Her class is really boring and difficult to follow. The homework and midterm practice do not help a lot for the exams. The exams are much harder and she even does not give curve. Never take her class again.

Just NO. I had to google half the concepts for better thought out explanations. Lectures confused rather than helped. Why am I self teaching when tuition costs so much?? Makes me demotivated in my education ugh.

First class Ive been in where everyone was curved down. An 80% was a C+. This was ridiculous.

Considering online classes, professor did a fine job explaining concepts simply and she's nice. But most learning comes by yourself in this class. Homework and quizzes weekly! Midterms were rushed and difficult given online format. Easy to fall behind so beware. Practice from homework and practice exams. Requires a lot of effort just to pass!

Her grading method really messes with students. Student go into the final blind regarding their grade in the class because of the curve. She also refuses to let you know your place on the curve so students have no idea what letter grade you have. I guess one positive is that she made the final optional for students but thats it.

I really dont think she cares that much for her students. She literally only give you 50 min for the two midterms , which is no where near enough time and the questions are much much harder than the practice midterm problems. She is also not very nice when responding to students and their concerns.

GPA killer. Try your best to avoid her class. The test problems are ridiculous.

worst professor I meet in the college

As a student who's taken PSTAT 120A with *three* different professors in the stats department, Shatskikh is by far the most clear and concise lecturer. Yes, she's not the most exciting, but her lectures helped me understand things I didn't get when I had previously taken the class. She gives you all the information you need to know.

She goes out of her way to make sure that what is on your exam is not at all like your reviews. She is all about testing and not much else. Make sure to attend all lectures and do HW to do well on quizzes. Beware of her exams, though. She really, really strays from any given materials and just expects you to know it 100%. Would not take again.

Her lectures were very procedural (she would just list off the algebraic operations needed to derive a formula and not provide any intuition). Her quiz questions were often not clearly written. They were rarely ambiguous, but she phrased things oddly and included irrelevant information to throw off students. Not how I like to be to be tested!

Provided solid explanations of all of the course topics and tests were basically just the homework. Stats is a difficult topic, and Professor Shatskikh doesn't shy away from formalisms that some people may find unneccessary, which may be why she's somewhat unpopular. Overall a rigorous but good professor.

Neat notes but horrible lecturer. All she does is copy down notes onto her iPad without explaining anything. She always looked annoyed when students asked questions and would laugh at them sometimes. Section was useless and practice problems were nothing like the final. Learned everything from Youtube and Chegg

She is very competent, explains things clearly and well. Her tests were fair and there is a large curve. She writes out comprehensive notes, and answers everyone's questions adequately. Good professor, don't know why she's getting so much hate.

THE WORST PROFESSOR EVER

Don't vent your frustration with your grades on her. It's likely more about you. Stats is hard but she taught it incredibly well. Just go to class, do her homework/practice exams, and attend her office hours if you need extra help. She truly cares about her students and gives you everything you need to succeed. But it's up to you to work or not.

I dont know why she has bad reviews. She is very accommodating to students needs. Even with the university in a frenzy, she still put the students first. Tests are hard but she gives out practice beforehand that help. Curves are nice and fair. Overall, she is a great professor.

awfully disorganized; unclear grading; worst professor

Took her for 5LS and it was her first time teaching the class. She was TERRIBLE. Nice lady but awful lecturer, also messed up both of our midterms ( 3 questions out of 12 had typos, printing complications cause some people to not get formula sheets). The average on our final was a 64% (she didn't curve the class and she wouldn't negotiate grades),

She removed an entire curve bc apparently there was a grading "error" on gauchospace after final grades had already been submitted. She deleted the course immediately after stating this. The error had seemed to be one that was already fixed 4 weeks prior. But bc she deleted the course, we couldn't necessarily prove that. Would NEVER recommend her

Shes a terrible teacher. Writes way too fast and is way too hard to keep up. If you look down for 10 seconds shes on a completely new topic. Also, midterm was completely different than practice midterm problems? She told us that continuous random variables would not be covered on the midterm but it was. Would not recommend

The most unorganized prof I've ever had. Lectures are difficult to understand bc of her accent & she stares at the ceiling the whole time. She was late to the 1st exam. Formula sheet for the 2nd exam had misprints. Released final grades & then sent an email saying that there was an error & everyone's grades went down. Take literally any other prof.

Worst professor ever. So unorganized. Take literally any other professor.

Average lecturer, okay exams, terrible organization. 15 min late for 1 exam, not enough formula sheets for the other. She posted grades on gold, emailed us that it was calculated incorrectly, and changed them. My A became an A-. I know UCSB doesn't have a policy against it but I think it's unfair for those who had lower grades after the change.