Reviews of professor Yanhui Zhao

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
While I'm doing fairly well in the class, I do agree with the others about the fact when the class exam average is a 60% and there is no curve or the professor never says a single word about the exam after it has been taken, that does say a lot about the professor. Would not recommend taking her simply for that reason alone.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She has a thick accent which can be hard to understand at times but she does want students to succeed. If you reach out to her that you don't understand or are struggling, she reopens homework so that you can get a better score. The lectures can be hard to get everything down but she posts the slide decks on Canvas as well.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Prof Z walks in every day a minute before class begins and reads word-for-word off her PowerPoint slides up until the very last minute, every single time. If something is not directly on the slides, she never talks about it. I am more than capable of reading the slides by myself on my own time, prof adds no value except maybe some extra confusion

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Lectures were terribly presented. No extra credit and no curve on tests. There's a textbook but it's pretty much not used and supplemental at best. Her accent made it hard to understand and when you ask a question instead of explaining it differently she just repeats what she just said/showed and expects you to understand. Don't take this class.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This is a difficult class as it is, paired with a professor who cannot teach or explain things = disaster. Other reviews already cover everything else I was going to say. Would not recommend.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
The professor does a great job of adding all kinds of unnecessary confusion to the class. For example, she'll waste 10 min going over a complex formula, ask us if we have questions, then say we can do that exact thing on the calc in less than 30 seconds. Was finally called out for this in class, and even she couldn't explain why she does this.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
She has an accent but its not too thick. She answers emails very quickly and will meet with you outside of class for extra help. She gives some small extra credit points. The homework has 3 attempts which is also nice. The lectures are a bit boring tbh, but she always trys to see if everyone understands. It's definitely a tough class, but passable.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Zhao is a good professor. She gives the class pre-printed notes to follow along with and moves at a pace students can keep up with. Attendance is only worth 5% of grade and exams are difficult. However, she gives you lots of time to prepare with practice exams and weekly homework assignments.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
No curve on tests, very bad lectures, doesn't follow textbook, goes out of order randomly and doesn't connect dots. Hard to understand, and frustrating to ask questions to. Maybe she knows the field but she cannot teach it for the life of her. Worst professor I've had in this school.