeway in terms of partial credit. She gave lots of info on upcoming exams. Lectures are good, if you are willing to put effort into following along. The worst thing about this class is webwork, which is convoluted and frustrating compared to problems from the textbook.

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MATH4B . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

The first two midterms were absurdly easy if you are decent at integration, final was tough. These 3 tests make up 80% of your grade so if you mess up on one you're screwed. She tells you what every problem is going to be on the test and allows you to bring a notecard, so studying at least a little and developing a notecard goes a long way.

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MATH4B . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

I got 90 in the midterms and 94 in the final, but get a B+. There are only exams with very few questions and the HW to get points. She expects you to learn beyond what is told and to remember every detailed sentence and put it in the final. She even curves down. Other professors got a median of an A- or B+, she gave a median of C+......

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MATH4B . 1 Year, 8 Months Ago

Overall she isn't that bad as they say She does have a thick accent but she seems very enthusiastic about teaching albeit lectures were very hard to follow. The exams weren't that bad and she tells you exactly what kind of questions will be on the exams and allows a cheat sheet. She doesn't have any other resources besides this though.

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MATH4B . 1 Year, 9 Months Ago

Exams are incredibly difficult and notes are hard to understand

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Concepts were taught in an ill-mannered fashion. Extremely difficult to follow; homework was nothing like the lectures. If going in without knowledge of linear algebra, outside help is necessary.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Absolute God awful professor. Worst professor I have ever taken in my whole college career. Lecture were useless, literally was learning the class from khan academy the whole quarter. final was a lot harder than it should have, by the 3rd hour of the exam I wanted to slam my head against the desk, and she cucked me cuz she also made it worth 40%

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

My first C ever LOL. I found lectures incredibly confusing, and the homework could be very long at times. Despite attending CLAS and following lectures, I could never find myself properly prepared for the exams. The TAs do grade fairly nice though, but not nice enough to supplement the fact that your tests make up a majority of your score.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Wei's lectures use arbitrary definitions and not many important examples. The homework is dissonant with the examples she uses in lectures. I attended almost every lecture and she mentions key concepts that she puts on the midterms and final. Needed supplemental learning through outside sources, but answered any of my questions after class.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

don't ever take her class! Midterms are 40% and the final is 40%, with the other 20 being HW. I got an overall 79.67 didn't even add 0.33 and ended up with a C+!!!! WOULD NOT RECOMMEND AT ALL

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

I almost started crying in the exam hall because the questions were so difficult. Numbers designed to be hard to compute, no calculator allowed. If you want to experience some devastation during a 3 hour long final, I recommend taking this class.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

This class was a nightmare. Lectures were useless. Lots of time outside of class needed. The class is purely based on exams, which is difficult for people who struggle to take exams. There was not nearly enough time to complete the midterms. Test heavy. Unfair and stingy grading, with them being extremely harsh and condescending. Definitely avoid.

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MATH4A . 3 Years Ago

Take her class if you want to fail on your 4A.

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MATH4B . 3 Years Ago

Professor seems fairly average at first, until you noticed that her lectures are very bad and unclear (you have to teach yourself). Additionally she had 2 midterms which I did really well on. However, the final is nothing like anything we covered before and too difficult for what it should be, also it's worth 40% of the grade. Stay away!!

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MATH4B . 4 Years Ago

Unreasonably difficult final that did not match the practice problems at all. Lectures are difficult to keep up with and I ended up teaching myself. She curves the grades down and is stingy with points.

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