Reviews of professor Jason Lowe-Power

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 1.0/5
By far the worst class I've taken here. Assignments are poorly written, you learn absolutely nothing from them, the results often make no sense, and most time is spent scripting simulations and copy-pasting data, which has nothing to do with the course content. In lecture he spends way too much time on nonsense while rushing past important topics.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
He gives too much work. For our grad class, he had 12 quizzes, 10 readings, 5 assignments, a mid-term, and a final exam. He replies very condescendingly to the emails and uses a default template reply for most issues. It's difficult to take this course as a graduate student, especially if you are doing a lot of research.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
I was not a fan of 154A, but this class made me love CSE again! The lectures are very interesting. Professor is very knowledgeable and uses modern systems as examples in lectures. Quizzes can be retaken. All resources were available both in-person and online. Projects are hard, but you learn A LOT! Honestly, one of my favorite professors at Davis.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
He's one of the best professors I've come across. He's very clear and interactive with his lectures. I would definitely take another course taught by him.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Most bad reviews of this Professor come from grad students that want an easy A class. This is not that class. This is a class where you learn, yes through a lot of work, but it is fair and it's great. Prof Lowe-Power is extremely knowledgeable and approachable. Take this class if you actually want to learn and are not afraid to do some work for it.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 2.0/5
Most pandemic accomidating class! Get a good grade by showing up and doing work  only 20% test based! I would have given him a 5/5 if it weren't for the fact that he sneakily changed the A/A- cutoff to a 94 when Canvas had said it was 93 all year. But tbh, I don't have much of an excuse for not getting at least a 94 in a 20% exam class.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
201A is not an easy class. I can't speak for previous quarters, but the hardest thing about this quarter's midterm was definitely the timing. Content-wise, I would say that Professor Lowe-Power's exams are very fair, as a lot of the math-heavy questions draw inspiration from the quizzes. Definitely get started on gem5 assignments early.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Could be better